About Dr. Eric D. Villarreal
Dr. Eric Villarreal is a board-eligible orthopedic surgeon with advanced subspecialty training in orthopedic foot and ankle surgery. He is the first and only orthopedic foot & ankle surgeon seeing patients in Daytona Beach and Port Orange.
His clinical interests include foot and ankle trauma, sports injuries to the foot and ankle, chronic lateral ankle instability, Achilles tendon ruptures, ankle cartilage defects, ankle arthroscopy, ankle replacement, foot and ankle arthritis, minimally invasive hammertoe correction, and minimally invasive bunion correction.
Dr. Villarreal completed his orthopedic surgery residency in Memphis, TN at the world-renowned Campbell Clinic. This involved significant training in orthopedic trauma surgery and foot and ankle surgery. He then pursued advanced subspecialty training in orthopedic foot and ankle surgery through a fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver with Drs. Mark Myerson, Courtney Grimsrud, Dan Moon, Josh Metzl, and Ken Hunt.
He has extensive training in total ankle arthroplasty, the gold standard treatment for ankle arthritis. He also has advanced training in and experience with minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery, allowing for smaller surgical incisions, less postoperative pain, and a quicker recovery from surgery.
As an orthopedic surgeon at The Orthopedic Clinic, Dr. Villarreal sees patients at the following locations: Daytona Beach, Palm Coast, and Port Orange.
Dr. Villarreal, his wife Tessa, and their daughter Olivia are all from west Tennessee but grew up life long lovers of the beach; his son Archie was born right here in Daytona Beach!
In his spare time, Dr. Villarreal enjoys rooting for Ole Miss football, spending time with his family, going to the beach, weightlifting, and doing whatever his daughter Olivia tells him to do.
Clinical Expertise:
- Ankle: Achilles tendon ruptures (including the PARS technique used on athletes such as Aaron Rodgers), chronic achilles tendonitis/tendinosis, Achilles tendon contracture, ankle arthritis (including total ankle replacement and ankle fusion), ankle arthroscopy, leg deformity correction, subtalar arthritis, flatfoot reconstruction surgery, cavovarus foot deformity, ankle sprains, ankle instability, peroneal tendon tears and tendinosis/tendonitis, talar avascular necrosis (AVN), total talus replacement, talar osteochondral defects (OCD), diabetic Charcot arthropathy, foot drop surgery, tendon transfers, tibialis anterior tendon ruptures, subtalar arthroscopy, endoscopic and open Haglund’s resection.
- Foot: Tarsal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, mid foot arthritis, big toe arthritis (hallux rigidus), bunion correction (including Lapiplasty) hammertoes, claw toes, metatarsalgia, Morton’s neuromas, bunionette (tailor’s bunion) correction, minimally invasive bunion and hammertoe surgery, foot stress fractures, Os trigonum syndrome, FHL tenosynovitis, dance injuries.
- Trauma: Complex foot and ankle fractures (including tibia, ankle, pilon, talus, and calcaneus fractures), Jones fractures, Lisfranc injuries, turf toe injuries, foot and ankle post traumatic arthritis, lower extremity amputations, general upper and lower extremity trauma.
Education and Training
University of Mississippi, August 2010 – May 2014, B.A.
Summa Cum Laude
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, August 2014 – May 2018, M.D.
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
UT-Campbell Clinic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, July 2018 – July 2023
University of Colorado Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Surgery, August 2023 – July 2024
Residency:
2021 AOFAS Annual Meeting Resident Scholarship Program
Medical School:
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Dr. John H. & Marjorie Burkhart Medical Education Scholarship
Dorothy Snider Scholarship
UTHSC College of Medicine’s Tennessee Scholars Fund Scholarship
Gold Humanism Honor Society Nominee
Top 10 in Principles of Clinical Medicine – Spring 2015
Undergraduate:
Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Graduate
Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
The UM Distinguished Senior Scholarship
Academic Excellence Scholarship
2012-2013 Outstanding Physical Chemistry Student
Florida Medical Association
Florida Orthopaedic Society
Residency:
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
American Medical Association
The Orthopedic Clinic Surgery Center, Daytona Beach
Halifax Health, Daytona Beach & Port Orange
Advent Health, Daytona Beach
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
- Villarreal, ED, Wrenn JO, Sheffer BW, Sawyer JR, Spence DD, Kelly DM: Do Patient-specific or Fracture-specific Factors Predict the Development of Acute Compartment Syndrome After
Pediatric Tibial Shaft Fractures? - Villarreal, ED, Ochsner MG, 3rd, Sawyer JR, Spence DD, Kelly DM: Concurrent Ipsilateral Tibial Shaft and Distal Tibial Fractures in Pediatric Patients: Risk Factors, Frequency,
and Risk of Missed Diagnosis. - Villarreal ED, Konofaos P, Kelly DM: Valgus Hindfoot Deformity Secondary to Neonatal Intravenous Infiltration: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Villarreal ED, Hewgley WP, Lang WH, et al: In-bag enzymatic splenic digestion: a novel alternative
to manual morcellation?
OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
Accepted articles/abstracts:
- Eric Villarreal, MD, Carson D. Strickland MD, David R. Richardson, MD. An Oblique Transsyndesmotic: Screw to Augment Fixation of Distal Fibula Fractures: A Technique Guide. AOFAS
Annual Meeting 2021, Charlotte, NC. Accepted Audio Poster. - Eric D. Villarreal, MD; Carson D. Strickland, MD; Joseph T. Cline, MD; G. Andrew Murphy, MD: The Weil Osteotomy for Angular Correction of Axial Plane Deformities of the Lesser MTP
- Joints: A Radiographic Analysis. AOFAS Annual Meeting 2021, Charlotte, NC. Accepted Oral Presentation.
To learn more about Dr. Villarreal’s experience please click on the below press releases:
The Orthopedic Clinic and Halifax Health Perform First Total Ankle Replacement in Daytona Beach
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