02/11/2026    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (THE FUTURE OF PODIATRY) - PART 1C

RE: Why Podiatry Should Pursue Broader Licensure Beyond Foot and Ankle Care (Sev Hrywnak, DPM, MD)

From: Lawrence Oloff, DPM

 

Having healthy dialogues is always worthwhile, as long as it is done in a respectful manner. I appreciate the posts by Drs. Hrywnak and Tomczak about a plenary degree. I respect their comments but I do not agree with them. I used to agree with these thoughts early in my career. However, I feel such thoughts are no longer in the best interests of our profession. I am in the tail end of my professional life. I have been blessed by the many positions that fell my way. I have been on podiatry faculty at a college, Academic Dean, managed a podiatry program in a top tier medical university, member/partner in a prominent orthopedic sports medicine group, podiatry residency director, and now my last job as full-time faculty in a medical school. Equally important is that I have been a private practitioner. I feel qualified to a give an opinion on these issues.

 

First a few facts. Podiatry now is not what I first started in. Those days were fighting tooth and nail for...

 

Editor's note: Dr. Oloff's extended-length letter can be read here. 

Other messages in this thread:

---

12/10/2025    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (THE FUTURE OF PODIATRY) - PART 1C

RE: Who Are We? (Elliot Udell, DPM)

From: Carl Solomon, DPM

 

Regarding determining where to open a practice, it's easy. Get on the phone and sample some practices in the areas of interest. Ask each of them how soon you can get an appointment for (take your pick)...a painful bump behind the big toe, a recurrent corn on a crooked toe, a non-infected recurring ingrown nail, whatever. If they're eager to get you right in, that's not where you want to open up. If they're booked up for the next week or two, you've found your spot.

 

Carl Solomon, DPM, (Retired) Dallas, TX