Dr. Richard Derner

Lake Ridge, VA
1721 Financial Loop
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
Phone: (703) 491-9500
Fax: (703) 491-9994

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Stafford, VA
945 Garrisonville Road
Stafford, VA 22554
Phone: (540) 720-0700
Fax: (540) 720-4449

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Dr. Richard Derner is a 1987 graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (now Kent State University) in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Derner completed a three-year Podiatric Surgical Residency in Denver, Colorado, and then completed a fellowship in Ravensburg, Germany, in traumatology.  

Afterward, Dr. Derner moved to Northern Virginia in 1990, where he began private practice in Falls Church, Virginia.  He then joined Lake Ridge and started the Stafford Foot & Ankle Center with Dr. Douglas Stabile in 1994.  In the years to follow, Dr. Derner became president of the Northern Virginia Podiatric Medical Association, President of the Virginia Podiatric Medical Association, and ultimately President of the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons.

Dr. Derner has been the author of several articles in peer-reviewed journals, most recently publishing an article in 2020.  He was board certified in 1993 in foot and rearfoot and reconstructive foot and ankle surgery.    He is the medical director of 2 orthopedic companies. Recently, Dr. Derner has become program director of the foot & ankle residency program at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia.

Dr. Derner lives in Burke with his wife, a nurse educator.  They have two children, Brian, who is finishing his residency in foot & ankle surgery in Denver, Colorado, and Mark, who is in law school at Villanova University outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Undergraduate:

Wilkes University

Graduate:

Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine

Residency:

Highlands Center Hospital/Doctors Hospital in Denver

Fellowship:

Traumatology fellowship at the Saint Elizabethan Hospital A.O Clinic in Ravensburg, Germany.

  1. Lake Ridge, VA
    1721 Financial Loop
    Lake Ridge, VA 22192
    Phone: (703) 491-9500
    Fax: (703) 491-9994
  2. Stafford, VA
    945 Garrisonville Road
    Stafford, VA 22554
    Phone: (540) 720-0700
    Fax: (540) 720-4449