About

Dr. Gennady Kolodenker, DPM, ABPM

Dr. Gennady Kolodenker is an American Board of Podiatric Medicine board-certified Podiatrist who completed fellowship training in sports medicine and surgery. Based in Irvine, California, he treats adults and children with foot and ankle conditions and serves patients throughout Orange County.

Dr. Kolodenker is on staff at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, Hoag Hospital Irvine, and Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC). His practice includes both nonsurgical care and foot and ankle surgery, from common problems to complex reconstruction.

Clinical Expertise

Dr. K treats ankle fractures, foot fractures, torn tendons, ligament injuries, painful arthritis, bunions, hammertoes, and Morton’s neuroma. He also has extensive experience in wound management, diabetic limb preservation, and Charcot foot reconstruction. See the full list of conditions treated.

Academic and Medico-Legal Work

Dr. Kolodenker is a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) and performs Independent Medical Evaluations (IMEs) and expert-witness reviews.

Training and Education

Dr. Kolodenker completed a three-year surgical foot and ankle residency at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey (formerly UMDNJ and now part of Rutgers). His training included trauma, limb preservation, reconstructive surgery, and cosmetic foot and ankle surgery. He worked with general orthopedic surgeons, Podiatric surgeons, and foot and ankle specialists, including physicians trained at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

He was named Chief Resident in his final year. His residency experience included affiliations with Hackensack University Medical Center and Holy Name Medical Center, as well as extensive work serving patients in the Newark community.

He earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University in 2007. He graduated cum laude from Seton Hall University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

Dr. Kolodenker began working in medicine as a medical assistant during high school and college. He is fluent in Russian.

Selected Publications

Preventing Foot and Ankle Injuries, 2018.

Kolodenker G, Esformes I, Napoli R. “Isolated Chronic Anteroinferior Tibiofibular Ligament Rupture Repair.” Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2012;51(6):787–789.

Stapleton JJ, Kolodenker G, Zgonis T. “Internal and External Fixation Approaches to the Surgical Management of Calcaneal Fractures.” Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. 2010;27(3).

Kolodenker G, et al. “Peroneus Longus Tendon Lengthening for Treatment of Plantar Medial Diabetic Ulcer: A Case Report.” ACFAS Conference Poster, March 2009.