DR. BURTON J. KATZEN, DPM

Burton J. Katzen, DPM

BOARD-CERTIFIED PODIATRIC SURGEON

Dr. Katzen has served as Chairman of the Department of Podiatric surgery at The Southern Maryland Hospital Center and The Greater Southeast Community Center. He currently serves as the president of The Temple School of Podiatric Medicine Alumni Board and as President of the Academy of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle surgery. He also is a fellow and associate professor of the academy and a clinical lab instructor at the biannual LSU Medical Center seminar for minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Katzen is board certified in minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery, procedures which allow many common foot and ankle procedures to be performed with the use of a fluoroscope through a small incision with minimal trauma, scaring and down time.

Dr. Katzen is the only certified HyProCure master surgeon in the Washington metropolitan area, a minimally invasive flatfoot correction procedure (click here to read the press release).To learn more about the HyProCure, you can visit their website at HyProCure.com. He is also skilled in the use of the laser for eliminating nail fungus and has several years experience in Radial Shock Wave Therapy (RSWT) for the non-surgical treatment of heel spur/plantar fasciitis syndrome and Achilles tendonitis.

EDUCATION

Dr. Katzen attended The Bullis Preparatory school where he served as captain of the baseball team, the George Washington University, and the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine graduating in 1971. Following graduation, he served a surgical residency at the prestigious Grand Community Hospital for special surgery in Detroit, Michigan.

PERSONAL

Dr. Burton J. Katzen is a native Washingtonian who comes from a medical family. His father, Dr. Bernard Katzen practiced family medicine for 50 years in Southeast Washington. His brother is an oncologist, his nephew is a radiologist, and he has cousins who are oncologists, dentists, and hematologists. Dr. Katzen also had at uncle, Dr. Cyrus Katzen who practiced dentistry in Washington for many years.

Dr. Katzen has coached many different youth sports, but his first love has always been baseball. He coached baseball for 18 years, including 8 years as the head coach of American Legion Post 105. He's been married to his wife, Wendy for 49years and has two grown children and 5 granddaughters. His son Adam graduated and played baseball at Lehigh University, and his daughter was The Washington Post athlete of the week while in high school and was a unanimous all Ivy softball player while attending the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a competitive tennis player, but his number one hobby at this time is his budding 5 athletic granddaughters, Blake, Brynn, Charly, Bryce, and Emery.

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE 2022-2023 GALLERY OF SUCCESS HONOREE

Burton Katzen, DPM has been honored by the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine (TUSPM) Alumni Association for his many years of service to the TUSPM alumni board, including serving as its president from 2015-2019, co-seminar coordinator, and lecturer at the annual TUSPM seminar, with proceeds going to benefit the present day students and student programs

Dr. Katzen has been one of the national innovators of minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery including the Katzen Wilson MIS procedure for correction of bunion deformity, and served as president of the Academy of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery from 2018–2021. Dr. Katzen’s portrait along with honorees from the other Temple schools will hang for one year.

• Dr. Katzen has been honored for among other things his many years of service to the TUSPM alumni board, including serving as its president from 2015-2019 and co-seminar coordinator and lecturer at the annual TUSPM seminar which has raised over $200,000? for the Alumni association.

• Dr. Katzen has been one of the national innovators of minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery including the Katzen/ Wilson MIS procedure for correction of bunion deformity, and served as president of the Academy of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery from 2018 – 2021 , where he is also the seminar coordinator , lecturer, and cadaver lab instructor at the bi-annual L.S.U. Medical School seminar. He has also served as Chief of Podiatric Medicine at The Southern Maryland Hospital Center and The Greater Southeast Community Hospital in Washington D.C.

• Dr. Katzen has published numerous articles and has been featured in “Profiles in Excellence” for his articles "Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery and Evidence Based Medicine", "The Many Used Of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery", And “Wither Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery”

• Dr. Katzen and his wife of 49 years Wendy also believe in giving back to the younger generation and have endowed a TUSPM scholarship program for a graduating TUSPM student and have financed two 4 year college scholarships for former Israeli Defense Soldiers along with a residency in Neuro- infections diseases at NIH in Bethesda Maryland also for a graduating IDF physician.