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12/18/2024
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
NM Podiatrist Writes Memoir
This is a story of adventure, travel, unexpected professional disappointments, perseverance, and determination. A doctor's life is often romanticized as a life of wealth and status, free from the ordinary politics of the workplace. This memoir of this time reveals the true underbelly of life as a government employed doctor. You will also get an insider's view of what it is like to live through a medical malpractice trial and the subsequent effect on a doctor's professional life.
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The Adventures of an Itinerant Corn Cutter |
Evan Meltzer, DPM retired after practicing podiatric medicine and surgery for forty-one years. For half of his professional career, he was in private practice. For the last half of his career, he was an employed podiatrist with the Department of the Army, the Indian Health Service, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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05/11/2026
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
US Podiatrists Publish in International Orthopedic Arthroscopy Text
Amol Saxena, DPM, MPH, Jamie Cottom, DPM, Pavlo Kolyesnykov, DPM, and Tyler Verdoni, DPM recently published a chapter titled "Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy" in the text book Arthroscopy: Basic to Advanced (2nd Ed).
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(L-R) Drs. Pavlo Kolyesnykov, James Cottom, Amol Saxena, and Tyler Verdoni. |
This recently published Springer text was edited by world-renowned orthopedists, including Niek Van Dijk, MD and Nicola Maffulli, MD. The text covered arthroscopic techniques for the entire musculoskeletal system.
04/01/2026
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
TX Podiatrist Co-Edits Text on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
The most comprehensive textbook ever written on Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is now available. This senior editors of this textbook are Paul J Kim, DPM, MS and Dennis Orgill, PhD, MD. This textbook is published by Springer Nature and consists of 267 pages with 110 illustrations, photos, and figures. The leading experts on negative pressure wound therapy from specialties including podiatric surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedic surgery, general/trauma surgery, burn surgery, vascular surgery, dermatology, and nursing contributed to this textbook.
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Dr. Paul Kim |
Dr. Kim is a tenured Professor in the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery and the Medical Director of the Wound Program at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, TX. Dr. Orgill is a tenured Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.
03/04/2026
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FL Podiatrist Publishes Case Series on Nutritional Approach to Long COVID Brain Fog
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Dr. Richard Mann |
The publication describes three patients with persistent cognitive symptoms following COVID-19 infection who received oral supplementation with benfotiamine (a derivative of vitamin B1) and methylcobalamin (vitamin B12). In these cases, patients reported improvements in cognitive clarity within approximately one month.
01/27/2026
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CA Podiatrists Publishes Article with His First and Last Residents
Miranda Royds, DPM, a first-year podiatry resident at INOVA Fairfax Medical Campus, co-authored a peer-reviewed article with Amol Saxena, DPM, MPH, and Todd O’Brien, DPM, published in the official journal of the European Foot & Ankle Society.
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(L-R) Drs. Miranda Royds, Amol Saxena, and Todd O'Brien |
01/17/2026
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
CA Podiatrist Co-Authors Articles in 2 UK Journals
Amol Saxena, DPM, MPH, BASS Medical Group, adjunct faculty, Operation Footprint published two articles this month in the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) and British Medical Bulletin (BMB) with co-author Dr. Nicola Maffulli. The article in BJSM, "Sesamoid bone stress injury: revising the diagnostic framework for sesamoiditis", brings into question if the term “sesamoiditis” is appropriate. The multi-disciplinary authorship recommends re-framing the terminology since sesamoid injuries often involves bony pathology.
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Dr. Amol Saxena and Nicola Maffulli |
Dr. Saxena is involved in a prospective study of sesamoid pathology and shockwave as co-chair of the newly formed International Society for Footwear Research & Innovation. The second article in BMB "Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the surgical management of acute Achilles tendon rupture" describes practice patterns of orthopedic surgeons in Europe and China.
12/05/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
CO Podiatrist Publishes Book on Uric Acid
Joseph E Mechanik, DPM recently published a book entitled The Crystal Culprit: The Great Uric Acid Corruption On Your Health which exposes the hidden truth about how uric acid quietly disrupts the body's balance and affects overall health.This book breaks down the complex science of uric acid in clear, simple language. It explains that excess uric acid goes far beyond gout, contributing to conditions like weight gain, fatigue, high blood pressure, and chronic diseases that are often undiagnosed or misunderstood:
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Dr. Joseph Mechanik |
What really causes uric acid to rise and how modern diets make it worse.
The link between uric acid, metabolism, and inflammation.
How to spot early signs of uric acid imbalance before it leads to disease.
Practical, natural strategies to lower uric acid and restore health.
This is not another diet book or medical lecture. It's a clear, evidence-based roadmap to reclaiming health, restoring balance, and preventing the long-term damage caused by what it calls the most overlooked health disruptor of our time: uric acid.
10/17/2025
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MD Podiatrist Publishes Book About Postal History
For podiatrist Steven Berlin, DPM, writing Mail Robbery Postal History (From Around The World), is a product of love and interest in philately and his collection of the various forms of interrupted mail from around the world. Mail robbery became a main theme of his collecting. The subject matter interested him to the extent that he decided to work on a book involving mail robbery.
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Dr. Steven Berlin |
This book consists of 10 chapters from early times to the present. Five chapters encompass the centuries 1500-1700s, 1800s, 1900s, and fraud, embezzlement, and counterfeiting. The last five chapters involve military conflicts 1745-1945, to U.S. recovered mail, to North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. The book has a large reference area with many references entwined with specific situations of mail robbery and ramblings.
10/09/2025
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NC Podiatrist's Crime Novel Achieves Amazon Bestseller Status
John Iredale, DPM's thrilling novel Perfect Ten has officially captured the attention of readers worldwide, achieving the milestone of Amazon Bestseller status. The book, which skyrocketed to #20 in the highly competitive "Heist Crime" category, has resonated with fans of gripping narratives and masterful storytelling. “Perfect Ten” is a riveting tale of crime, ambition, and unexpected twists. Its intricate plot and dynamic characters have garnered praise for delivering a story that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. This remarkable achievement highlights the growing popularity of Iredale's work, marking him as a rising star in the genre.
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Dr. John Iredale |
Dr. Iredale earned his doctorate in podiatric medicine in Cleveland, Ohio in 1967. He re-located to Durham, North Carolina where he practiced podiatry for 48 years. Retirement has afforded him the opportunity to put to paper some of his favorite stories and experiences.
Source: Fox59 News [10/6/25]
09/17/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
LA Podiatrist Published in Advance Genetics
Luke Hunter, DPM, has published a case report and literature review in the international peer-reviewed journal Advance Genetics. His article, “Brachydactyly with Novel BMP8A and FGFR1 Variants: A Case Report with Review of the Literature,” is a landmark for the profession, as it represents one of the first diseases discovered by a doctor of podiatric medicine.
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Dr. Luke Hunter |
Dr. Hunter stressed the importance of approaching our roles as physicians with curiosity and diligence - reminding us not to let the business of clinic life overshadow the deeper responsibility of understanding our patients and exploring how we can truly help them.
09/13/2025
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TX Podiatrist is Lead Author in Sports Medicine Journal Article
Jeffrey A. Ross, DPM, MD, Associate Professor Department of Surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine was the lead author in a study published in the fall edition of the American College of Sports Medicine's Exercise, Sport, and Movement Journal entitled, "Abnormal Foot Morphology Among Children with Obesity and the Potential Implications for Public Health". They conducted a 2-year study of 40 adolescents with high body mass index and evaluated via a visual biomechanical assessment, gait analysis, and a pressure mapping scan.
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Dr. Jeffrey Ross |
Each youngster was rated for risk of lower-extremity foot and lower leg pain. Approximately 73% of the youngsters reported lower extremity pain. The prediction of risk showed substantial agreement with pain. The authors concluded that treating abnormal foot morphology and gait with supportive shoes, accommodative insoles, and/or prescription orthotics might present an effective approach to prevent pain and overuse injuries, and thereby encourage and maintain physical activity among youngsters with obesity.
09/09/2025
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VA Podiatrist Resident and Co-Authors to be Published in FAS
Mirand Royds, DPM, a first-year resident at INOVA, received confirmation that her first ever publication was accepted to Foot & Ankle Surgery (FAS), the official journal of the European Foot & Ankle Society, along with co-authors Tara Saxena, MD, Amol Saxena, DPM, MPH, and Nicola Maffulli, MD, PHD (Chief of Orthopedics La Sapienza University, Roma Italy)
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(L-R) Drs. Miranda Royds, Tara Saxena, and Nicola Maffulli |
Their paper, “Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture and Chronic Tendinopathy Surgery: Same Tendon, With Sex And Ethnicity Differences” showed that males were more likely to have acute tendon rupture repair, whereas females were more likely to have surgery for chronic tendinopathy. Of the population of 188 patients from the San Francisco Bay Area, Asians made up a higher percentage of the acute rupture cohort, while the chronic surgery cohort was predominantly white. Despite this, when comparing sex and ethnicity, there were no differences in complications or return to activity.
09/06/2025
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FL Podiatrist Published in JBJD
Frank Louis Lepore, DPM, MBA has published an original extensive literature review with case study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Disease (JBJD). His article is titled, "First Reported Case of Lower Extremity Wound Care with Incidental Myositis Ossificans: Traumatic/Posttraumatic/Circumscripta and an Extensive Literature Review."
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Dr. Frank Lepore |
This article presents a rare case that we must keep in our repertoire of differential diagnosis because it can mimic many other disease entities and their treatments are highly variable. This disease is also a multi-disciplinary approach to care of which podiatry is an integral part and can make a difference when possible; while at the same time, containing costs of care provided and in changing patient outcomes in quality of life.
07/03/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
IL Podiatrist Unveils Breakthrough Book on Peptide-Based Wound Healing
Sev Hrywnak, DPM, MD has announced the publication of his breakthrough book, Wound Healing Starting at the Molecular Level. This 190-page comprehensive guide explores the intricate pathophysiology, physiology, and pharmacology of using peptides to enhance wound healing.
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Dr. Sev Hrywnak |
Dr. Hrywnak’s expertise bridges podiatry and medicine, offering valuable insights into advanced therapies that target the molecular dynamics of tissue repair. This publication is a vital resource for healthcare professionals seeking innovative approaches to wound management.
06/20/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS - PART 2
NY Podiatrist Writes Chapter in Book About Courageous Doctors
Robert Kornfeld, DPM has written a chapter "From Burnout to a Holistic Functional Medicine Paradigm" in a new book titled White Coats Courageous Hearts: True Stories of Doctors Reclaiming Their Humanity in a System That Challenges It (Stand Up (for) Doctors!) by Kim Downey, PT.
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Dr. Robert Kornfeld |
These are not just stories of burnout. They’re stories of trauma, addiction, bullying, moral injury, and suicide—and also of self-compassion, resilience, and the power of community. Some writers faced breaking points. Others found quiet clarity in the chaos. All chose to speak out with honesty and heart.
06/20/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS - PART 1
FL Podiatrist Co-Authors Paper on Benfotiamine/Methylcobalamin in PD
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Dr. Richard Mann |
This latest paper was inspired by individuals with Parkinson’s disease who reported notable improvements in their symptoms after starting benfotiamine. “Our review of the scientific literature suggests that these effects may be linked to enhanced thiamine utilization, which improves neuronal energy availability in the brain,” Dr. Mann explained. “This central mechanism parallels the improved peripheral nerve function that many physicians have observed following benfotiamine supplementation.”
06/06/2025
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MO Podiatrist Writes Chapter in Osteotomy Text
H. John Visser DPM, director of the residency training at SSM DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, MO has recently published a chapter titled "Surgical Correction of the Cavovarus Foot Deformity with Utilization of Osteotomy and Arthrodesis Technique" in the textbook Osteotomy Essentials, From Beginning Techniques to Advanced Practices.
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Dr. H. John Visser |
Dr. Visser in association with his current resident, Kyle Williams DPM, are among over 20 other authors from six different countries. The textbook was edited by Alessandro Rozim Zorsi.
04/01/2025
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MA Podiatrist Pens Novel
When a serious illness prevented Catherine Wu, DPM from practicing podiatry in Massachusetts, she made a midlife pivot to novel writing. Six years later, her historical/multicultural novel will debut as an eBook on Amazon on Easter, 2025. In the book titled The Moon Goddess's Smile, a conflicted biomedical researcher returns to China to transfer her late grandmother's apartment to her male cousin so he can marry. However, a simple legal task to save her dwindling clan turns into a Kafkaesque nightmare, and her interracial marriage in Boston begins to unravel.
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Dr. Catherine Wu |
Straddling two clashing cultures, she struggles to regain equilibrium before resuscitating her American life. The story portrays a resilient Chinese family that has survived a tumultuous century. Ultimately, it celebrates the human potential of reaching enlightenment during a crisis.
01/06/2025
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NY Podiatrist is Guest Editor for Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
Voom™ Medical Devices, Inc., a medical device company transforming the landscape of minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery, has announced that its Founder and CEO Neal Blitz, DPM, serves as Editor for the Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery’s January 2025 issue on Minimal Incision Surgery (MIS). Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery delivers insights on the latest clinical advances and patient management trends, offering podiatric and foot and ankle surgeons a sound basis for their patient care decisions.
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Dr. Neal Blitz |
Dr. Blitz also contributed an insightful preface entitled “Minimally Invasive Surgery: Ignore It Until You Can’t” and authored the article “New Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery: The End-All Be-All Bunion Repair?” Bogdan Grecea, DPM, Voom’s Vice President of Surgeon Education, Training, and Onboarding, also contributed his perspective on “The History and Instrumentation of Minimally Invasive Pedal Surgery.”
Source: World Business Outlook [1/2/25]
01/03/2025
PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS
CA and MN Podiatrists Publish in Foot & Ankle International
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(L-R) Drs. Maggie Fournier and Amol Saxena |
Dr. Fournier was a Fellow with Dr. Saxena in 2012-13, and succeeded him as AAPSM President in 2016.
12/21/2024
RESPONSES/COMMENTS (PUBLISHED PODIATRISTS)
From: Joel Lang, DPM
It is admirable that Dr. Meltzer took the time and effort to write a memoir. While attending a memoir writing class, I was also motivated to do the same. My intended audience was not so much the profession or my colleagues, but for my family only. I was born in a somewhat orthodox Jewish family. My elders were not anxious or interested is sharing their history and experiences. As a result, I know little about those who came before me. I felt it was important for my successors to know about some of the history of their family and to give them information about their heritage.
After my parents died, I purchased a number of handheld recorders and tapes and gave them to my surviving aunts and uncles asking them to tell some stories of their ...
Editor's note: Dr. Lang's extended-length letter can be read here.
11/15/2024
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MI Podiatrist Publishes Book on Nutrition
Data scientist Mark Trudeau and podiatrist Sadegh Arab, DPM have co-authored “There’s a Food for That,” a guide that provides information on some of the different foods that can assist with treating the top 100 diseases and conditions affecting Americans.
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(L-R) Mark Trudeau and Dr. Sadegh Arab |
From TMA Publishing, the book provides targeted dietary recommendations to help readers prevent and manage common health issues like diabetes, hypertension, and allergies, among others, the authors said. Dr. Arab earned his podiatric medical degree from the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. Presently, he is a staff member at Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Insight Surgical Hospital and Premier Surgical Center of Michigan.
Source: Sarah Wright, C & G News [11/13/24]
10/17/2024
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FL Podiatrist Co-authors Paper in Wounds International
Richard Mann, DPM of Boca Raton, Florida, co-authored the scientific paper entitled "The beneficial effects of benfotiamine and methylcobalamin in the management of patients with polyneuropathy in Aruba: three case reports". The paper was recently published in the journal Wounds International 2024.
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Dr. Richard Mann |
The paper introduces the Mann Baratta Assessment Scale (MBAS), a quick and effective way to quantify a patient's perception with respect to any change in neuropathic symptoms they feel they have experienced since the initiation of therapy for peripheral neuropathy. The paper and a detailed description of the MBAS may be found here.
10/02/2024
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NY Podiatrist Pens Second Novel
Elliot Udell, DPM has written his second novel titled It happened In Long Island: Antics of the Rich and Famous. The story centers on a Jewish girl from suburban Long Island, who gets a summer job working for one of the wealthiest, aristocratic, WASP families in America. Together with an Italian American girlfriend, they experience the antics of these people. Readers can see tennis matches, mansions, horse rides, romances, high society opera galas, and sailing excursions on the Long Island Sound. Behind all of this, however, is a milieu of racism, antisemitism, homophobia, xenophobia, and political corruption. Some of this bigotry is overt. In most cases, however, the hatred is subtle. Those guilty would be in complete denial.
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Dr. Elliot Udell |
The book is filled with romances that last forever and others that are mere summer flings. There are hysterically funny scenes, as well as scenes filled with sadness and loss. The book's climax is a famed international sailboat race where young and old from diverse economic, ethnic, and religious backgrounds join together despite petty prejudices and create a winning formula that defines American life.
09/05/2024
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NY Podiatrists Publish Article in Journal of Perinatal Medicine
Father and son Rock G Positano, DPM, MPH and Rock CJay Positano, DPM, MPH of the Non-surgical Foot and Ankle Center at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York recently published an article in the Journal of Perinatal Medicine titled, "Common foot and ankle disorders in pregnancy: The role of diagnostic ultrasound".
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(L-R) Drs. Rock G and Rock CJay Positano |
Diagnostic ultrasound provides a safe and reliable method to assess the extent of bone, ligament, and tendon trauma, as well as circulatory and clotting derangements in the pregnant patient without the use of potentially dangerous exposure of x-rays to the developing fetus. This article is published in one of the most prestigious Ob/Gyn journals both nationally and internationally and demonstrates how podiatry has integrated and contributed to other disciplines such as diagnostic imaging radiology and perinatology.
09/03/2024
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FL Podiatrist and Renowned Chef Launch Revolutionary Cookbook
Jenneffer Pulapaka, DPM and Chef Hari Pulapaka, a dynamic husband-and-wife duo, have announced the release of their groundbreaking cookbook, The Heart Healthy Plant-Based Cookbook. This innovative culinary guide offers over 100 delicious recipes to improve vascular health, lower blood pressure, and support cardiac recovery.
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(L-R) Hari Pulapaka and Dr. Jenneffer Pulapaka |
With Dr. Pulapaka's medical expertise and Chef Pulapaka's culinary artistry, this cookbook provides a roadmap to a healthier lifestyle.
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