About Dr. Aran

Dr. Aran was born in Miami, FL to Fernando and Marianela Aran. He went to Belen Jesuit for High School. While at Belen Dr. Aran participated in sports and excelled academically. He went on to college at Princeton University where he played football. In college, Dr. Aran majored in Spanish Language and Literature while completing his Pre-Med requirements. His Senior Thesis titled “The Disparity in Health Care for Spanish‐speaking Immigrants in the United States” won the Isidore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize‐ Award for Most Outstanding Senior Thesis in Spanish or Spanish American studies.

After Princeton Dr. Aran returned to Miami to attend the FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine for medical school. He was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and this is where he met his wife. They couples-matched Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and were married after graduating from Medical School.

At Wake Forest Dr. Aran and Dr. Orbay did their five years of training. They got an amazing hands-on experience learning Orthopedic surgery from very humble and talented surgeons. They had great mentors and established lifelong relationships with their co-residents. After residency, Dr. Aran went to Duke to complete his foot and ankle fellowship. While at Duke he learned from some of the most well-known foot and ankle surgeons that have pioneered many of the surgeries of the lower extremity. Here he learned to manage some of the most complex foot and ankle pathologies.

Dr. Aran has returned to Miami as an orthopedic surgeon that specializes in the lower extremity. He does fracture care of the entire lower extremity, joint replacement, reconstructive work (bunions, Haglunds deformity, flatfoot corrections, Charcot arthropathy, etc.) and always enjoys a challenge. He loves working with patients and helping them return to their favorite activities.