Edward Costa, DPM, FACFAS, Joins Scarsdale Medical Group
White Plains, N.Y., Jan. 1, 2022 – White Plains Hospital is pleased to welcome podiatrist Dr. Edward Costa to Scarsdale Medical Group. Dr. Costa specializes in surgical and nonsurgical management of all conditions that affect the foot and ankle, including heel pain/plantar fasciitis; Achilles tendinitis; bunions; fractures; ingrown toenails, diabetic foot care/ulcers; sports-related injuries; and pediatrics (age 2 and up). He previously had been in private practice in New York and New Jersey since 2010.
Dr. Costa earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine at New York College of Podiatric Medicine. He completed his podiatric medicine and surgical residency training at Montefiore Medical Center, where he achieved chief resident status. He is an active member of the American Podiatric Medical Association and was named one of New Jersey’s “Top Docs” three times by USA Top Docs. He is board-certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons.
In addition to English, Dr. Costa speaks Spanish and Portuguese.
Dr. Costa is now seeing patients at the Scarsdale Medical Group offices 600 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison and at 2345 Boston Post Road in Larchmont. For appointments and more information, call (914) 723-8100.
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About White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. Centers of Excellence include the Center for Cancer Care, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center and The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center. The Hospital’s Flanzer Emergency Department is the busiest in Westchester County, with more than 64,000 patient visits a year. White Plains Hospital performs lifesaving emergency and elective angioplasty in its Joan and Alan Herfort, MD, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Marie Promuto Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. White Plains Hospital has outpatient medical facilities across Westchester, including multispecialty practices in Armonk, New Rochelle, Somers and Yorktown Heights; and Scarsdale Medical Group locations in Harrison and Scarsdale.
The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and earned its recognition as a Top Performer for Key Quality Measures® in 2015 and 2013. The Hospital received Magnet® designation in 2012 and 2016 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). The Hospital earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), one of 60 hospitals in the nation, and the Hospital’s Bariatric Surgical Center is accredited as a Comprehensive Center under the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP). White Plains Hospital has also received full accreditation for its breast cancer program from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) and The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP®) recognized White Plains Hospital as a top 10% performing hospital for achieving meritorious outcomes for surgical patient care in 2019. In 2021, White Plains Hospital received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades® for the sixth time and was the only Hospital in Westchester to be awarded with an A Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the 5th consecutive time.
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