All our professionals at CT Family Foot Care and Surgery maintain the highest levels of accreditation and pursue ongoing education to stay abreast of the latest trends in podiatry.
Lori K. Paragas, DPM, D. ABFAS, FACFAS
Dr. Paragas completed her residency in foot and ankle surgery at the prestigious Yale/VA CT Healthcare System. She is board certified in Foot Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. In addition, she is a diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery
Education
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, California
1994-1999
Honors
Awarded First Place – 9th Annual American Podiatric Medical Writers Association Student Writing Competition, 1996
“Foundation for Excellence in Podiatric Medicine” Scholarship Recipient, 1996
Vice-president, American Diabetes Awareness Club, 1997-1998
Workshop Coordinator, American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Student Chapter, 1997-1998
Community Activities
CT Summer Special Olympics Fit Feet
Podiatric Homeless Health Project – Pes Clinicus, 1996-1997
6th Street Women’s Clinic, 1995
Podiatric Medicine Team, Corporate Challenge Race, 1996 & 1997
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering 1983-1987
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Post Graduate Education / Residency
Three Year Residency in Foot and Ankle Surgery 1999-2002
Yale / VA CT Healthcare System, New Haven, Connecticut and affiliated hospitals
Chief Resident 2001-2002
Paragas, L.K., Blume, P.A.
Everything You Should Know About Nail Surgery
Podiatry Today, pp 40-47, Oct 2001.
Paragas, L.K., Attinger, C., Blume, P.A. Chapter 4, Local Flaps
In Blume PA Ed. Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders, 17(2):267-318, Apr 2000.
Paragas, L.K., Varin, J., Berenter, R.
Use of Gait Patterns to Reveal Possible Disorders in the Geriatric Patient
Journal of American Podiatric Medical Association, 90(4):183-193, Apr 2000.
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN (PGY3-Chief), St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartfold, CT
Chief Resident, 2021-2022
Outpatient Surgical Clinic: Participated in a resident
Outpatient
Surgical Clinic: Participates in a resident run surgical clinic at
St Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where patients with all
manners of forefoot, rearfoot, and ankle pathology present for
surgical evaluation. Residents are responsible for preoperative
planning and all post-operative care.
Outpatient
Wound Care Clinic: Outpatient experience in Resident run wound care
clinic at the Gengras Podiatry Clinic at St Francis Hospital and
Medical Center. This includes working with certified prosthetist and
orthotist for development of orthotics and braces.
On
Call Experience: Have completed over 200 days on call at a Level 1
Trauma Center. On call responsibilities include admitting and
managing primary patients to the Podiatry service as well as
emergency room and inpatient consults with both traumatic and
infectious etiologies for over 20 Podiatric attendings associated
with SFHMC.
Medical
and Surgical Rotations: Plastic Surgery, Internal Medicine,
Infectious Disease, Emergency Medicine, Vascular Surgery, General
Surgery, Dermatology, Radiology, Rheumatology, and Behavioral
Health.
Academic
and Surgical Skills Workshops: Co-resident moderator of academic and
surgical skills workshops (2021) which entailed organizing training
events between residents, attendings, and various company
representatives. These include cadaver workshops and saw bone
workshops. Topics including but not limited to suturing, total
contact casting, injections, ankle fracture reduction and fixation,
ankle scopes, bunion procedure selection.
Case
Series - Poster Presented at NYCPM Research Poster Day 2019
TRAINING
AND CERTIFICATIONS
Board
Qualified in Foot Surgery
Advanced
Cardiac Life Support Certified
VOLUNTEER
EXPERIENCE
CT
Special Olympics Volunteer June 2022
New
York Cares Volunteer
Farm
to Pantry Urban Farming with Project Eats, Bronx NY, Aug 2018
Classroom
Organization Project Bronx NY, Aug 2018
City
Harvest Mobile Market, Bronx NY, Aug
2018
Achilles
Kids International, Volunteer Training Partner, New York, NY, 2018
Medical
Volunteer
New
York Half Marathon, Manhattan NY March
2018
Diva
Half Marathon, Long Island, NY Oct 2017
Newport
Marathon, Newport, RI
HOBBIES/INTERESTS
& COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Bonefrog
Boston (Navy Seal Inspired Mud Run Obstacle Race), Aug 2021 &
May 2022
Plus
One Defense Systems Martial Arts Gym Member, Aug 2019- Present
New
York Cares Member, Aug 2018 - Present
New
York Road Runners Member, Jan 2018 – Present
USA
Triathlon Member for Pure Austin Splash and Dash Competition, July 2018
NYRR
NYC Mini10k Runner, June 2018
Cheshire
Half Marathon Runner, April 2018
Bristol
CT Half Marathon for Fisher House Foundation Runner, Aug 2017
Dr.
LoriParagas
Dr. Paragas completed her residency in foot and ankle surgery at the prestigious Yale/VA CT Healthcare System. She is board certified in Foot Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. In addition, she is a diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.