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03/19/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: Lee C. Rogers, DPM
We did it! Thank you to the almost 1,500 podiatrists and students that requested to co-sponsor the One Board APMA Policy Proposition 2-24. This was a first in APMA history! The proposition passed the House of Delegates (HOD) with 63% of the vote. This proposition sets the table to bring the two CPME-recognized boards together into a single certifying board in Podiatric Medicine AND Surgery, just like our residency programs.
The details will be worked out and presented to the next HOD in 2025. I look forward to working with the ABFAS to make the result an inclusive organization of all those already certified, one that avoids division in the profession, and gives all new candidates an equal and fair opportunity to achieve the status of board certification in podiatric medicine and surgery, while promoting the high testing standard of residency training and fulfilling our obligations to protect the public. I pledge to keep you informed as this develops. We couldn’t have done this without your action!
Lee C. Rogers, DPM, San Antonio, TX
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03/22/2025
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: Bruce G. Blank, DPM
I just finished watching the presentation of the APMA Distinguished Service Citation to Dr. Barry Block and his heartfelt acceptance speech. What a well-deserved accolade. Dr. Block has played an extremely important role in our profession for many years and in many ways, as we all know. I’ve particularly appreciated him always being forward thinking concerning our profession. I’ve appreciated his voice at the APMA House of Delegates, through Podiatry Management Magazine and his daily work of love for our profession-PM News; just to name a few of his accomplishments.
Barry has always walked the walk and hasn’t just talked but has promoted improvements to our professional status by being part of the core group of DPMs who work to make things happen. Congratulations, Dr. Block and thank you for your distinguished service to our beloved profession. Also, thank you to Dr. David Armstrong for submitting Dr. Block’s speech to PM News for us all to watch.
Bruce G. Blank, DPM, Past Delegate from Ohio to the APMA HOD
03/21/2025
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: David G. Armstrong, DPM
I listened to Dr. Block's acceptance speech and, if that doesn't make a mission driven person want to go out and pay it forward, nothing will. Here's to you, Dr. Block, in helping to transform what was once a "profession" into a specialty.
David G. Armstrong, DPM
03/27/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: Kathleen Neuhoff, DPM
I always find it interesting that the arguments for board certification focus around “protecting the public”. I think the training we receive and the abundant malpractice attorneys do a pretty good job in this area.
I am board certified by both ABPS and ABPM and in more than 30 years in practice, I have not had a single patient ask about board certification. We also ask every new patient what brought them to our practice. The most common answers are patient/family or physician referral. NEVER has a single patient listed board certification as a reason to choose me! I do not think the reasons for making board certification difficult to obtain have anything to do with protecting the public.
Kathleen Neuhoff, DPM, South Bend, IN
03/26/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: Jeffrey Trantalis, DPM
I would like to comment on podiatry as a MD subspecialty. In the 1980s, while practicing in the Seattle area, a new subspecialty in orthopedics was being developed for MDs: The orthopedic foot and ankle surgeons. There was a highly trained and world respected orthopedic surgeon named Sigvard Hansen, Jr., MD. He was chief at Harborview Medical Center. He saw, appreciated, and acknowledged the skills podiatrists possessed to the chagrin of his colleagues. The goals of this new subspecialty was to put podiatrists out of business.
The irony to all of this is they were taught their surgical skills to operate on the foot and ankle by podiatrists. Gary Dockery, DPM was one of these mentors who provided great knowledge and skills to this new group. What I am saying is that podiatrists belong in this endeavor to be called MDs, and thus simplify the professions.
Jeffrey Trantalis, DPM, Delray Beach, FL
03/20/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
RE: APMA Policy Proposition 2-24: One Board in Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
From: Richard M. Maleski, DPM, RPh
If there is only one Board for board certification in our profession, and it is going to include both surgery and medicine, then how can non-surgical podiatrists get Board Certified? There are DPMs who don't want to do surgery. There are DPMs who simply do not have an aptitude for surgery. There are DPMs who cannot do surgery due to physical impairment. How could they possibly pass the surgical portion of the new Board if they aren't in the OR, or don't stay current with surgical academic material, or just don't have adequate experience to retain their skill?
I know colleagues who fit into all 3 of those categories, and thankfully, there has been ABPM certification available to them, which has allowed them access to hospital non-surgical staff privileges and inclusion into insurance...
Editor's note: Dr. Maleski's extended-length letter can be read here.
03/15/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (APMA HOD) - PART 1A
From: Marc, Feder, DPM, Steven Spinner, DPM
As our APMA House of Delegates convenes, I wish to share my excitement about Proposition 2-24. 30 years ago, I campaigned for "One Board, One Profession. I had written Letters to the Editors of APMA News, Podiatry Management, and Podiatry Today. At my meetings with CPME (headed then by Jay Levrio), I spoke of this to then Board Member Jim Christina and ABPS President, Vinny Martorano. No consideration was given. Perhaps the time has come for this dream to come true.
Marc Feder, DPM, Lincolnwood, IL
Driving through Georgia one day, I got stopped for doing 10 miles over the speed limit (Okay…it may have been more) by a Georgia state trooper. When he asked for my license and registration, I discreetly opened my wallet so that he could see I had a Broward sheriff’s office badge and identification card. Although my credentials at the time were legitimate, his comment to me was “you boys from Florida all have those so put it away.”
It became a meaningless credential because the impression was that every car from Florida that was speeding could whip out a police credential and hope to get out of a ticket. We are not a uniform profession with uniform training. We are a diverse profession made up of many talented people practicing different aspects of podiatric medicine and surgery. To confer board certification from one board on everybody in our profession would render that credential as meaningless as a...
Editor's note: Dr. Spinner's extended-length letter can be read here.
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