Amol Saxena

Dr. Saxena’s practice specializes in Sports Medicine and Foot & Ankle Surgery, incorporated into the Palo Alto (CA) Foundation Medical Groups' multispecialty Sports Medicine department in 1993, in the home-town where he was born and raised.  Clinical & research interests include sports medicine/running injuries, acute and chronic ankle pain (ankle osteochondral injuries), Achilles and Peroneal Tendons, stress fractures (especially Navicular and Jones), midfoot injuries (Lisfranc’s), revision surgery, flatfoot surgery and 1st MPJT arthritis. He has pioneered several surgical techniques (such as the endoscopic Gastrocnemius recession and other Achilles procedures), classifications and instruments (including a bone grafting retractor, an arthroscopic drill guide and various locking plates). Dr. Saxena has been awarded Alumnus of the Year and Honor Medal from Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine during their centennial anniversary (2012). He is a lifetime honorary member of the German Society for Foot and Ankle Surgery (www.gffc.de) and inducted into the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons FFPM RCPS (Glasgow).

Dr. Saxena received an MPH (June 2023- 3.84 GPA) from Dartmouth College’s TDI Hybrid Program. His thesis covered the current state of US medical education and how to re-design it to reduce student debt and health care disparities along with increasing primary care. His smaller projects included addressing national medical license portability and supporting local medical students to improve primary care in impoverished areas.

He is the only podiatrist to lecture at the American Orthopedic Society for Orthopedic Sports Medicine (three times) and member. International and nationally recognized surgeon, speaker and author, and has published over 140 articles and chapters including in dozens of orthopedic journals and texts. Dr. Saxena is the editor of “International Advances in Foot and Ankle Surgery” (Springer 2012), a unique text of internationally re-known podiatric, orthopedic and trauma surgeons with 45 chapters, and 68 authors. Editor of two sub-texts “Sports Medicine and Arthroscopic Surgery of the Foot and Ankle” and “Special Procedures in Foot & Ankle Surgery”.

Dr. Saxena is past President of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM). Elected Regional President 2019-2021 for American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons. He serves on the Editorial Board for Muscle, Ligament & Tendon Journal (Italian). He served previously as consulting Podiatrist for Oregon Track Club and Nike Oregon Project and local high school athletic teams. He has been director of Fellowship training at PAMF since 1999.  In 2004 he was awarded Humanitarian of the year by the CPMA. He is funding an endowed scholarship at his alma mater, Scholl College. He currently has treated and operated on dozens of Olympians from around the world (including Gold Medalists and world record holders), and Olympic Trials qualifiers, numerous professional athletes including from the Nike Oregon Project, Golden State Warriors San Francisco Giants and 49ers, and San Jose Earthquakes, and many top area high school athletic scholarship winners. Dr. Saxena is board certified/Re-certified in Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery), Fellow American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons, American Academy Podiatric Sports Medicine (which he was presented the Schuster Award for outstanding research in 2011. He also has passed the USATF Level 1 Coaching Certification.

Dr. Saxena has competed in several Boston Marathons and Duathlon (run, bike, run) World Championships. He is married and has three children. He is able to converse in English, German, French and Hindi. Has basic knowledge of medical Spanish and Italian. Co-Founder, along with his wife who is race director, of the “Juana Run” & “Chili Chase”, which has raised over $350,000.00 for Palo Alto local schools since 1997. Published “The First Birthday Party Story” for charity in 2022.