From: Jon Purdy, DPM
I don’t understand why this has to be such a convoluted issue. You have ONE board with multiple certification types. And as much as I’m tired of repeating myself, it bears repeating. We ALREADY have that type of board, called the “American Board of Multiple Specialties in Podiatry.”
Currently, we have a surgical board that splits the foot, so we have to say we are “board certified” then denote for which structures of the foot. This, along with multiple other boards, is just confusing to the public, insurances, the medical system, and it further marginalizes us.
Why not present our profession with one board, then within that board, get certified in whatever the heck you want? Be it podiatric medicine, surgery, wound care, limb salvage, or all of the above, we are represented by one certification body.
Jon Purdy, DPM, New Iberia, LA
