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09/28/2021

Alton R. Johnson, DPM, CWSP and Elena Marte, Ed.S

Alton R. Johnson, DPM, CWSP and Elena...
Prior to graduating from fellowship, I decided to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of both my medical education and post-graduate training. One of those identified weaknesses was understanding, treating, and effectively communicating...
Prior to graduating from fellowship, I decided to reflect on the strengths and weaknesses of both my medical education and post-graduate training. One of those identified weaknesses was understanding, treating, and effectively communicating...
Prior to graduating from...
09/28/2021
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09/01/2021
A few months into the pandemic, we first learned about the term “COVID fatigue.” We all likely suffered (and probably still suffer) from some degree of this phenomenon.
A few months into the pandemic, we first learned about the term “COVID fatigue.” We all likely suffered (and probably still suffer) from some degree of this phenomenon.
A few months into the pandemic,...
09/01/2021
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08/09/2021
Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM
Faced with the challenges of nonhealing diabetic ulcerations, a patient’s realization of progressively declining health, the burden of expansive health costs and the unrelenting frequency of doctor appointments, can cumulatively lead to a...
Faced with the challenges of nonhealing diabetic ulcerations, a patient’s realization of progressively declining health, the burden of expansive health costs and the unrelenting frequency of doctor appointments, can cumulatively lead to a...
Faced with the challenges of...
08/09/2021
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07/01/2021
Kevin A. Kirby, DPM
Two-thirds of a century ago, in 1954, an orthopedic surgeon from Birmingham, United Kingdom, John H. Hicks, published one of my favorite research articles on foot biomechanics.1 In his research on the biomechanical function of the plantar...
Two-thirds of a century ago, in 1954, an orthopedic surgeon from Birmingham, United Kingdom, John H. Hicks, published one of my favorite research articles on foot biomechanics.1 In his research on the biomechanical function of the plantar...
Two-thirds of a century ago,...
07/01/2021
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05/26/2021
Alton R. Johnson, DPM, CWSP
As I reflect on my post-graduate training over the last five years, I wish to express gratitude to all the podiatric, allopathic and osteopathic physicians that embraced me into the comradeship of medicine. Working alongside these various...
As I reflect on my post-graduate training over the last five years, I wish to express gratitude to all the podiatric, allopathic and osteopathic physicians that embraced me into the comradeship of medicine. Working alongside these various...
As I reflect on my post-graduate...
05/26/2021
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Reflections From A Practicing Podiatrist To The Newly Matched Student
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04/26/2021

By Stephanie Hook, DPM, DAPBM, FACPM

By Stephanie Hook, DPM, DAPBM, FACPM ...
“Match Day” was likely a day of excitement and nervous energy. It seems impossible that one day could become the culmination of twenty-one or more years of education. The excitement of matching is a feeling one is not likely to forget.
“Match Day” was likely a day of excitement and nervous energy. It seems impossible that one day could become the culmination of twenty-one or more years of education. The excitement of matching is a feeling one is not likely to forget.
“Match Day” was likely a day of...
04/26/2021
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Prophylactic Surgery In Patients With Diabetes: Timing Is Everything
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03/26/2021
By Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM, MBBCh, AACFAS
By Tammer Elmarsafi, DPM, MBBCh, AACF...
There are a wide range of prophylactic lower extremity surgeries that may have an impact for patients with diabetes. Some are low-risk while others are complex and require careful consideration. 
There are a wide range of prophylactic lower extremity surgeries that may have an impact for patients with diabetes. Some are low-risk while others are complex and require careful consideration. 
There are a wide range of...
03/26/2021
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Myth-Busting Concepts About Custom Foot Orthoses
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02/25/2021

By Kevin A. Kirby, DPM

By Kevin A. Kirby, DPM
The use of custom foot orthoses to treat foot maladies dates back to as early as 1845 when Queen Victoria’s chiropodist, Lewis Durlacher, developed a molded-leather device to correct for “plantar pressure lesions” and “foot imbalances.”1...
The use of custom foot orthoses to treat foot maladies dates back to as early as 1845 when Queen Victoria’s chiropodist, Lewis Durlacher, developed a molded-leather device to correct for “plantar pressure lesions” and “foot imbalances.”1...
The use of custom foot orthoses...
02/25/2021
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Understanding, Identifying And Addressing Microaggressions In The Clinical Setting
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01/26/2021
Alton R. Johnson, DPM, CWSP
Everyone assumes just being “kind” is enough in the workplace. However, being a health-care professional, I feel kindness is not only the expectation but the standard. However, I did not truly understand microaggressions and their subtypes...
Everyone assumes just being “kind” is enough in the workplace. However, being a health-care professional, I feel kindness is not only the expectation but the standard. However, I did not truly understand microaggressions and their subtypes...
Everyone assumes just being...
01/26/2021
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It Is Okay To Not Be Okay: Thoughts On Physician Self-Care
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12/28/2020
By Stephanie Hook, DPM, DABPM, FACPM
By Stephanie Hook, DPM, DABPM, FACPM ...
Physician burnout is real. That is not a surprise to any of us. In the last few years, physician burnout appears to be more recognizable and perhaps more understood than in the past. In this time of COVID-19, however, the potential for...
Physician burnout is real. That is not a surprise to any of us. In the last few years, physician burnout appears to be more recognizable and perhaps more understood than in the past. In this time of COVID-19, however, the potential for...
Physician burnout is real. That...
12/28/2020
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