A podcast by Anish Kadakia, MD
The Ankl Man Podcast
Conversations on the craft and business of foot and ankle surgery.
Latest episode
EP 07 — Deep-Dive
When to convert ankle fusion to TAR
with Nora Patel, MD, MD
Conversion of a prior ankle arthrodesis to total ankle replacement — patient selection, the technical pitfalls that still catch experienced surgeons, bone stock, alignment strategy, and the expectations conversation that determines whether the patient is actually better off.
Recent episodes
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Charcot reconstruction in a 58-year-old
David Okonkwo, DPM · 34 min
Business
Negotiating an RVU-based contract as a subspecialist
Laila Kareem, MD · 48 min
Solo
MIS bunion correction: what I've changed in two years
18 min
Case Rounds
Lisfranc injury: ORIF vs primary fusion
Priya Ramaswamy, DPM · 38 min
Case Rounds
Peroneal tendon tears: repair, tubularization, or tenodesis
Priya Ramaswamy, DPM · 36 min
Deep-Dive
Syndesmotic fixation: suture button vs screw
Jordan Alvarez, MD · 72 min
About the host
Anish Kadakia, MD
Anish Kadakia, MD is an orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His clinical practice centers on sports injuries of the foot and ankle, trauma and fracture care, and reconstruction of post-traumatic and degenerative deformity across the midfoot, hindfoot, and ankle — including Lisfranc and pilon injuries, adult-acquired flatfoot, and hindfoot deformity correction.
He has published across the peer-reviewed foot and ankle literature and lectures on surgical technique at national and international meetings. A significant share of his work is in training — running through complex reconstructions alongside residents and fellows, and spending time on the judgment calls the specialty quietly turns on. Mentorship has shaped his practice as much as his own fellowship did.
He started The Ankl Man Podcast because the most useful conversations among foot and ankle surgeons and podiatrists — about technique, about practice, about the business of doing this work well — usually happen off-mic, between cases or at the end of a long day. This is an attempt to have them on tape.
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