06/12/2020    Rich Bouche, DPM

Setting the Record Straight (Kenneth Rehm, DPM)

Concerning Kenneth Rehm’s response on 6/11/20 to
my original Setting the Record Straight post, I
would like to thank him for his post though I
have few comments concerning his post which may
be helpful to Dr. Rehm and readers of PM News as
we all move forward.

In the second paragraph of his email, Dr. Rehm
lists five physicians (Drs. Sheehan, Gilbert,
Pagliano, Barnes, and Subotnick), who he
ultimately refers to as “forefathers” of
podiatric sports medicine later in his email. He
rationalizes the use of the term "forefathers”
for all the physicians listed because in his
opinion he could not single out one of these five
as “the father” as he felt they all contributed
equally to the early AAPSM.

A few points concerning the above paragraph:
-One physician listed was “George Pagliano,” but
I believe he was referring to John Pagliano, DPM,
who was AAPSM’s 3rd president from Long Beach,
CA.
-All five physicians listed by Dr. Rehm are
documented “founding fathers” of the AAPSM along
with 9 other podiatric physicians who were not
mentioned, but deserved this title also, as they
were instrumental in establishing the AAPSM in
1975.
-Based on an accurate published historical record
(Bouché RT: Glancing back, striding ahead- the
history of the American Academy of Podiatric
Sports Medicine- part 1. J Am Pod Med Assoc
93(4): 315-320, 2003) and the unanimous opinion
of over 40 past presidents of the AAPSM I can
confidently conclude Robert M. Barnes, DPM can be
singled out as he earned the title of The Father
of Podiatric Sports Medicine.
-Each of the other four “founding father”
physicians listed by Dr. Rehm made major
contributions and their contributions are not
diminished but are well documented in this
published reference.
- As The History of the AAPSM is very
interesting, I encourage all who are interested
to read Part 1 referenced above. Part 2 has just
been completed and hopefully will be published in
an upcoming issue of PM in some form and Part 3
is in progress.

Rich Bouche, DPM, Seattle, WA

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