04/28/2022    

AT THE COLLEGES

WesternU CPM to House Endowed Fellowship in Biomechanics

 

Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) is developing an endowed fellowship that will provide recent graduates with mentorship and training directly linking them to the foundational pioneers in podiatric biomechanics. Paul Scherer, DPM's widow, Annie, donated memorial contributions to WesternU for the endowment. Christopher Smith, DPM, who taught biomechanics at the California College of Podiatric Medicine for 30 years, has donated over $100,000 to the fund and continues to make annual contributions.

 

Dr. Paul Scherer

 

Once fully endowed, CPM would select one DPM per year who has completed their residency. The Fellow would serve as a CPM clinical assistant professor and they would also travel to several of the prominent West Coast podiatric biomechanical labs and learn from those people who run those labs, including DPMs, physical therapists, and orthopedists, said CPM Dean V. Kathleen Satterfield, DPM.