06/18/2025    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (PODIATRIC MEDICAL EDUCATION) - PART 1B

RE: Updating Podiatric Medical Education (Rod Tomczak, DPM, ME, EdD)

From: H. David Gottlieb, DPM

 

Just to clarify, ALL podiatric residencies involve training in both podiatric medicine and surgery. Some have the added certification of rearfoot and reconstruction ankle surgery. ALL podiatric residents are required to be trained in general, medical, and podiatric care including biomechanics. Surgery of the foot is a component of their training. Office and hospital clinic training is also a component. Advanced ankle and leg surgery is only part of the training program and only in the Rearfoot and Reconstruction Ankle programs. State licensure does affect the scope of the training, but working with orthopedic surgeons does occur to round out the programs. While turf issues do occur, many orthopedic surgeons respect our residents as equals. 

 

Please learn about the actual state of podiatric residency programs before making accusations and unfounded criticism.

 

H. David Gottlieb, DPM, Baltimore, MD

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