Welcome to the personal website of

Dr. Michael A. Zapf, DPM, MPH, FACFAS, FACFAOM

Thank you for visiting the web site of Dr. Michael Zapf. He is a member of the Agoura-Los Robles Podiatry Centers

The "real" practice web site, the one that contains registration forms, doctor information for all the office and directions to the office is located at:

www.conejofeet.com   ç Click here

I am Dr. Michael Zapf. I have been offering a full range of podiatric medical services, from ingrown nails to heel pain and foot surgery, to my friends and neighbors in the Las Virgenes, Conejo and Simi Valleys since 1985. This is my personal web site. It has been up since 1990 and has received more than 2 million visits. The entire site is my responsibility only and nearly everything on the site was written by me. You are welcome to peruse this site and learn what you can about me, your feet and the problems your feet can develop. Things happen fast in medicine so whatever you read could well be outdated, especially if it was written many years ago. On this site you will read historic articles that I wrote for a lay audience as long as 25 years ago, so please do not take anything on this site as definitive or as applying directly to your condition. You may wonder why I have my own site even though there is also an official practice site. Well, my partners are of a younger generation raised on tweets, e-mails and iPhones. They want a professional site that they believe better represents the professional nature of our practice. They also believe that people no longer take the time to read anything of length. I, on the other foot, think there is still a world out there full of people who still read lengthy descriptions of problems and solutions. if you are one of those old fashioned readers, then this site if for you. Let me know what you think. Let me know you are out there.

Please note that all information and photographs on this site are copyrighted by me, Michael Zapf, DPM, and cannot be used for any private or commercial purposes. I work with two other podiatrists in my practice who may or may not share any of my ideas and philosophy. Do not expect them to practice the way I do or even believe in any of the speculation I present here. If you appreciate what I have written and want me to be your treating doctor, you will have to ask for me specifically. Even if my office says at first, " He is booked until next month",  I still want to see you as long as you are a little flexible with your schedule. If your visit is an emergency, I know that  you will be happy with either of my associates, Dr. Darren Payne or Dr. Steve Benson. They are exceedingly well trained and capable in any foot emergency.

 

Michael Zapf, DPM, MPH, FACFAS, FACFAOM     (If you want to know what all those initials mean, click here   è  

Our office phone number is (818) 707-3668 and my e-mail address is zfootdoc [at] doctor [dot] com

Agoura Hills Office: 28240 Agoura Road, Suite 101, Agoura Hills, CA 91301

Thousand Oaks Office: 555 Marin Street, Suite 290, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

For the address, hours and registration forms please see the practice web site: www.conejofeet.com


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Sandy Shultz is our contact in Honduras. She is  former Peace Corp Volunteer who stays in Honduras for 5 months a year arranging a never ending host of charitable activities. These 4 kids that our group operated on are 'her kids". She sent this post-operative picture along with the following letter:

 This group of four children have been known to me for
about three years. We have been through a lot
together. They come from small villages outside
Choluteca in the south of Honduras where it is very
hot, and walk from their adobe houses to hitchhike on
the first road they have available, get to a bus,
which will take them to another, and then another so
they can reach Tegucigalpa. I pay all their expenses
so they can afford to make this trip but it is still
grueling and risky as they leave other children at
home, sometimes a house unguarded, and whatever small
income they might be making in order to help their
children. It is their commitment and courage that
give me the strength to keep trying to help them. They
have been to four other brigades with me over the
years without help. Some even further away on the
north coast in La Ceiba, others in San Pedro Sula.
They finally realized their dream when Rotary
Westlake Sunrisers  took up the gavel and came to
their aid. Yesterday I was at the hospital to greet
them as they came back for their first cast change and have their stitches removed. I hope to be there in 5 weeks when they return to have pins removed and a cast put on once again. It has been so exciting and at times scary as I know their are risks with this surgery as do they. When they leave I give them money for the return trip.

When I took them to the bus stop after their initial surgery and we were waiting for their time to leave. suddenly, the two fathers in the group started to cry and hug me. It was totally unexpected and very emotional. They were so grateful and kept saying thanks. I have a great deal of respect for their willingness to follow their dream and this gringa with no real knowledge of where they were going or  what was going to happen. Humanity can be an inspiration!

And if you are tempted to think they are just naive and simple people and that is why they go like sheep with me into the unknown, you should have been part of the taxi conversation. To hear these campasinos and really financially poor people talk with the taxi cab driver about the world crisis that exists was very interesting. They knew the names of all the key players and all had opinions. The one we truly shared though was our hope that these children will have a better life as a result of your help.


Thanks again from Honduras....Sandy
 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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