09/20/2023    Ivar E. Roth, DPM, MPH

The Increasing Podiatric Abandonment of “Routine Foot Care" (Richard J. Manolian, DPM)

I would like to respond for several reasons to Dr.
Manolian’s post. First, I was surprised by his
statement. “I thought we established last year
that you did a 2-year residency as there were only
2 three-year residencies when you graduated, none
of which you matriculated in, but for some reason
you keep mentioning it.”

I am very proud of the fact that I completed 3
years of podiatric surgical residency training
back in 1985. For sure this was a rarity and for
those that might not know the first two years were
at Franklin Boulevard Hospital with Dr. A.O.
Mercado who is a PM News Hall of Famer. My third
year was at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago,
a teaching hospital for Chicago Medical school as
a PGY 3 in the department of surgery as their
first chief resident of their new podiatry
residency program. The program was directed under
the renown podiatrist, Lowell Weil Sr., another PM
News Hall of famer.

I wish Dr. Manolian had carefully read my post as
I wrote the following. “I only inform; no pressure
or sales tactics are used. I let the patient tell
me if they desire further care.”

The purpose of me posting this information was to
inform the readers that not only is routine care
valuable to our patients, but we also have the
opportunity to help educate them of other services
THEY might desire that will be beneficial to them.

As a direct care provider, I treat every patient
as if they were a family member. That means I
treat them how I would treat my own mother, With
respect and dignity and I never take advantage of
them. Again, I inform them of their other problems
and plant seeds of information for them to
consider. For others reading this post the
following may help you as well as I also pretend
that a camera is filming each and every
interaction, I have with each patient.

This mindset insures me, that if someone were to
review the film that I did everything by the book.
I can honestly say I really care for my patients
and try to offer the finest care and service
humanly possible. I do believe my efforts have
worked as I have a very successful direct care
/concierge podiatric practice.

Ivar E. Roth, DPM, MPH, Newport Beach, CA

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