Podiatry Success Stories

[diabeticfootdr]

I’m creating this thread to put success stories of those podiatrists who represent the profession well and how they’re making a difference.

I’ll start with this one I saw today on Google alerts.

“How the Iraq war led this man to become a podiatrist and open his own clinic in Idaho Falls”

How the Iraq war led this man to become a podiatrist and open his own clinic in Idaho Falls - East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – It’s no secret that serving in the military can be physically demanding but there’s one aspect of military service that Braden Jenkins didn’t anticipate. The Idaho Falls man served in the Idaho National Guard from 2005 to 2015. During basic training, he recalls doing ruck marches...

www.eastidahonews.com

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[Pronation]

Are you kidding me?

Why don't you link the pre-pods to the attending forum so they can see what kind of salary 7 years of training and 300k debt will get them?

What was your first year salary after residency?

We've had a lot of discussion about low wages and salaries, especially right out of residency. I wanted to poll and ask these three questions. 1. What was your first year salary? 2. What is your current salary? 3. How many years out of residency are you? I wish I could combine these questions...

forums.studentdoctor.net

You’ve been made, all 10 of you

You’re totally the reason why, not the salary to debt ratio the profession is producing 😂. Read both attachments.

forums.studentdoctor.net

Good riddance.

 

[DexterMorganSK]

Are you kidding me?

Why don't you link the pre-pods to the attending forum so they can see what kind of salary 7 years of training and 300k debt will get them?

What was your first year salary after residency?

We've had a lot of discussion about low wages and salaries, especially right out of residency. I wanted to poll and ask these three questions. 1. What was your first year salary? 2. What is your current salary? 3. How many years out of residency are you? I wish I could combine these questions...

forums.studentdoctor.net

You’ve been made, all 10 of you

You’re totally the reason why, not the salary to debt ratio the profession is producing 😂. Read both attachments.

forums.studentdoctor.net

Good riddance.

There is no reason to derail a thread. If a Pre-pod has questions about the profession (good or bad) they can search and visit the other podiatry forums and ask there directly. Please refrain from derailing any future threads.

 

[Shiyuan]

I’m creating this thread to put success stories of those podiatrists who represent the profession well and how they’re making a difference.

I’ll start with this one I saw today on Google alerts.

“How the Iraq war led this man to become a podiatrist and open his own clinic in Idaho Falls”

How the Iraq war led this man to become a podiatrist and open his own clinic in Idaho Falls - East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS – It’s no secret that serving in the military can be physically demanding but there’s one aspect of military service that Braden Jenkins didn’t anticipate. The Idaho Falls man served in the Idaho National Guard from 2005 to 2015. During basic training, he recalls doing ruck marches...

www.eastidahonews.com

Great story!

One of the students in my class was an orthopedic surgeon in Egypt (traumatologist I believe). Left it all to become a US podiatrist. I never fully understood his reasoning (other than bringing his family over)... but I do know he matched into an awesome program is probably doing great somewhere.

 

[Weirdy]

Are you kidding me?

Why don't you link the pre-pods to the attending forum so they can see what kind of salary 7 years of training and 300k debt will get them?

What was your first year salary after residency?

We've had a lot of discussion about low wages and salaries, especially right out of residency. I wanted to poll and ask these three questions. 1. What was your first year salary? 2. What is your current salary? 3. How many years out of residency are you? I wish I could combine these questions...

forums.studentdoctor.net

You’ve been made, all 10 of you

You’re totally the reason why, not the salary to debt ratio the profession is producing 😂. Read both attachments.

forums.studentdoctor.net

Good riddance.

Please keep it polite.

Prepods should be smart enough to know what they are getting into.

The ones worth working with will be reading both prepod, student, and resident/attending threads.

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Thanks to Dr. Landau, podiatry faculty at NYCPM for stepping during an inflight emergency!

https://www.nycpm.edu/newsEvents/Vol8No7-8_002.pdf

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Congratulations to Dr. Howard Liebeskind, Team Podiatrist to the Los Angeles Lakers, for receiving the Distinguished Service Citation this weekend from the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine (AAPSM).

You can read more about Dr. Liebeskind's contribution to podiatric sports medicine here.

 

[diabeticfootdr]

Robert Greenhagen, DPM, Alumnus of the Year from DMU-CPMS explains what drew him to a career in podiatry.

 

[deleted1149159]

If I may, there are loads and loads of Podiatrists who make a huge difference in their communities and in residency programs and have never had an article written about them.

Success story?

Only the individual can really decide what "success" means to them. I am one of the most fortunate people in the world. I love what I do for living. Yes, I've dealt with terrible work environments, but despite all that, it never soured me to the practice of podiatry itself.

Love what you do. The rest will work itself out eventually.

 

[footdoctor22]

Are you kidding me?

Why don't you link the pre-pods to the attending forum so they can see what kind of salary 7 years of training and 300k debt will get them?

What was your first year salary after residency?

We've had a lot of discussion about low wages and salaries, especially right out of residency. I wanted to poll and ask these three questions. 1. What was your first year salary? 2. What is your current salary? 3. How many years out of residency are you? I wish I could combine these questions...

forums.studentdoctor.net

You’ve been made, all 10 of you

You’re totally the reason why, not the salary to debt ratio the profession is producing 😂. Read both attachments.

forums.studentdoctor.net

Good riddance.

seriously bro, going to the podiatry school (TUSPM) was literally the worst decision in my life. It is a TERRIBLE profession where you do more work and are paid less than other doctors.

 

[Feli]

DISCLAIMER: Please remember that past performance may not be indicative of future results.

1916 podiatry schools = 4
2004 podiatry schools = 7
2024 pod schools = 11