Kent Ellington, MD, FAAOS

• Administrative Assistant and Surgery Scheduler -- Cierra Tamez, CCMA
• CMA -- Nicole Norton, CST, CSFA  and Cierra Tamez, CCMA
• Surgical Asst -- Nicole Norton, CST, CSFA

Michael Buscema, PA-C

Kelly Stafford, PA-C

• University of North Carolina Charlotte -- Bachelor of Science
• University of North Carolina Charlotte -- Masters of Science
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine -- Doctor of Medicine
• Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center -- Internship
• Atrium Health - Carolinas Medical Center -- Residency, Orthopedic Surgery
• Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore -- Fellowship, Institute for Foot & Ankle Reconstruction

• Specializes in orthopedic foot & ankle reconstruction
• Arthritis management of the foot and ankle
• Ankle replacement
• Revision ankle replacement
• Total talus replacement
• Custom implants
• MIS (Minimally invasive surgery) bunion correction
• MIS for other procedures 
• Trauma
  • Post-traumatic foot/ankle reconstruction
  • Trauma and acute fracture care of foot/ankle
  • AVN
  • Treatment of Pilon fractures
  • Treatment of Tibia fractures
  • Post-traumatic foot/ankle arthritis treatment
  • Stress fracture foot/ankle treatment
• Sports
  • Professional, Collegiate, High School Athletes, - extensive experience with all levels
  • Foot/ankle sports medicine/arthroscopy
  • Athletic injuries to foot/ankle
  • Treatment of athletes
  • Achilles rupture 
  • Cartilage preservation
  • OCD treatment
  • Ligament repair
  • Achilles tendonitis and injury
  • Ankle instability
• Forefoot reconstruction
  • Bunion correction
  • Hammertoe correction
  • Metatarsalgia
  • Neuroma
  • Hallux rigidus
• Fusions
  • Foot fusions
  • Ankle fusions
• Arch conditions
  • Flatfoot correction
  • High-arched feet correction
• Foot/ankle and lower extremity (tibia) deformity correction
  • Limb Salvage
  • Limb Lengthening
  • Spatial Frame (Ilizarov)
• Paralytic conditions/drop foot/deformity
  • Tendon transfers
  • Reconstruction
• Congenital foot/ankle correction
• Charcot foot/ankle treatment
• Other foot/ankle treatments

• Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
• Member of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
• Board Certified Surgeon

Research Projects In Progress:

• Outcomes following ankle fracture-dislocations, prospective clinical study
• Amniox for hallux rigidus, randomized, prospective clinical study
• Internal brace for ankle instability
• Outcomes of ZImmer Total Ankle Replacement, prospective 10-year international study
• Nitinol staples, fusion outcomes
• Dynanail, TTC fusion outcomes
• Amniox, peroneal and achilles prospective clinical study

Published Work:

• Ankle Arthritis. Greaser M, Ellington JK. Journal of Arthritis, May 2014.
• Berkes M, Obremskey WT, Bosse MJ, Hymes R, Scannell B, Ellington JK. Maintenance of Hardware After Early Postoperative Infection Following Fracture Internal Fixation. JBJS Am, 92:823-8, 2010.
• Bost, K.L., Bento JL, Ellington JK, Marriott I, Hudson MC. Induction of colony-stimulating factor expression following Staphylococcus or Salmonella interaction with mouse or human osteoblasts. Infect Immun, 68:5075-83, 2000.
• Conti MS, Ellington JK, Behrens SB. 
  Osteochondral Defects of the Talus: How to Treat Without an Osteotomy.Clin Sports Med. 2020 Oct;39(4):893-909. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2020.07.002. Epub 2020 
• Chien B, Hofmann K, Ghorbanhoseini M, Zurakowski D, Rodriguez EK, Appleton P, Ellington JK, Kwon JY., Foot Ankle Int. 2016 May 9 Relationship of Self-Reported Ability to Weight-Bear Immediately After Injury as Predictor of Stability for Ankle Fractures.
• Ellington J.K., Reilly SS, Ramp WK, Smeltzer MS, Kellam JF, Hudson MC. Mechanisms of Staphylococcus aureus invasion of cultured osteoblasts. Microb Pathog, 26: 317-23, 1999.
• Ellington, J.K., Elhofy A, Hudson MC. Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in Staphylococcus aureus invasion of normal osteoblasts. Infect Immun, 69: 5235-42, 2001.
• Ellington, J. K., L. Webb, M. Harris, B. Smith, T. Smith, K. Tan, M. Hudson. Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus. A Mechanism for the Indolence of Osteomyelitis. J. Bone Joint Surg Br, 85:918-21, 2003.
• Ellington J.K., M. Harris, M.C. Hudson, S. Vishin, L.X. Webb. Intracellular Staphylococcus aureus and antibiotic resistance: Implications for treatment of staphylococcal osteomyelitis. J Orthop Res., Jan;24:87-93, 2006.
• Ellington J.K., Kneisl J. Acrometastasis to the Foot: Three Case Reports with Primary Colon Cancer. Foot and Ankle Specialists, 2:140-5, 2009.
• Ellington J.K., Jones C.P, Cohen B, Anderson R, Davis H. Clinical and radiographic review of 107 hallux metatarsophalangeal joint arthrodesis using dome-shaped reamers and a stainless-steel dorsal plate. Foot Ankle Int, 31:385-90, 2010.
• Ellington JK, Anderson R, Davis H, Cohen B, Jones C. Radiographic outcomes following proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis with an intramedullary fusion device for lesser toe deformities. Foot Ankle Int, 31:372-6, 2010.
• Ellington JK, McCormick J, Marion C, Anderson R, Davis H, Cohen B, Jones C. Outcomes following surgical repair of tibialis anterior tendon rupture. Foot Ankle Int, 31:412-7, 2010.
• Ellington JK, Myerson MS, Coetzee CC. The use of the Lapidus for revision hallux valgus. Foot Ankle Int. 2011 Jul;32(7):674-80.
• Ellington JK. Hammertoes/Clawtoes: PIP Correction. Foot Ankle Clin. 2011 Dec;16(4):547-58.
• Ellington JK. The subtalar joint: it is more complicated than you think. Preface. Foot Ankle Clin. 2015 Jun;20(2)
• Ellington JK, Myerson MS. The Use of Arthrodesis to Correct Rigid Flatfoot Deformity. Instr Course Lect. 60:311-320, 2011.
• Ellington JK, Michael J. Bosse, Renan C. Castillo, Dolfi Herscovici, Thomas G. DiPasquale, Ellen J. MacKenzie, And The LEAP STUDY Group. The mangled foot and ankle: the role of soft tissue coverage. J Orthop Trauma. Jan;27(1):43-8, 2013
• Ellington JK, Gupta S, Myerson MS. Management of failures of total ankle replacement with the agility total ankle arthroplasty. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2013 Dec 4;95(23):2112-8
• Ellington JK, Myerson MS. Surgical correction of the ball and socket ankle joint in the adult associated with a talonavicular tarsal coalition. Foot Ankle Int. 2013 Oct;34(10):1381-8.
• Ellington JK, Ferguson CM. The use of amniotic membrane/umbilical cord in first metatarsophalangeal joint cheilectomy: a comparative bilateral case study. Surg Technol Int. 2014 Nov;25:63-7.
• Ellington K, Raikin S, Bemenderfer TB. What Strategies Can Be Implemented to Help Isolate the Causative Organism in Patients With Infection of the Foot and Ankle? Foot Ankle Int. 2019 Jul;40(1_suppl):33S-38S.
• Ellington K, Hirose CB, Bemenderfer TB. What Is the Treatment "Algorithm" for Infection After Ankle or Hindfoot Arthrodesis? Foot Ankle Int. 2019 Jul;40(1_suppl):64S-70S
• Ellington K, Bemenderfer TB.What Are the Indications for One-Stage Versus Two-Stage Exchange Arthroplasty in Management of the Infected Total Ankle Arthroplasty (TAA)? Foot Ankle Int. 2019 Jul;40(1_suppl):55S-58S
• Ford SE, Ellington JK. Management of Distal Tibial Metaphyseal Bone Defects With an Intramedullary Nitinol Scaffold: A Novel Technique. Foot Ankle Spec. 2016 Nov 20.
• Ford SE, Kwon JY, Ellington JK. Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis Utilizing a Titanium Intramedullary Nail With an Internal Pseudoelastic Nitinol Compression Element: A Retrospective Case Series of 33 Patients.  J Foot Ankle Surg. 2019 Jan 3. pii: S1067-2516(18)30387-9
• Ford SE, Adair CR, Cohen BE, Davis WH, Ellington JK, Jones CP, Anderson RB. Efficacy, Outcomes, and Alignment Following Isolated Fibular Sesamoidectomy via a Plantar Approach. Foot Ankle Int. 2019 Aug 21
• Ford SE, Ellington JK. Management of Distal Tibial Metaphyseal Bone Defects With an Intramedullary Nitinol Scaffold: A Novel Technique. Foot Ankle Spec. 2016 Nov 20.
• Ferkel E, Davis WH, Ellington JK. Entrapment Neuropathies of the Foot and Ankle. Clin Sports Med. 2015 Oct;34(4):791-801.
• Ferguson CM, Ellington JK. Operative Technique: Interposition Arthroplasty and Biological Augmentation of Hallux Rigidus Surgery. Foot Ankle Clin. 2015 Sep;20(3):513-24
• Functional Results of Open Broström Ankle Ligament Repair Augmented With a Suture Tape. Coetzee JC, Ellington JK, Ronan JA, Stone RM. Foot Ankle Int . 2018 Feb
• The Flatfoot: Even After Decades of Work, We Still Need Help Understanding It. Ellington JK. Foot Ankle Clin . 2017 Sep;22(3)
• Functional Results of Open Broström Ankle Ligament Repair Augmented With a Suture Tape. Coetzee JC, Ellington JK, Ronan JA, Stone RM. Foot Ankle Int . 2018 Feb
• The Flatfoot: Even After Decades of Work, We Still Need Help Understanding It. Ellington JK. Foot Ankle Clin . 2017 Sep;22(3)
• Gupta S, Ellington JK, Myerson MS. Management of specific complications after total ankle replacements. Semin Arthro 21:310-319, 2011.
• Hyer CF, Pinzur MS, Ellington JK, Davis WH, Jones CP. Charcot Arthropathy: Operative and Nonoperative Management. Foot Ankle Spec. 2014 Jul 15;7(4):286-290.
• Hunt K, Ellington JK, Anderson R, Davis H, Cohen B, Jones C. Locked vs nonlocked plates for hallux MP arthrodesis, Foot Ankle Int. 2011 Jul;32(7):704-9.
• Hsu AR, Jones CP, Cohen BE, Davis WH, Ellington JK, Anderson RB. Clinical Outcomes and Complications of Percutaneous Achilles Repair System Versus Open Technique for Acute Achilles Tendon Ruptures. Foot Ankle Int. 2015 Jun 8
• Hsu AR, Ellington JK. Patient-Specific 3-Dimensional Printed Titanium Truss Cage With Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis for Salvage of Persistent Distal Tibia Nonunion. Foot Ankle Spec. 2015
• Hsu AR, Ellington JK, Adams SB Jr. Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis Using a Nitinol Intramedullary Hindfoot Nail. Foot Ankle Spec. 2015 Oct;8(5):389-96
• Jefferson Sabatini, MD, Susan Odum, PhD, J. Kent Ellington, MD,MS, Carroll P. Jones, MD, W. Hodges Davis, MD A Retrospective Review of Risk Factors and Conversion Rate of Transmetatarsal Amputations to Below or Above Knee. Amputation. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2473011417S000343
• Jefferson Sabatini, MD, Susan Odum, PhD,J. Kent Ellington, MD,MS, Carroll P. Jones, MD, W. Hodges Davis, MD A Retrospective Review of Risk Factors and Conversion Rate of Transmetatarsal Amputations to Below or Above Knee. Amputation. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2473011417S000343
• Kwon JY, Ellington JK, Miller CP. Letter to the Editor: Costs and Radiographic Outcomes of Rotational Ankle Fractures Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons With or Without Trauma Fellowship Training. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Oct 12.
• Kwon JY, Ellington JK, Miller CP. Letter to the Editor: Costs and Radiographic Outcomes of Rotational Ankle Fractures Treated by Orthopaedic Surgeons With or Without Trauma Fellowship Training. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2018 Oct 12.
• Kwon JY, Ellington JK, Marsland D, Gupta S. Safe placement of a percutaneous transcalcaneal pin: An anatomic study and technique tip. Foot Ankle Int. 2011 Jun;32(6):651-5.
• Kwon JY, Zurakowski D, Ellington JK. Influence of Contralateral Radiographs on Accuracy of Anatomic Reduction in Surgically Treated Calcaneus Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2014 Oct 9.
• Kwon JY, Ellington JK. Orthopeers: bring peer review to the people. Harvard Orthopaedic Journal. September, 2010.
• Kwon JY, Guss D, Lin DE, Abousayed M, Jeng C, Kang S, Ellington JK^. Foot Ankle Int. Effect of Delay to Definitive Surgical Fixation on Wound Complications in the Treatment of Closed, Intra-articular Calcaneus Fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2015 May;36(5):508-17.
• Monica Rabinovich, Shankari N. Somayaji, Rajeev Raghavan Pillai, Michael C. Hudson, Ellington, JK Michael Bosse, James Horton, and Kenneth E. Gonsalves. Active Polymer Nanoparticles: Delivery of Antibiotics. Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 1019, 2007
• Radiographic Results of Nitinol Compression Staples for Hindfoot and Midfoot Arthrodeses. Schipper ON, Ford SE, Moody PW, Van Doren B, Ellington JK.Foot Ankle Int . 2018 Feb;39(2):172-179.
• Radiographic Results of Nitinol Compression Staples for Hindfoot and Midfoot Arthrodeses.Schipper ON, Ford SE, Moody PW, Van Doren B, Ellington JK.Foot Ankle Int . 2018 Feb;39(2):172-179.
• Radiographic Outcomes of Preoperative CT Scan-Derived Patient-Specific Total Ankle Arthroplasty. Hsu AR, Davis WH, Cohen BE, Jones CP, Ellington JK, Anderson RB. Foot Ankle Int. 2015 May 4.
• Sara Heintzman Galli, MD, Chad M. Ferguson, MD, W. Hodges Davis, MD, Robert Anderson, MD, Bruce E. Cohen, MD, Carroll P. Jones, MD, Susan Odum, PhD, J. Kent Ellington, MD.  Cheilectomy With or Without Cryopreserved Amniotic Membrane–Umbilical Cord Allograft for Hallux Rigidus. Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics, Jan 2021.  https://journals.sagepub.com/d... for publication "COVID-19 and Orthopaedic International Humanitarianism" for JAAOS Global Research & Reviews  
• Schipper ON, Ellington JK. Nitinol Compression Staples in Foot and Ankle Surgery. Orthop Clin North Am. 2019 Jul;50(3):391-399. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2019.02.003. Epub 2019 Apr 19
• Toussaint RJ, Lin D, Ehrlichman LK, Ellington JK, Strasser N, Kwon JY. Peroneal tendon displacement accompanying intra-articular calcaneal fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2014 Feb 19;96(4):310-5.
• The Posterior Medial Blind Spot of the Distal Tibia: Implications for Surgical Fixation. Wusu TO, Toussaint RJ, Ellington JK, Kwon JY. Foot Ankle Spec. 2015 Feb;8(1):46-9.
• Vier, D, Ellington JK.  Persistent Pain After Hindfoot Fusion. Foot Ankle Clin. 2022 Jun;27(2):327-341. doi: 10.1016/j.fcl.2021.11.019. Epub 2022 
• Vulcano E, Ellington JK, Myerson MS. The spectrum of indications for subtalar joint arthrodesis. Foot Ankle Clin. 2015 Jun;20(2):293-310

Book Chapters:

• Master's in Surgery, Kinos Ankle Replacement, 2022
• Appleton Foot and Ankle Trauma, 2011
• Foot and Ankle Clinics, PIP Correction, vol 16, no 4, 2011
• Coughlin and Mann, 7th edition, Midfoot and Forefoot Fractures, 2013
• Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – Lessertoe deformity, 2014
• Orthopaedic Knowledge Update – Flatfoot reconstruction, 2014
• Which Surgical Technique produces the best clinical outcomes for a lateral ankle sprain?, 2014
• What are the surgical and rehabilitative treatment options for an athlete with a combined syndesmotic and lateral ankle sprains?, 2014
• What are the surgical and rehabilitative treatment options for an ankle sprain with a chondral defect?, 2014
• Which Surgical Technique produces the best clinical outcomes for a lateral ankle sprain? 2014
• Chapter 15: Nitinol Compression Staples in Foot and Ankle, OCL 50.3 (Campbell Clinic); Unique  Procedures 2019
• AOFAS – Advanced Foot and Ankle Reconstruction.  Repair of the ruptured Achilles. Jones and Ellington, 2019. Chp 44.

Book Editor:

• Foot and Ankle Clinics: Subtalar Joint, 2014

Instructor at Courses

Vanderbilt July 2022

Stryker Course, NYC Dec 2022

Medline Course, Chicago Nov 2022

Artelon Course,  Washington DC Oct 2022

Oscar Miller Day, Charlotte Oct 2022

Harvard, Boston July 2022

Medline Course, Chicago, Oct 2021

Kinos Course, Louisville, May 2021

Medline Course, Austin, Jan 2022

Medline Course, Chicago, July 2018

Medshape Course, Boston, July 2018

 Synthes Course, Memphis, March 2018

Synthes Course, St. Louis, March 2018 

Synthes Course, West Palm, Feb 2018

Synthes Course, Atlanta, Feb 2018

Synthes Course, Cleveland, Dec 2017

Synthes Course Knoxville, Dec 2017

Foot Innovate Webinar, Amniox Nov 2017

Synthes Course, Baltimore, Nov 2017

Synthes Course Switzerland, Oct 2017

Synthes Course, Oct 2017

Lisfranc Fractures: Minneapolis Ortho Trauma Mtg, 47^th annual, Oct 2017

OC Reunion, Sonoma, Oct 2017

Synthes Course, NYC Sept 2017

Myerson Reunion, Beaver Creek, Feb 2017

Medline Courses Spring and Fall Chicago 2016

Grand Rounds Visiting Professor, Harvard Orthopaedic Surgery Dept, Nov 2016

Medline Fellows Course Oct 2016sa

Arthrex Fellows Course Apr 2016

Zimmer TAR Greeneville 2016

Talus Fractures. 46th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MN Nov 2015

Arthrex Fellows Course Apr 2015

Pilon Fractures. 45th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 2014

Arthrex Fellows Course Apr 2014

Wright Medical Young All Stars, NYC. Nov 2014.

Foot Innovate Webinar: Internal Brace. Nov 2014.

Syndesmotic Injuries and High Ankle Sprains. 44th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, MN. Nov 2014.

Lisfranc Fractures. 44th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MN Nov 2014.

Pilon Fractures. 44th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MN, Nov 2014

BME, Minneapolis, 44^th annual trauma symposium, Nov 2014

Medshape, Chicago, AOFAS, Aug 2014.

Zimmer Total Ankle Arthroplasty, Charlotte, May 2014

Amniox Medical, Miami, May 2014

Arthrex, Sports Medicine Orthopaedic Fellows Course, Naples, May 2014

Zimmer Total Ankle Arthroplasty, Detroit, Apr 2014

Arthrex, Foot and Ankle Orthopaedic Fellows Course, Naples, Apr 2014

BME, Speed, Minneapolis, 43^rd annual trauma symposium, Nov 2013

Arthrex, Plantar plate repair, flatfoot, internal brace. Charlotte, NC, Nov, 2013

Amniox Medical, San Diego CA, August 2013

Arthrex, Advanced foot/ankle course, Naples, FL, May 2013

Synthes Course, Switzerland and Germany, March 2018

Amniox Medical, Miami FL, March 2013

Annual Myerson Meeting, Beaver Creek, CO, Feb. 2013Nov 2014. Talus Fractures. 44th Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis,MN

Vumedi – syndesmostic injury, 2013

Foot Innovate – hallux rigidus, 2013.

Lisfranc. Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MN Nov 2103

Pilon Fractures. 43^rd Annual Orthopaedic Trauma, Minneapolis, MNm Nov 2013

Open Lisfranc treatment. Myerson Conference, Breckenridge, CO 2013.

Men’s Health Magazine, Aug, 2012.

NBC Charlotte Today, Nov 21, 2011

NC Orthopaedic Technologist Annual Meeting, Oct 2, 2010