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About Paul Armanasco
Mr Paul Armanasco BSc MSc FACPS FFPM RCPS (Glas) is a Specialist Podiatric Surgeon (Foot and Ankle) based in the Southwest of Western Australia. He completed his fellowship exams and attained specialist registration in 2012. He finished his undergraduate podiatry degree in 1998, his masters in 2006 and trained with the Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons between 2006 and 2012.
During this time he undertook rotation at the Great Western Hospital National Health Service (NHS) trust Orthopaedic department in the UK, completed a number of international (USA) and interstate rotations, and attended extensive foot and ankle surgical training in Australia. He has attended numerous foot and ankle surgical training courses in Australia, USA, Malaysia and England. He has also published a number of peer-reviewed papers on foot and ankle surgery, routinely audits his surgery outcomes and regularly attends courses and conferences on foot and ankle surgery. He is actively involved in teaching Podiatric Medicine, Medical students students as well as Podiatric Surgery trainees.
Qualifications / Memberships
- Fellow, Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons (2012)
- Fellow, Faculty of Podiatric Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (2017)
- Associate, Sports Medicine Australia (1998 – current)
- Member Rural Health West (2020 – current)
- Chair Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons Audit Committee
Surgical Training / Courses
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- Accredited 3 Stage FACPS Fellowship training 2006 – 2012 – Log book denotes 2223 Foot and Ankle Surgical Teaching procedures
- AO North America – Basic Podiatric surgery foot and ankle internal fixation course. Charlotte, USA
- AO North America – Advanced podiatric foot and ankle internal fixation course, Miami USA
- AO Foundation – Foot and Ankle Trauma Course, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Radiology of the Foot and Ankle Certificate Curtin University October 1998
- Advanced imaging and physical diagnosis Foot and Ankle work shop Curtin University Dr P. Perlman, October 2000
- C Tech UWA 2 day Foot and Ankle Surgical anatomy / anatomic dissection course 2004
- Indigenous diabetic foot workshop UWA 2005
- Sydney University / Prince of Wales Hospital NSW Feb 2006 – Surgical dissection and forefoot surgery course
- Sydney University / Prince of Wales Hospital NSW Oct 2006 – Surgical dissection and rearfoot surgery course
- Anatomical prosection / cadaver workshop Foot and Ankle – University of South Australia August 2007
- Hind foot Arthrodesis workshop under supervision of Mr Ian Winson, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Winsor UK, November 2009.
- Foot and Ankle anatomical dissection / cadaver surgical workshop – Sydney Hospital August 2010 (as part of the ACPS conference)
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons cadaveric workshop – advanced diabetic foot reconstruction Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA March 2011
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons cadaveric workshop – Techniques in revisional surgery making the bad the better Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA March 2011
- American College of Foot and Ankle surgeons cadaveric workshop – Forefoot osteotomies, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA March 2011
- Foot and Ankle Anatomical prosection course, Curtin University Cadaveric Lab, May 2011
- Forefoot osteotomy workshop, Burswood, Perth, August 2011.
- Podiatric therapeutics update course November, 2011 – La trobe University, Melbourne.
- Podiatric therapeutics course, Jan 2012 –La trobe University, Melbourne.
- Hindfoot Cadaveric course – Sydney – 22nd August 2012
- Techniques for Surgical management of adult acquired flat foot deformity, Sydney 22nd August 2012.
- Cadaveric Midfoot and Rearfoot Surgical Course, University Hospital of Warwick and Coventry UK 9th March 2016
- Minimally Invasive Approach to Flat Foot Surgery CTEC University of Western Australia Febuary 23rd 2019
- Urgent Diabetic Foot Surgery Cadaveric Workshop – Prof David Armstrong CTEC University of Western Australia, December 13th 2019
- Academy of Minimally Invasive Foot and Ankle Surgery Cadaveric Lab Seminar, February 22, 23, 24 2023 Advent Health, Orlando, Florida, USA
- Minimally Invasive Foot & Ankle Surgery Cadaver Skills Workshop on 10 March 2023, Sydney.
Publications
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Armanasco P, Williamson D, Yates, B. 2011. Integration of podiatric surgery within an orthopaedic department: An audit of patient satisfaction with labour force implications. The Foot. 2012; 22(3): 200-4
- Armanasco P, Ali S, John L, Williamson D. A rare tumour in a rare location: Desmoplastic fibroma in a toe. Foot and Ankle Surgery. 17 pp 37 -39.
- Armanasco P, Briffa K, Pang N. 2014. A method for measurement of the hypertrophic first metatarsal medial eminence on foot radiographs – a reliability study with surgical implications.
- Armanasco, P. 2020. Podiatric Surgery and the Diabetic Foot. Editorial. Stride Magazine, Australian Podiatry Assocation. May, 2020.
- Ho, K, Ireland, M, Armanasco, P. Case report: Rare Case of a Very Large Angioleiomyoma of the Dorsum Foot. Cureus. Accepted April 16, 2021.
- Parihar, S, Ho, K, Armanasco P. Benign cellular fibrous histiocytoma in a rare location – A toe. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases 2 (2022) 100232
- Ho K, Armanasco, P, L-lengthening Peroneal Tenodesis with Concurrent Modified Brostrom Gould for Peroneal Brevis Rupture and Chronic Ankle Instability: A Case Report. Foot & Ankle Surgery: Techniques, Reports & Cases, S2667-3967(24)00042-9
