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Before you sit in their office, sit in on an interview with us as we ask Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic physicians all the important questions!

Duane J. Ehredt Jr., DPM, FACFAS

Associate Professor, Division of Foot & Ankle Surgery and Biomechanics, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University College of Podiatric Medicine 

Degrees & Training: Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University College of Podiatric Medicine; Podiatric Medicine & Surgical Residency with Reconstructive Rearfoot / Ankle Surgery, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center ; Lieutenant, United States Navy Reserve

Special Interests: Reconstructive Foot & Ankle Surgery ; Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy; Limb Salvage; Research; Bunion Surgery

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• Q: What's your favorite procedure to perform?
  • A: Ankle Arthroscopy and Lateral Ankle Stabilization. I feel it's the cornerstone procedure if you want to adequately treat athletes
• Q: What shows are you hooked on right now?
  • A: I don't watch much TV, but Disney+ has figured out how to make their short shows tie into the MCU and Star Wars stories quite well, so I've been into ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµMandalorian and WandaVision. I'm looking forward to ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµFalcon and Winter Soldier starting up next week.
• Q: Tell us about your free time!
  • A: Pretty much anything I can do with my son, Deakon. When he is with me we do a lot of mountain biking, hiking and playing video games. Otherwise, I like to keep active with racing/triathlon/cross-training. I wouldn't consider myself a "biohacker", but I'm really interested in enhancing wellness through science. For completely mindless fun I like to play video games with our microbiologist, Dr. Dalman.
• Q: Any hidden talents?
  • A: Housekeeping (cooking/cleaning/landscaping, etc.) I  could never imagine paying someone else to do that kind of stuff.
• Q: What's one thing you can't resist?
  • A: Jelly Bellys
• Q: What's one thing you couldn't live without?
  • A: Air and water I guess. Otherwise I think I would live just fine without everything else.
• Q: If you weren't a podiatrist, what would you be?
  • A: A football coach
• Q: You can bring three guests to a dinner party - living or dead. Who's coming?
  • A:  My son Deakon, whoever the current US President is at the time, and Jesus
• Q: We finish this interview and you step outside to find a lottery ticket that ends up winning $10 million. What do you do?
  • A: Contact my lawyer and set up the necessary entities to protect the cash and my family. Then, figure out what I need to vanish and give the rest away.
• Q: If you could choose a superpower, what would it be?
  • A: Wolverine's animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities and healing factor
• Q: Favorite book?
  • A: ¾«¶«Ó°ÒµHarry Potter series
• Q: How do you relax?
  • A: I have an infrared sauna system called HigherDose. If I really want to unwind I will get inside that and spend about 30-45 minutes melting away and then immediately take an ice cold shower. It will instantly revive you.
• Q: What is your favorite vacation?
  • A: ¾«¶«Ó°Òµcombination adventure/spa. I don't really like being around a lot of people, so going somewhere I can get away and push the limits a little bit, but then eventually come back to a sauna, massage therapy, and good food would be ideal. I was lucky enough to go to Switzerland a few years back and it was pretty much exactly like that. I like the cold and altitude.
• Q: What motivates you to work hard?
  • A: My enemies. Nothing motivates me more than knowing there are forces in the world that are against me. 
• Q: How do you take your coffee?
  • A: Black. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµway God intended it to be.
• Q: What did you want to be when you were little?
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹A: As long as I can remember I've always wanted to be a physician.
• Q: Any fun quarantine purchases?
  • ​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹A: I found a new TT bike for racing triathlons. I'm looking forward to putting that to use this summer. I don't really like to drink much, but someone special got me interested into finer quality scotch and gin during the quarantine. I've enjoyed exploring some unique bottles. I also found a deal on two Onewheels for Deakon and I to zoom around on. It's basically a motorized skateboard/snowboard with one big wheel in the middle. We actually have a lot of fun around town at the various Metroparks with those.

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