Dr. Richard D. Koenig is the inventor/developer of the BIOMET-MERCK Total Toe System. Dr. Koenig graduated The University of Miami in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree and the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in 1970 with a Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine. His surgical training was completed in 1973 from Northlake Hospital in Chicago, IL. Dr. Koenig resided and practiced in St. Louis, MO for 21 years where he served as President of the St. Louis Podiatry Society, 1977-1979 and as Chief of Podiatric Medical Services at DePaul Health Center, 1984-1994.

Dr. Koenig has lectured and taught surgery throughout the United States and in ten European countries since 1992. He serves proudly as a Lt. Commander, Medical Services in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Dr. Koenig has two daughters in college. He now resides and consults in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

In 1988, benefiting from technological advancements in materials, design and lessons learned from hip and knee replacements, Koenig revived the concept of total joint replacement. Over the next 4 years, changes in materials, instrumentation and the addition of osseo-conductive coatings improved the Total Toe System to make it the most advanced and enduring great toe joint replacement available in the world of medicine and surgery. Three scientific treatises have been published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery concerning the results of the Total Toe System over the past 10 years; the most published joint implant of its kind.

 Dr. Koenig has joined the staff at North Shore Medical Center in North Miami, Florida. There, the Doctor continues his work; consulting patients and teaching the Total Toe System to other foot and ankle surgeons in the United States and around the World.

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