About Dr. Richard Moy

More Than 35 Years Dedicated to Foot and Ankle Surgery

Richard R. Moy, DPM, FACFAS, is a Southern California foot and ankle surgeon whose career has been devoted to improving the surgical treatment of bunions and complex forefoot conditions.

For more than 35 years, Dr. Moy has focused on a fundamental question: Can bunion surgery correct the deformity while allowing patients to experience less pain, maintain mobility, and return to their lives more quickly?

That question has guided his surgical career and the continuing development of what has become known as the Moy Technique. Education and Surgical Training

Dr. Moy began his podiatric medical education at the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. He subsequently continued his education at the California College of Podiatric Medicine and, during his fourth year, expanded his clinical training through the podiatric medical program associated with the University of Southern California.

Following medical school, Dr. Moy completed his surgical residency training at the Foot and Ankle Institute at Monrovia Community Hospital in Monrovia, California. This intensive surgical training provided the foundation for what would become a career devoted to foot and ankle surgery and, ultimately, the development and refinement of his own approach to bunion correction. A Career Focused on Bunion Surgery

Early in practice, Dr. Moy became convinced that the traditional experience associated with bunion surgery—significant postoperative pain, prolonged disability, and lengthy recovery—could be improved.

Beginning in the early 1990s, he began refining his approach to bunion correction. Over the decades that followed, individual components of the operation, including bone correction, soft-tissue balancing, fixation, joint decompression when indicated, and postoperative management, were continually evaluated and refined.

The result is a comprehensive surgical philosophy designed not simply to change the appearance of a bunion, but to address the underlying deformity while preserving function and facilitating recovery.

Today, after more than 35 years in practice and more than 10,000 bunion procedures, Dr. Moy's practice remains highly focused on bunion correction and reconstructive forefoot surgery.

Patients Travel for the Moy Technique

Patients have traveled to Southern California from 47 U.S. states and countries around the world seeking Dr. Moy's approach to bunion surgery.

A defining feature of the Moy Technique is its emphasis on maintaining mobility after surgery. Patients are generally encouraged to walk the day of surgery, and the postoperative program is designed around progressive return to normal activity rather than prolonged immobilization.

Dr. Moy has also emphasized minimizing the need for narcotic pain medication and has performed bunion surgery without routinely prescribing postoperative narcotics for approximately two decades.

Decades of Documented Patient Experience

Dr. Moy believes that surgical claims should be supported by what actually happens to patients.

Throughout his career, he has systematically documented his results through thousands of handwritten patient evaluations, before-and-after photographs, postoperative surveys, and hundreds of video testimonials.

Many of these materials span decades, allowing prospective patients to see not simply selected recent results, but the consistency of the patient experience over many years.

His educational materials—including The Complete Guide to Bunion Surgery and the developing Textbook of the Moy Technique—further document the principles, surgical decision-making, and techniques he has developed during his career.

Experience Meets Individualized Care

Although Dr. Moy has performed thousands of bunion procedures, he believes that no two feet—and no two patients—are exactly alike.

Age, activity level, occupation, athletic goals, joint condition, bone structure, flexibility of the deformity, and the patient's expectations all influence surgical planning. His philosophy is therefore to treat the individual patient rather than simply an X-ray or a diagnosis.

That philosophy has remained constant throughout more than three decades of practice:

Correct the deformity. Preserve function. Minimize unnecessary pain and disability. And help patients return to the life they want to live.