A MESSAGE FROM DR. J. KARR


I really enjoy meeting, treating, and help my patients.  Everyone's ailment is equally important to me, from a painful corn to to a limb threatening wound.  My office can generally get you in for an appointment fairly quickly and coordinate your care smoothly.  We are here to take care of your bunions, hammertoes, joint pain, ingrown nails, gout, toenail fungus, tendonitis, sprains, fractures, wounds, infections, and growing pains. We can also provide orthotics, braces, and corrective orthopedic devices. 

Our office provides state of the art resources such as real time radiologic imaging, fluoroscopy, which provides superior imaging of your injury or illness and significantly shortens your visit without sacrificing the quality of your visit.  Additional services include deep tissue ultrasound for evaluating soft tissue masses and tissue injuries, doppler ultrasound to evaluate circulation disease, advance wound care treatment, orthotic and braces, rehabilitation from your injury, and membership in local and national organizations to further provide state of the art treatment.

Even though I perform surgery, I will make every effort to manage your problem non-surgically.  If in the event surgery is required, we will work with your medical doctor and involved specialist to maximize your health before any procedure is completed.  We will then proceed with your procedure in confidence and resolve drawing from my experience and training as a surgeon.   This "experience" comes from a foundation of being board certified in Podiatric surgery and medicine as well as holding two separate wound care board certifications with fellowship status. I have also completed three separate postdoctoral mini-fellowships in external fixation for restorative orhopedics and trauma twice in Kurgan, Russia and once in Athens, Greece.   In total, I have performed surgery in five countries outside the United States: Russia, Greece, Colombia, Germany, and  the Czech Republic. Outside the United States I have lectured and educated in Colombia, Argentina, Russia, Greece, Spain, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Egypt, and the Czech Republic.

I am strongly involved with the local medical community which provides me with multiple resources to add to your treatment. I am on active staff with block surgical time at Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center (LRHMC - www.lrmc.com) an 900 bed level two trauma hospital.  At LRHMC I served as the medical director of education, research, and development at the wound care which offers advance wound treatment and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. I also serve as the medical director of The Osteomyelitis Center of Central Florida (www.osteomyelitiscenter.com), founder and co-chapter leader of the former central Florida chapter of Save A Leg, Save A Life foundation (SALSAL - www.savealegsavealife.org), and have served as the chairman of the institutional review board (IRB) for ten years.  ​

whats going on

2-18-19:  Podiatry Today Publication - Point – Counterpoint: Are Oral Antibiotics Better Than IV Antibiotics For Osteomyelitis.  Vol. 32
​Issue 2, February 2019.  Pg. 36-43.


1-9-19 Florida Podiatric State Conference:  Multiple lectures on bone infection (osteomyelitis)

6-23-18  New publication!

Lower-Extremity Osteomyelitis Treatment Using Calcium Sulfate/Hydroxyapatite Bone Void Filler with Antibiotics
Seven-Year Retrospective Study

http://www.japmaonline.org/doi/full/10.7547/16-096

12-28-17 New publication!

Karr, JC. An Overview of the Percutaneous Antibiotic Delivery Technique for Osteomyelitis Treatment and a
Case Study of Calcaneal Osteomyelitis. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association,
Vol. 107, No. 6, November 2017: 511-515.

1-6-17  ACCEPTED FOR APPLICATION IN THE " JOURNAL OF  THE  AMERICAN PODIATRIC ASSOCIATION" "Lower Extremity Osteomyelitis Treatment Utilizing Calcium Sulfate/Hydroxyapatite Bone Void Filler With Antibiotics: Seven-Year Retrospective Study,"

1-6-17  Accepted for application in the " Journal of  The  American Podiatric Association" - "AN OVERVIEW OF THE PERCUTANEOUS ANTIBIOTIC DELIVERY TECHNIQUE FOR OSTEOMYELITIS TREATMENT AND A CASE STUDY OF CALCANEAL OSTEOMYELITIS,"


Point-Counterpoint: Is Surgical Treatment The Best Option For Forefoot Osteomyelitis? Podiatry Today July 3, 2016 - Co Author Dr. KaRR

Expert Recommendations for Optimizing Outcomes in the Management of Biofilm to Promote Healing of Chronic Wounds.  Supplement 1-19. Wounds June 2016 - Co Author Dr. Karr
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​Triple Helix Collagen Powder Dressing ® Healing 60-Day Outcomes In Chronic Diabetic and Venous Stasis Ulcers Poster Presentation

Accepted at the sawc symposium ATLANTA 2016
http://www.sawc.net/spring/home
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Please join me February 2nd 2016, Tuesday night, online for a talk about osteomyeiltis at Podiatricsuccess.com. This is an open forum where you can participate and ask questions.

http://www.podiatricsuccess.com

New  Cardiovascular horizons Orlando March 6, 2016

lecturing  ON are wound care centers  decreasing amputation rates ? AND BONE INFECTION TREATMENT.

Florida Podiatric Medical Association Meeting January 2016

Lecturing  on Wound Care, Bone Grafting,  and Bone Infection TREATMENT.
Also a lunch Lecture on PURAPLY AM AND WOUND HEALING.

national American Podiatric medical Association meeting
orlando july 2015

Puraply AM and wound healing
Jeffrey C. Karr, DPM

Central Florida Limb Salvage Alliance
Next meeting: April 22nd  6pm at the Terrace Hotel  with Dr. Frykberg as our quest speaker

3:55 PMDEBATE: Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Limb - Medical vs. Surgical Treatment
Jeffrey C. Karr, DPM


NCVH Florida | March 7, 2015
Evolving Paradigms in Amputation Prevention: An Interdisciplinary Approach

3:55 PMDEBATE: Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Limb - Medical vs. Surgical Treatment
Jeffrey C. Karr, DPM
Jere Scola, MD

http://www.ncvh.org/ncvh-florida-agenda.html


November 15, 2014

Please check out the Central Florida Limb Salvage Alliance on Facebook and check here for updates for 2015 activities.

October 13, 2014  Mulheim, Germany

Dr. Karr will be attending an osteomyelitis cadaver meeting attended by surgeons from Germany, Italy, Spain, Denmark, UK, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and Poland.

September 2014 

September is PAD Awareness Month

http://www.podiatrytoday.com/blogged/pad-awareness-month-and-case-limb-preservation

http://www.cardio.com/news-and-events/September-is-PAD-Awareness-Month-Interventional-Treatments-at-CIS-Save-Legs--Lives

June 2014

June 26, 2014 at 6 pm Dinner on DFU's and growth factors hosted by The Osteomyelitis Center. please rsvp and attend at 1-813-732-2607

Thursday January 16, 2014

Advances in the Treatment of Osteomyelitis by Dr. Karr at  SAM 2014 symposium in Orlando, FL.  www.fpma.com

December 2013 - new publication

Journal of Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 
Volume 26 Issue 12 December 2013.

Wound Healing and Cost-Saving Benefits of Combining Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy with Silver

Karr, Jeffrey C.; de Mola, Fernando Loret; Pham, Tri; Tooke, Leslie

Wednesday, November 20th, 2013

Fireside chat in Winter Haven, Florida for health professionals on the local challenges of wound care.

9-20-13 Just published by Dr. Karr and Dr. Pham:  

Online Exclusive: A Case Presentation: The Successful Management of Complicated Wounds in the Presence of an Infected Knee Prosthesis With Silver Antimicrobial Negative Pressure Dressing and a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device.  www.woundresearch.com.