Welcome

If you’re looking for a podiatrist in the Gastonia, NC area we welcome you to our practice.

Voted Best Podiatrists
in Gaston County 2010!

Thanks to all who voted for us in the Gaston Gazette’s Best of Gaston Contest.

We’ve loaded this website with information about podiatry, podiatric problems and treatments to help our patients become informed decision makers and to fully understand their health issues. Please visit this site whenever you have a concern about your foot or ankle. Gaston Foot & Ankle Associates is recognized as the preferred providers of foot and ankle medical and surgical care in the Gaston County region.

What do you do when your feet hurt? If you’re like many people, you either try over-the-counter remedies or do nothing at all and hope the pain goes away. Neither “solution” provides much relief, so you “live with the pain.” What a shame! We have 3 doctors who specialize in taking care of foot and ankle pain – we are called podiatrists, but you can call us Dave Kirlin, Ryan Meredith, and Wagner Santiago. We have been keeping people on their feet since 1984, and we can help you too.

Because foot conditions are generally uncomfortable, we work to provide speedy relief. Then we will provide long-term solutions for your foot and ankle problems using the latest podiatric treatment methods. Drs. Kirlin, Meredith, and Santiago attend continuing education courses to offer you the latest, most effective treatments, such as:

  • Internal Fixation Techniques which correct fractured bones and joints with more mobility and less disability
  • Computer-assisted and -designed orthotics with space-age materials
  • ESWT – Shock Wave Therapy for heel pain
  • Flatfoot reconstructive surgery with minimally invasive joint implants
  • State-of-the-art wound care techniques for hard-to-heal wounds
  • Low-dose, in office X-rays to uncover any hidden problems
  • Diabetic Therapeutic Shoes in a vast array of styles and colors

Team Approach: We are on staff at nearby Gaston Memorial Hospital and work closely with our fellow physicians. This team approach ensures that our patients will always receive whatever they need, and get the best care possible.

We’ve earned the trust of other doctors in the community – they refer their own patients to us for expert foot and ankle care. This is also why, when other doctors (and many operating-room nurses) and their families have a foot or ankle problem, they come to us.