Lawrence Chen, DPM, ABPM
Lawrence Chen, DPM, ABPM — Board-Certified Podiatrist in Mountain View, San Jose & Los Gatos
Fluent in English & Mandarin · Mountain View · San Jose · Los Gatos · Monterey
As a podiatrist in Mountain View and across the Bay Area, Dr. Lawrence Chen, DPM, ABPM delivers expert foot and ankle care rooted in precision, compassion, and a commitment to helping patients recover quickly, stay active, and live without pain.
Lawrence Chen, DPM, ABPM
Board-Certified · American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM) Member · American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery 🌐 Fluent in English & Mandarin ChineseAbout Lawrence Chen, DPM — Podiatrist in Mountain View, San Jose & Los Gatos
If you are searching for a podiatrist in Mountain View who combines advanced surgical training with genuine patient-centered care, Lawrence Chen, DPM, ABPM is an exceptional choice. As a board-certified podiatrist and foot and ankle surgeon, Dr. Chen has built a clinical reputation on meticulous surgical technique and a comprehensive approach to even the most complex lower-extremity conditions. He serves patients at four locations across the Bay Area and Monterey Peninsula — Mountain View, San Jose, Los Gatos, and Monterey — and is fully fluent in both English and Mandarin, making him an invaluable resource for the large Mandarin-speaking communities throughout Silicon Valley and the South Bay.
Why Patients Choose This Mountain View Podiatrist
Dr. Chen’s training spans the full breadth of podiatric medicine and surgery. Specifically, his expertise ranges from general foot care and preventive management to advanced reconstructive surgery and limb salvage, as well as cutting-edge procedures like Lapiplasty® 3D bunion correction. As a result, he is equally at home treating a child’s first walking abnormality, repairing a competitive athlete’s complex ankle fracture, or guiding a diabetic patient through a multi-stage limb salvage protocol that avoids amputation.
Furthermore, as a podiatrist serving Mountain View, San Jose, and Los Gatos, Dr. Chen brings the same precision and rigor to every case — whether a routine ingrown toenail or a complex Charcot foot reconstruction. In addition, he communicates with patients in a way that builds understanding, trust, and lasting confidence in their care plan.
A Personal Note from Dr. Chen
Outside of medicine, Dr. Chen leads an active lifestyle — golfing, swimming, snowboarding, and playing tennis. These personal pursuits directly inform his deep understanding of what it means to be an active person sidelined by foot and ankle pain. Consequently, his commitment to returning every patient to the activities they love as quickly and safely as possible is more than a professional goal — it is personal.
Dr. Chen accepts most PPO insurance plans and Medicare. Our billing team will verify your coverage before your appointment. If you have questions about whether your plan is accepted, please call our office and we will confirm prior to your visit.
Specialties & Services — Podiatrist Mountain View & Bay Area
As a board-certified podiatrist in Mountain View, San Jose, and Los Gatos, Dr. Chen provides the full spectrum of foot and ankle care — from routine general foot health maintenance to highly specialized reconstructive surgery. Moreover, his training at major academic medical centers means that even the most complex cases are within his scope of practice.
General & Preventive Foot Care in Mountain View
General Podiatry
Treatment of everyday conditions including ingrown toenails, fungal toenails (onychomycosis), corns, calluses, plantar warts, and athlete’s foot (tinea pedis).
Medical Pedicures for Elderly & At-Risk Patients
Safe, sterile nail trimming and debridement for patients with limited mobility, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, or other medical risk factors.
Custom Orthotics & Conservative Care
Personalized custom orthotic solutions to improve foot alignment, reduce pain, and prevent progression of structural deformities. Conservative care is always the first approach when clinically appropriate.
Surgical Subspecialties — Podiatrist Mountain View
Bunions & Lapiplasty® 3D Correction
Advanced bunion correction including the revolutionary Lapiplasty® 3D procedure — addresses the root cause in all three anatomical planes, with low recurrence rates and earlier return to activity.
Diabetic Foot Care & Limb Salvage
Comprehensive management of peripheral neuropathy, foot ulcers, infections, and Charcot foot. Dr. Chen’s limb salvage expertise has helped countless patients avoid amputation.
Foot & Ankle Reconstruction
Complex deformity correction, trauma repair, and sports injury reconstruction — including Achilles tendon repair, flatfoot reconstruction, and fracture ORIF.
Sports Medicine & Injury Care
Comprehensive management of ankle sprains, tendon injuries, stress fractures, and overuse conditions with customized return-to-sport protocols.
Plantar Fasciitis & Heel Pain
Targeted therapies including custom orthotics, corticosteroid injections, PRP, shockwave therapy, and stem cell regenerative therapy for chronic, treatment-resistant cases.
Flatfoot & Pediatric Foot Conditions
Early intervention for pediatric flatfoot, gait abnormalities, and developmental foot conditions within the critical developmental window.
Neuromas, Neuropathy, Tarsal Tunnel & CRPS
Expert treatment of Morton’s neuroma, peripheral neuropathy, tarsal tunnel syndrome, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) — a chronic nerve condition causing severe burning pain, swelling, and hypersensitivity.
Arthritis, Gout & Forefoot Pain
Management of joint pain, inflammation, stiffness, and metatarsalgia. Options range from lifestyle modification and orthotics to joint-preserving and joint-replacement procedures.
Complete List of Conditions Treated
Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction — Mountain View Podiatrist
Among the advanced surgical procedures offered by this podiatrist in Mountain View, Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction stands out as a transformative technique. Dr. Chen has achieved a high success rate with Lapiplasty®, reflecting his broader philosophy: correct the root cause, not just its visible manifestation.
Why Lapiplasty® Differs from Traditional Bunion Surgery
Traditional bunionectomies address the deformity in one or two planes while leaving the underlying unstable tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint untreated — which is why recurrence rates are significant. By contrast, Lapiplasty® corrects the bunion in all three anatomical planes and stabilizes the TMT joint with titanium fixation, eliminating the deformity at its source. As a result, patients benefit from lower recurrence risk and a faster return to normal activity.
Dr. Chen’s Pre-Operative Evaluation Process
Before every Lapiplasty® procedure, Dr. Chen performs a thorough pre-operative evaluation — including bilateral weight-bearing X-rays, intermetatarsal angle measurement, and TMT joint mobility assessment. This ensures every patient receives the correction most appropriate for their anatomy and goals, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
Limb Salvage & Diabetic Wound Care — Podiatrist Mountain View
Lawrence Chen, DPM is a leading limb salvage and diabetic wound care specialist, recognized for his ability to manage some of the most complex lower-extremity wounds in the region. Throughout his career, he has helped countless patients avoid life-changing amputations.
Teaching & Mentorship at Hospital Wound Care Centers
In addition to his clinical practice as a podiatrist in Mountain View and across the Bay Area, Dr. Chen serves as a surgical and clinical instructor at three hospital-affiliated wound care centers. He works closely with Stanford Hospital podiatric and medical residents at O’Connor Hospital, guiding them through advanced limb salvage techniques including surgical debridement, biologic graft application, and reconstruction for severe diabetic foot complications.
Limb Salvage Capabilities
If you or a loved one has been told that amputation may be necessary, Dr. Chen strongly encourages a consultation before that decision is finalized. His limb salvage expertise has enabled successful preservation of limbs that other facilities considered unsalvageable. A second opinion may save your limb.
Foot & Ankle Reconstruction & Surgical Excellence
Dr. Chen’s surgical expertise spans the full spectrum of foot and ankle reconstruction — from acute trauma repair to complex multi-stage deformity correction — with a strong emphasis on minimally invasive techniques whenever possible. Indeed, minimally invasive approaches are a hallmark of care at this Mountain View podiatrist practice.
Reconstructive Procedures Performed
Dr. Chen places strong emphasis on minimally invasive treatments whenever possible — smaller incisions, less soft tissue disruption, reduced post-operative pain, faster healing, and minimal scarring. Consequently, recovery times are often shorter than with traditional open surgical approaches.
Hospital Affiliations & Teaching Roles
Dr. Chen holds active staff privileges and clinical instructor roles at leading hospitals across the Bay Area and Monterey Peninsula. These affiliations allow him to provide continuity of care from the office to the operating room.
Bay Area & Monterey Hospital Network
O’Connor Hospital
San Jose, CAActive surgical staff privileges. Collaborates with Stanford Hospital residents in advanced limb salvage training.
O’Connor Hospital Wound Care Center
San Jose, CAClinical & surgical instructor. Mentors residents in debridement, biologic grafts, and diabetic foot reconstruction.
El Camino Hospital
Mountain View, CAActive surgical staff privileges. Serving patients in the heart of Silicon Valley and Mountain View.
El Camino Hospital Wound Care Center
Mountain View, CAClinical & surgical instructor. Advanced wound care for Mountain View and Peninsula region patients.
Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula
Monterey, CAActive surgical staff privileges. Serving Monterey, Carmel, Pacific Grove, and surrounding communities.
CHOMP Wound Care Center
Monterey, CAClinical & surgical instructor. Advanced multidisciplinary wound care for Monterey Coast patients.
Dr. Chen holds active certification with the American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM) and membership in the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery — the two primary certifying bodies for podiatric surgery in the United States.
Education & Training
The academic foundation underlying Dr. Chen’s work as a podiatrist in Mountain View reflects training at nationally recognized institutions across all stages of his career.
See Dr. Chen at Four Convenient Locations
Same-week and next-day appointments are frequently available for new patients. PPO insurance and Medicare accepted.
Frequently Asked Questions — Podiatrist Mountain View
Dr. Chen is a board-certified podiatrist in Mountain View specializing in Lapiplasty® 3D bunion correction, limb salvage and diabetic wound care, foot and ankle reconstructive surgery, sports medicine, stem cell therapy for plantar fasciitis, CRPS treatment, and pediatric foot conditions. He serves Mountain View, San Jose, Los Gatos, and Monterey.
Yes — Lawrence Chen, DPM is fully fluent in both English and Mandarin. He conducts complete clinical consultations in either language, making him a rare choice for Mandarin-speaking patients throughout Silicon Valley, the South Bay, and Monterey.
Yes. Dr. Chen accepts most PPO insurance plans and Medicare. Our billing team verifies your coverage before your appointment. Call our office if you have questions about your specific plan.
Yes. For patients with chronic, treatment-resistant plantar fasciitis who have not responded to orthotics, injections, or shockwave therapy, Dr. Chen offers stem cell regenerative therapy — injected directly into the damaged plantar fascia under ultrasound guidance to stimulate tissue repair.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic nerve condition characterized by severe burning pain, swelling, skin changes, and extreme sensitivity following injury or surgery — most commonly affecting the foot and ankle. Dr. Chen provides comprehensive evaluation and individualized CRPS management using conservative therapies, nerve blocks, and surgical decompression when indicated.
Yes. Dr. Chen has extensive training in Lapiplasty® 3D Bunion Correction and has achieved a high success rate. He performs a thorough pre-operative evaluation — including bilateral weight-bearing X-rays and TMT joint mobility assessment — to determine whether Lapiplasty® is right for each patient.
Dr. Chen holds affiliations with O’Connor Hospital (San Jose), El Camino Hospital (Mountain View), and Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula — plus the wound care center at each. He serves as a surgical and clinical instructor at all three wound care centers and mentors Stanford Hospital residents.
Appointments can be requested online at footankledocs.com/contact or by calling our scheduling team. As a podiatrist serving Mountain View, San Jose, Los Gatos, and Monterey, Dr. Chen welcomes new patients, who are frequently seen within the same week. We accept most PPO insurance plans and Medicare.
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