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03/18/2016 Bryan C. Markinson, DPM
I am in complete agreement that a license (differentiated from degree) in podiatric medicine should be the same full license as MD/DO. As was correctly stated, the institutional credentialing process controls what any specialty can and cannot do; ensuring that no podiatrist or orthopedist or dermatologist or vascular surgeon does brain surgery. However, in support of full licensure, the statement of Dr. Hultman and many others that “The reality is that the end product of our education and training is indistinguishable; thus the license a DPM gets should be the same as the license an MD gets," is simply a fantasy (at least the part about the end product).
There is no question that podiatric medical education is a million light years ahead of what it was thirty-five years ago. But as a faculty member in a medical school for the past 19 years, the assertion that there is equivalence (work load, performance measures, hours, etc.) in the student experience in medical school and podiatric medical school continues to elude me, and I don’t understand why anyone thinks that a written syllabus or school catalogue proves that equivalence.
Yet, I maintain that the school experience doesn’t have to be equivalent, as obviously evidenced by the tremendous gains podiatry has made. The cold hard fact is that except for legislative, insurance, and other business related parameters where the full license is essential, and deserved, the practice of podiatric medicine and surgery is unique to the DPM, and is one that I personally cherish. I think that prospective podiatric medical students may do better to fully research their career choice so that defending their training (and degree) stops being the emotional brick wall that blinds many of them to the value of the services they will eventually provide.
Finally, the practical advantages of a full license are sorely needed, and should be fought for…but there has to be a better way than asserting equivalence at the undergraduate level, which will never be accepted by the MD/DO establishment. The recent plans announced for podiatrists to enroll in combined physician assistant/DPM programs being developed also seem to me to be nothing but the end of the DPM as PA opportunities will probably way outnumber DPM opportunities in a few short years, if not already true. Bryan C. Markinson, DPM, NY, NY
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Ginny Rishel Huang, DPM recently joined Brandywine Podiatry in Wilmington, Delaware. Brandywine Podiatry is the largest podiatry practice in the state of Delaware with 10 doctors and 7 offices.
| Dr. Ginny Huang |
Dr. Huang is a graduate of the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Des Moines University. She completed a podiatric residency at Crozer Health in Pennsylvania.
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APMA STATE COMPONENT NEWS
CA Podiatrist Installed as 2024-2025 CPMA President
Phong H. Le, DPM was installed as president of the California Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA) at the close of the Association’s Annual House of Delegates meeting this past June in Anaheim, CA.
| Dr. Phong Le |
Dr. Le is a board-certified podiatric surgeon who practices full-time in a mixed orthopedic group practice that he co-founded - Northern California Orthopaedic Associates in Elk Grove, CA. He is affiliated with Mercy General Hospital, Mercy Methodist Hospital, and Sutter Medical Center where he is Section Chair of Podiatry.
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