About me
Dr. Guyton is the Division Chief of Foot and Ankle Surgery, and the Fellowship Director, at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital. He is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, fellowship trained in foot and ankle reconstruction. Dr. Guyton sees patients in Timonium, Hunt Valley, Bel Air, and at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore.
As a nationally-renowned researcher, he reviews submissions to medical journals including: Foot & Ankle International, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He also serves on the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Question Writing Task Force, where he is responsible for drafting foot and ankle questions that all orthopaedic surgeons in the United States must answer to become board certified. He is also a member of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society and the Orthopaedic Foot Club.
Dr. Guyton is highly educated, having completed medical school at Harvard and a fellowship regarded at the time as the most prestigious in the country. His clinical interests include arthroscopic surgery for ligament, tendon and cartilage injuries, total ankle replacement, neuromuscular disorders, and minimally invasive surgery for severe bunions. He has dedicated his career to advancing the science of foot and ankle orthopaedics.
In 2023, he was named a Top Doctor by Baltimore magazine.
Clinical areas of focus
- Achilles Tendon Injury
- Ankle Arthritis
- Ankle Fracture
- Ankle Joint Replacement
- Ankle Tendon Tear
- Bunion
- Diabetic Limb Salvage
- Nerve Surgery Of The Ankle
- Peroneal Tendon Surgery
- Sports Medicine Of The Foot
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormalities Of The Tarsal Bones
- Accessory Navicular
- Achilles Tendon Injury
- Achilles Tendon Tear
- Achilles Tendonosis
- Ankle Arthritis
- Ankle Dislocation
- Ankle Fracture
- Ankle Impingement
- Ankle Injury
- Ankle Nerve Compression
- Ankle Pain
- Ankle Sprain
- Ankle Strain
- Ankle Tendon Tear
- Avascular Necrosis Of Navicular
- Avascular Necrosis Of The Ankle
- Base Of Fifth Metatarsal Fracture
- Bunion
- Bursitis Of The Ankle
- Bursitis Of The Foot
- Bursitis, Subcutaneous Tendo Achilles
- Charcot Foot
- Chronic Lateral Ankle Pain
- Chronic Tendinosis Of The Ankle
- Chronic Tendinosis Of The Foot
- Clawfoot
- Clawtoe
- Clubfoot
- Common Peroneal Nerve Lesions
- Compartment Syndrome
- Congenital Deformity Of Ankle
- Congenital Deformity Of Foot
- Deformity Of Forefoot
- Degenerative Joint Disease Of The Foot
- Diabetic Foot Infection
- Diabetic Ulcer
- Fibula Fracture
- Foot And Ankle Compartment Syndrome
- Foot Drop
- Foot Fracture
- Foot Infection
- Foot Injury
- Foot Mass
- Foot Osteoarthritis
- Foot Pain
- Foot Tendon Tear
- Foot Ulcer
- Foot Wound
- Freiberg's Disease
- Frostbite Of Toes
- Haglund Deformity
- Hammer Toe
- Heel Pain
- Heel Spur
- Insertional Achilles Tendinitis
- Joint Pain In Ankle And Foot
- Lisfranc Tear
- Lower Extremity Neuropathy
- Mallet Toe
- Malunion Fracture Of The Foot
- Morton Neuroma
- Nonunion Fracture Of The Foot
- Open Dislocation Of Ankle
- Orthopedic Infections
- Osteochondral Lesions Of The Foot And Ankle
- Osteochondral Lesions Of The Talus
- Osteochondritis Dissecans Of The Ankle
- Osteochondritis Dissecans Of The Talus
- Osteoid Osteoma
- Osteonecrosis
- Osteonecrosis Of The Foot
- Overuse Injury
- Overuse Injury Of The Ankle
- Paratenonitis
- Persistent Pain After Orthopedic Surgery
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Posterior Tibial Tendon Tear
- Pronation
- Pseudarthrosis Of The Tibia
- Sesamoiditis
- Sports Related Foot Injury
- Stress Fractures
- Subtalar Dislocation
- Sural Nerve Injury
- Syndesmosis Sprain
- Synovial Chondromatosis
- Tarsal Coalition
- Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
- Tendinosis
- Tendon Injury
- Tibial Pseudarthrosis
- Tibial Spine Fracture
- Tibial Tendonitis
- Toe Bone Spur
- Toe Dislocation
- Toe Fracture
- Turf Toe
Procedures I perform
- Achilles Tendon Surgery
- Amputation Of The Foot Surgery
- Amputation Of The Toe Surgery
- Ankle Distraction Arthroplasty
- Ankle Fusion
- Ankle Joint Preservation
- Ankle Joint Replacement
- Ankle Surgery
- Arthroscopy Of Ankle
- Arthroscopy Of Foot
- Arthroscopy Of Subtalar
- Cartiva Procedure
- Correction Of Bunion
- Decompression Of Tarsal Tunnel
- Deformity Correction Of Foot & Ankle
- Diabetic Limb Salvage
- Exertional Compartment Release
- Flat Foot Surgery
- Foot Ganglion Cyst Removal
- Foot Surgery
- Fusion Arthrodesis
- Fusion Of Joint
- Hammer Toe Repair
- Joint Aspiration
- Joint Injection
- Joint Revision
- Minimally Invasive Achilles Tendon Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Of The Ankle
- Minimally Invasive Surgery Of The Foot
- Nerve Surgery Of The Ankle
- Nerve Surgery Of The Foot
- Non Surgical Fracture Care
- Orthotics
- Peroneal Nerve Release
- Peroneal Tendon Surgery
- Plantar Fasciitis Surgery
- Repair Claw Toe
- Shin Splint Surgery
- Shockwave Treatment For Plantar Fasciitis
- Sports Medicine Of The Foot
- Transmetatarsal Amputation (TMA) Surgery
- Unna Boot
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- CFBCBS EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna HMO
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Open EPO Plus
- Opoen HMO Option
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- PPO and PPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Network OA
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- FIRST HEALTH
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Tricare Prime
- United Student Resources
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery
Fellowship: Institution Not Present (1999)
Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (1998)
Graduate: Harvard Medical School Office of the Registrar (1993)
Awards
- Baltimore Magazine, Top Doc: 2023, 2020, 2016