03/21/2014    

OBITUARIES

Gordon Duggar, DPM, 83

 

Dr. Gordon Eugene Duggar, died Sunday from complications of a previously occurring stroke. He was 83. After graduating from podiatry school, Duggar opened a practice in Decatur, until he was asked to join the staff at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Hospital in 1986. While there, Duggar earned awards for his dedication such as the Secretary for Veterans Affairs “Hands and Hearts Award.” He served as the chief of several programs and boards.

 

Dr. Gordon E. Duggar

 

In the early 1990s, Duggar created the VAMC Podiatric Residency Program, a 36-month program aimed at educating and training well-rounded podiatric physicians, said longtime friend and VA Hospital podiatric surgeon, Dr. A. Louis Jimenez. Throughout his career in podiatry, Duggar had been dedicated to the improvement of the field, often attempting to introduce bills in the legislature that would help to eliminate “insurance and education issues for podiatric surgeons,” Jimenez said.

 

Source: Haley Castillo, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution [3/19/14]