10/07/2016    Neil H Hecht, DPM

Podiatrist Ranked #23 Highest Paying Job

In the aforementioned article, podiatrists are
cited as "not trained at (allopathic) medical
school, but rather complete four-year training
at podiatric medical school." Although we are
specialty trained at colleges of podiatric
medicine, we are, in fact, trained as
"allopaths". We DO practice allopathic
medicine. Why our income is less is probably a
reflection of our full scope of practice on a
limited portion of the human body, among other
factors.

So, I never believed we were anything other
than allopathic doctors.

see below:

from Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Allopathy: a system of medical practice that
aims to combat disease by use of remedies (as
drugs or surgery) producing effects different
from or incompatible with those produced by the
disease being treated—compare homeopathy.

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allopathic medicine is an expression commonly
used by homeopaths and proponents of other
forms of alternative medicine to refer to
mainstream medical use of pharmacologically
active agents or physical interventions to
treat or suppress symptoms or pathophysiologic
processes of diseases or conditions.

from National Cancer Institute Dictionary of
Cancer Terms
Definition of allopathic medicine. ... A system
in which medical doctors and other healthcare
professionals (such as nurses, pharmacists, and
therapists) treat symptoms and diseases using
drugs, radiation, or surgery. Also called
biomedicine, conventional medicine, mainstream
medicine, orthodox medicine, and Western
medicine.

(I did notice that we Doctors of Podiatric
Medicine are not mentioned here, but nurses,
pharmacists and therapists are listed.)

Neil H Hecht, DPM, Tarzana, CA

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