Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine - Achilles Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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John A. Mattiacci, DPM Dean, Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine TKMPIX UNIVERSITY A Cotnmorwwlifi Umvsnity John A Muiu«i DRM fin Sdmi •( rMuir« CfMiat trice Sana ri»Mct»tel PnmySm ISIOT-Jrte Pt«K IIMJS.5440 M 2[S-t3% 9y R-njal ]iMtijai ui r wopU du To the 2003 Graduating Students o( the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, I bang you greeting This tetter is always one of the most difficult to write because it will be forever roemonalueo in your yearbook It will be subject to the real test of time, when you open this book at your tenth or twentieth reunion. You are now at one of the many fulcrum that you will experience in life. This year, your life as a student ends and your life as a podiatric physician begins. It would be easy and sale for me to review your past lour yean and locus on highlight of your student life. But the unfortunate reality i that the highlights that I would choose would not be the same ones that you remember. My highlights relate to the integration of the school, the uiitiation of our clinic expansion, or the development of new distance learning techniques. Your highlights will be the friends that you made, the first surgery that you completed, or the late night cramming session m which you realized that there is a relationship between academia and professional performance. I am going to choose the more difficult task; that t predicting your future. When you open this book In ten years. I predict that you will be well on your way to a happy and successful life. You wdl be In practice. Your loans will be amortizing. You most probably will have married, or found a partner. You may have children, and those children will be on the verge of taking you to soccer games. Halloween tours and birthday parties. A good percentage of you will be solo practitioners, but the majority of you will be in practice with other podiatrist or other doctors In ten years, the crises that we face today win all be solved, but others will have taken their place. The single constant that wr team to deal with is crisis confrontation. Managed care will still be with us, HMO1 will look a lot more like today's PPO's. MEDICARE will be expanded. Just because of the development of new techniques and the arrtral of the baby boom generation. Although I doubt that there will be a single payer system. 1 predict that there will be ahnoat universal healthcare available in some form The question that I cannot answer now, is what type of man or woman will you be in ten year . Here it what 1 want the answer to be. I want you. first lo be a man or woman with a strong family. Your parent , siblings, spouse and children will be the center of your strength and your life Next, I want you to be up (o date, and proficient in your practice. Every patient that you see is no! only treated by you. they ore treated by the profession of podiatry. Today, you become that profession. Your skill not only elevates you. it elevates your chosen profession. These are the skills that we have given you. I predict that you wtU use them, improve upon them, and be rewarded by them. Thank you foe your years here. John Mattiacci, DPM Dean Dr. Mattiacci

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Ira M. Schwartz Provost Temple University ii uri i i niu.kmii will.. till. I'imww To I he Class ol 2003. It is nn pleasure u congratulate you oil youjr graduation from Temple I'linciMt) ’ School ot Podiatnc Medicine. 'i ou should he very proud ol your academic achievements over die past tour ye.it You are the second class to spend all lour years at Temple I ‘Diversity You will he counted among the numerous ulunini .uni I know that yout contributions in the future will be a tribute to the university. As you have benefited from heme a part of a large research university as a student. I hope that you will take advantage of its ttstuuce- as a graduate. Once again, congratulations and best wishes lor tuiuic success in yotn profession Sincerelv Prov ost Mr. Schwartz

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James Burke, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences TKMFLE INIVERSITV A Commontilth tfaivcnicy School.(roduinc foaeiF Iktii.rM) Aiiirt Auoeutt » •« fiat Kcmtrroc Agsira u P : Street ntlMklftoK hnnjtcua ItHTr-HH fhooe 2SS-62S-52S? B--«3 ) ortx»tup»««pi.oJo To The Gass of 2003 Congratulations! On behalf of the faculty, it is my pleasure to congratulate you on your achievement. Each of you should be proud of your effort in completing a demanding and intense program. Through dedication and perseverance you have overcome obstacles that at times may have seemed overwhelming As a result you are poised to enter a challenging and rewarding profession and to provide to your patients the highest quality care available. I hope that you will reap the rewards and satisfaction that comes from helping other. Always maintain a commitment to education and a desire to help guide the profession in the 21 century. Good luck and 1 wish each of you a very happy and productive life. Sincerely, lames P. Burke, Ph.D. Associate Dean lor Academic Affairs Dr. Burke