Biography

Elizabeth Wakefield, DPM, was born and raised in the greater Cleveland,Ohio area. She graduated Cum Laude from North Royalton High School in 2005. She enjoyed four years at The College of Wooster, where she graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biochemistry and Molecular biology. She also received honors for her independent study thesis for original research in the area of diabetes and glycemic control. In 2013, she graduated from Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. She moved to Columbus, Ohio, to complete a three-year podiatric medicine and surgical residency, with reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery, completed in 2016 at Grant Medical Center. She then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 2016, where she practiced for three years. An opportunity arose to move closer to home in arose in 2019, and she joined Schwein Foot and Ankle Clinic to put down roots in the great state of OH-IO.

Family and community are the center of her life. She married her high school sweetheart, Nathan, in 2010. They have a rescue cat and two children.