Andrew Meyr

Andrew Meyr, DPM FACFAS
 
Professor, Department of Podiatric Surgery
Director, Temple University Hospital Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program
Director, Temple University Hospital Limb Salvage Team
Phone: 215-777-5750
 
Formal Education:
 
Bachelor of Science, Exercise Physiology, Honors
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Inova Fairfax Hospital Podiatric Surgical Residency Program
Falls Church, VA

 
Licensure/Certification(s):
 

Podiatric Medical License, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Diplomate, American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Certified in Foot Surgery
Certified in Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery

 
Organizational Involvement:
 
American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine (AACPM)(Board of Directors)
American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS)
American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (Board of Directors)
American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA)
Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME)
Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH)(Executive Committee)
 
Publications:
 
Dr. Meyr has authored over a dozen medical textbook chapters and over 100 peer-reviewed and indexed publications (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Meyr+AJ&size=200).
 
Chapters
 
Attinger CE, Steinberg JS, Meyr AJ.  Debridement of the diabetic foot wound.
-In: Armstrong DG, Lavery LA, editors.  Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot. Second Edition.  Alexandria, Virginia: American Diabetes Association; 2010. p. 49-60.
 
Steinberg JS, Meyr AJ, Attinger CE.  Vascular anatomy and its surgical implications.
-In:  Dockery GD, Crawford ME, editors. Lower Extremity Soft Tissue and Cutaneous Plastic Surgery. Second Edition; 2012.  p. 13-22.
 
Meyr AJ, Steinberg JS.  Perioperative pain management. 
-In:  Southerland JT, Boberg JS, Downey MS, Nakra A, Rabjohn L, editors. McGlamry’s Comprehensive Textbook of Foot and Ankle Surgery.  Fourth    Edition.  Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2012.  p. 83-96.
 
Meyr AJ, Creech CL.  Post-operative radiographic evaluation and assessment.
-In:  Christman RA, editor.  Foot and Ankle Radiology, Second Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2015.  p. 469-483.
 
Meyr AJ, Kim, PJ, Steinberg JS, Attinger CE.  Debridement of the diabetic foot wound.
-Pending publication in: Armstrong DG, Lavery LA, editors.  Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot. Third Edition.
 
Indexed Manuscripts
 
Meyr AJ, Steinberg JS.  The physiology of the acute pain pathway. 
-Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2008 July; 25(3): 305-326.  (Pubmed ID#: 18486847)
 
Meyr AJ, Saffran B.  The pathophysiology of the chronic pain cycle. 
-Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2008 July; 25(3): 327-346.  (Pubmed ID#: 18486848)
 
Hallivis R, Derksen TA, Meyr AJ.  Peri-operative pain management.
-Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2008 July; 25(3): 443-463.  (Pubmed ID#: 18486854)
 
Meyr AJ, Steinberg JS.  Clinical peri-operative pain management scenarios.
-Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2008 July; 25(3): 517-535.  (Pubmed ID#: 18486858)
 
Derner R, Meyr AJ. Complications and salvage of elective central metatarsal osteotomies.
-Clin Podiatr Med Surg. 2009 Jan; 26(1): 23-35.  (Pubmed ID#: 19121751)
 
Derner R, Meyr AJ.  Hallux interphalangeal joint arthrodesis.
-J Foot Ankle Surg.  2009 May/Jun; 48(3): 408-10.  (Pubmed ID#: 19423049)
 
Meyr AJ, DiPrimio R.  Lower extremity sclerotomes. Clinical applications and the modified Mayo block.
-J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2009 May/Jun; 99: 232-5.  (Pubmed ID#: 19448174)
 
Steinberg JS, Meyr AJ, Taylor CR.  Limb salvage versus amputation in the setting of an amended calcaneal bone biopsy report.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2009 Jul-Aug; 48(4): 518-21.  (Pubmed ID#: 19577734)
 
Meyr AJ, Adams ML, Sheridan MJ, Ahalt RG. Epidemiologic aspects of the surgical correction of structural forefoot pathology.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct; 48(5): 543-51.  (Pubmed ID#: 19700116)
 
Meyr AJ, Mbanuzue Q, Sheridan MJ, Kashani A. The laterality of the surgical correction of forefoot pathology.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct; 48(5): 552-7. (Pubmed ID#: 19700117)
 
Attinger CE, Meyr AJ, Fitzgerald S, Steinberg JS.  Pre-operative doppler assessment of the transmetatarsal amputation.
- J Foot Ankle Surg. 2010 Jan-Feb; 49(1): 101-5.  (Pubmed ID#: 20123301)
 
Ramdass R, Meyr AJ.  The multiplanar effect of distal first metatarsal osteotomy on sesamoid position.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2010 Jan-Feb; 49(1): 63-7. (Pubmed ID#: 20123290)
 
Bark SE, Keplinger LM, Meyr AJ.  Precise intra-operative 60o skin Z-plasty.
- J Foot Ankle Surg.  2010 Mar-Apr; 49(2): 191-3. (Pubmed ID#: 20116302)
 
Meyr AJ.  A 5-year review of statistical methods presented in The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
-J Foot Ankle Surg.  2010 Aug-Sep; 49(5): 471-4. (Pubmed ID#: 20619692)
 
Cornell RS, Meyr AJ, Steinberg JS, Attinger CE.  Debridement of the non-infected wound.
-Dual Publication:
-J Vasc Surg.  2010 Sep; 52(3 Suppl): 31S-36S. (Pubmed ID#: 20804931)
-J Am Podiatr Med Assoc.  2010 Sep-Oct; 100(5): 353-9.  (Pubmed ID#: 20847349)
 
Meyr AJ, Steinberg JS.  Legal aspects of podiatric pain management.
-J Amer Podiatr Med Assoc. 2010 Nov-Dec; 100(6): 512-517. (Pubmed ID#: 21084540)
 
Meyr AJ, Mayer A, Gonzales O.  Quantification and perception of on-call podiatric surgical resident workload.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2011 Sep-Oct; 50(5): 535-536. (Pubmed ID#: 21652228)
-Published with corresponding audio lecture
 
Meyr AJ, Singh S, Zhang X, Khilko N, Mukherjee A, Sheridan MJ, Khurana JS.  Statistical reliability of bone biopsy for the diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis.
-J Foot Ankle Surg.  2011 Nov-Dec; 50(6): 663-7. (Pubmed ID#: 21907594)
-Published with corresponding audio lecture
-Associated “Letter to Editor” and “Author Reply”:
                        -J Foot Ankle Surg. 2013Sep-Oct; 52(5): 692-3. (Pubmed ID#: 23764037)
 
Creech C, Meyr AJ.  Techniques of popliteal nerve regional anesthesia.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2013Sep-Oct; 52(5): 681-5.  (Pubmed ID#: 23770190)
 
Wagoner MR, Van JC, Nolan CK, Creech C, Cornell RS, Meyr AJ.  Can foot and ankle surgeons accurately estimate patient body mass index?
-J Foot Ankle Surg.  2014 Jan-Feb; 53(1): 36-40.  (PubMed ID#: 24239428)
 
Pirozzi K, Van JC, Pontious J, Meyr AJ.  Demographic description of the presentation and treatment of lower extremity skin and soft tissue infection secondary to skin popping in intravenous drug abusers.
- J Foot Ankle Surg.  2014 Mar-Apr; 53(2): 156-9.  (PubMed ID#:24556482)
 
Pirozzi K, Meyr AJ.  Utilizing geometry for the dorsiflexory wedge osteotomy of the first metatarsal.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 May-Jun; 53(3): 295-7.  (Pubmed ID#: 24602848)
 
Meyr AJ, Myers A, Pontious J.  Descriptive quantitative analysis of hallux abductovalgus transverse plane radiographic parameters.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Jul-Aug; 53(4): 397-404.  (Pubmed ID#: 23787225)
 
Pirozzi K, McGuire J, Meyr AJ.  A comparison of two total contact cast constructs with variable body mass.
-J Wound Care. 2014 Jul; 23 Suppl 7: S4-S14. (Pubmed ID#: 25041431, 25154058)
 
Pirozzi K, McGuire J, Meyr AJ.  The effect of variable body mass on plantar foot pressure and off-loading device efficacy.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Sep-Oct; 53(5): 588-597.  (Pubmed ID#: 24735742)
 
Spiess KE, McLemore A, Zinyemba P, Ortiz N, Meyr AJ.  Application of the five stages of grief to diabetic limb loss and amputation.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Nov-Dec; 53(6): 735-9.  (Pubmed ID#: 25128314)
-Completes the “2014 JFAS Challenge”
 
Dayton P, DeVries J, Landsman A, Meyr A, Schweinberger M. American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons’ Clinical Consensus Statement: Perioperative Prophylactic Antibiotic Use in Clean Elective Foot Surgery.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2015 Mar-Apr; 54(2): 273-9. (Pubmed ID#: 25631195)
 
Nolan CK, Spiess KE, Meyr AJ.  Where art thou diabetic foot disease literature?:  A bibliometric inquiry into publication patterns.
-J Foot Ankle Surg. 2015 May-Jun; 54(3): 295-7.  (Pubmed ID#:  24846159)
 
Gonzalez O, Fleming JJ, Meyr AJ.  Radiographic assessment of posterior malleolar fractures.
- J Foot Ankle Surg. 2015 May-Jun; 54(3): 365-9.  (Pubmed ID#: 25262838)
 
Creech CL, Malan J, Meyr AJ.  Evaluation of the sagittal saw blade as an intraoperative fomite during diabetic foot surgery.
-Article in Press:  Foot and Ankle Specialist.
-Pubmed ID#: 25428180
 
Pirozzi KM, Creech CL, Meyr AJ.  Assessment of anatomic risk during syndesmotic stabilization with the suture button technique.
-Article in Press:  The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
-Pubmed ID#:  25940637
 
Wagoner MR, Creech CL, Nolan CK, Meyr AJ. Pictorial review and basic principles of foot and ankle hardware extraction.
-Article in Press:  Foot and Ankle Specialist.
-Pubmed ID#: 25956873
 
Meyr AJ, Wagoner MR.  Descriptive quantitative analysis of rearfoot alignment radiographic parameters.
-Article in Press:  The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
-Pubmed ID#: 26002682
 
Meyr AJ, Singh S, Chen O, Ali S.  A pictorial review of reconstructive foot and ankle surgery: hallux abductovalgus.
-Accepted for publication:  The Journal of Radiology Case Reports.
-Pubmed ID#:  Pending
 
Creech CL, Pettineo SJ, Meyr AJ. Podiatric resident performance on a basic competency examination in musculoskeletal medicine.
-Accepted for publication:  The Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.
-Pubmed ID#:  Pending