These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current podiatrist job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Podiatrist
  • DPM
  • Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
  • Chiropodist
  • Podiatric Physician
  • Podiatric Surgeon
  • Foot and Ankle Surgeon
  • Foot Specialist
  • Podiatric Medicine Specialist
  • Staff Podiatrist
  • Advanced Practice Podiatrist

Credentials

  • DPM
  • DABPS
  • DABPM
  • ABPS
  • ABPM
  • FACFAS
  • FACFAOM
  • APMLE
  • CPME
  • PMSR
  • HCPC
  • SCP
  • FPS
  • independent prescriber
  • DEA registration
  • state podiatric licence

Surgical procedures

  • bunionectomy
  • Austin bunionectomy
  • chevron osteotomy
  • Lapidus procedure
  • Akin osteotomy
  • hallux valgus correction
  • hallux rigidus
  • 1st MTP arthrodesis
  • hammertoe correction
  • PIP arthroplasty
  • Weil osteotomy
  • metatarsal osteotomy
  • calcaneal osteotomy
  • Evans osteotomy
  • Cotton osteotomy
  • Achilles tendon repair
  • plantar fasciotomy
  • ankle arthroscopy
  • ankle arthrodesis
  • ORIF
  • calcaneal fracture
  • Lisfranc repair
  • total ankle replacement

Wound care

  • diabetic foot ulcer
  • DFU
  • Wagner grade
  • University of Texas classification
  • SINBAD
  • IWGDF
  • total contact casting
  • TCC
  • offloading
  • wound debridement
  • sharp debridement
  • NPWT
  • negative pressure wound therapy
  • tissue viability
  • ABPI
  • Doppler
  • toe pressure
  • monofilament
  • VPT
  • neuropathic ulcer
  • ischaemic ulcer
  • Charcot foot
  • Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy

Biomechanics and orthotics

  • custom foot orthoses
  • CFO
  • gait analysis
  • biomechanical assessment
  • Foot Posture Index
  • FPI-6
  • subtalar joint neutral
  • Root theory
  • tissue stress theory
  • video gait analysis
  • 3D scanning
  • CADCAM
  • polypropylene
  • EVA posting
  • accommodative orthotic

Dermatology

  • nail surgery
  • partial nail avulsion
  • PNA
  • total nail avulsion
  • TNA
  • phenolisation
  • digital nerve block
  • onychomycosis
  • verruca
  • plantar wart
  • dry needling
  • cryotherapy
  • hyperhidrosis

Long-tail phrases

  • podiatrist resume
  • DPM resume
  • podiatrist cv
  • podiatrist resume examples
  • podiatrist resume 2026
  • foot and ankle surgeon resume
  • how to write a podiatrist resume
  • diabetic foot podiatrist resume
  • podiatric surgeon resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Podiatrist resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.