ROME, N.Y. — After almost a decade in business in the Syracuse area, Syracuse Podiatry, PLLC has expanded with a satellite office in Rome in cooperation with Rome Health. “We’ve been very busy, and we get a lot of referrals from the Utica–Rome area,” says practice owner Ryan D’Amico. The lack of surgical podiatry services […]
ROME, N.Y. — After almost a decade in business in the Syracuse area, Syracuse Podiatry, PLLC has expanded with a satellite office in Rome in cooperation with Rome Health.
“We’ve been very busy, and we get a lot of referrals from the Utica–Rome area,” says practice owner Ryan D’Amico. The lack of surgical podiatry services in the area already led to his connection with Rome Health, which brought him on staff several years ago.
Things sort of snowballed from there, D’Amico says, and when Rome Health had space available for rent at 107 E. Chestnut Street, it seemed like the right time to take the next step and open an office in Rome.
As part of the deal, Rome Health provides IT, phone, and marketing services, as well as refers surgical podiatric patients to Syracuse Podiatry, he says. In return, his practice is able to provide services for which Rome Health would normally have to refer patients to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse.
Syracuse Podiatry specializes in acute limb salvage, D’Amico says. That includes anything from draining and managing infections to amputation when needed.
The new Rome office opened on Sept. 12 and the response has been great so far, he says. The office is open Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for now as the space is shared with other services that operate there on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Dr. Justin Muser is the main doctor on duty in Rome with help from a medical assistant and a receptionist. The practice is accepting new patients.
“We’re growing fast there,” D’Amico says. “I anticipate this becoming a permanent thing where we’re there every day of the week.”
Podiatry, in general, is growing, he says, becoming more than just treating acute emergencies and chronic issues such as diabetes. He’s seeing more referrals across the age spectrum, including from pediatrician offices for issues such as in-toeing, out-toeing, and flat feet.
“These can be lifelong problems if not treated,” D’Amico says.
People are becoming more aware that our feet are the foundation that movement is based on and “when they get a foot problem, it’s debilitating,” he says. “That’s when we need to be available to them on a fairly regular basis.”
Founded in 2012 as Ryan D’Amico, DPM, PLLC, the practice does business as Syracuse Podiatry. Syracuse Podiatry is headquartered at 7075 Manlius Center Road in DeWitt.