Michael Polydefkis, MD

Rachel Sotsky, M.D., is an orthopaedic specialist with expertise in trauma surgery. She specializes in the treatment of traumatic bone fractures, including fractures of the arms, legs, hips and pelvis. Dr. Sotsky also provides post-traumatic fracture care, including the treatment of fracture complications such as nonunions and malunions. She is passionate about helping patients recover their previous function while using the least invasive techniques possible. She also enjoys teaching, taking advantage of opportunities to pass on her knowledge to the next generation of trauma specialists.Dr. Sotsky is an assistant professor in the Johns Hopkins Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Her research interests include motor vehicle mortality and osteoarthritis. She graduated from the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, where she also completed an orthopaedic surgery residency and served as chief resident. During her residency, she pursued additional orthopaedic oncology training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Following her residency, she completed an orthopaedic trauma fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Naomi De Tablan, D.P.M., is a podiatrist in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She specializes in foot and ankle surgery and nonsurgical treatments of foot and ankle conditions. She has experience caring for people with foot and ankle conditions including sprains, arthritis, deformities, wounds and related conditions. She is also skilled in a variety of procedures to restore the form and function of feet and ankles affected by trauma, injury or deformity. Dr. De Tablan obtained her podiatric medicine degree from the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California. She completed a residency in podiatric medicine and surgery with added credential in reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery at St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco, California. She trained in all areas of podiatric medicine, wound management, sports medicine and diabetic limb salvage. Before joining Johns Hopkins, she was a podiatrist for the Providence Medical Group in California for five years.