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

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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

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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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Kieran T. Mahan, DPM Associate Dean for Research Professor, Department of Podiatric Surgery TEMPLE INIVERSm A Coouaonweakh Univmii, XxmT M«Un. DfM. PACTAS Aiwnav fir—frr Ifimt .1 PirfUlrh VU.IM r »i a (M Snr rtOiddiOw Pnt-»l-Mia 19107-MM fVm 2IM25-SW r.. ns-ws-om ('•agrmtulatioas 10 the fUu of 2M3 Congratula oas1 I am 'try pleased to have the opportunity to congratulate you oo your graduation I know this is very momentous occunoa in your life and in the lives of your family members It is a dream that has come true for you and your family It alio gives you the opportunity to rtcogfure the many people in your life who have helped you along the way to fulfill this dream Celebrate this moment and share your joy with your family and fhendv As you enjoy your graduation and eryoy the sense of accomplishment that rightfully goes along with it. keep m mind that the nature of a profession is such that U requites you to consistently upgrade your skilli and maintain your knowledge in order that you can provide your patients with the best possible care n»e graduation ceremony is one of great dignity because it confers upon you not just rights and privileges, but also significant responsibilities. Being a physician requires from you a degree of compassion and empathy that may be tested from tune to time. ‘Dus ts a great profession1 We are fortunate to be able to do something that benefits people tremendously, that tests our intellectual skills, and allows us the kind of personal interaction with pineals that is truly fulfilling. I with each ofyou every success tathe future I wish you happiness in your profession, happiness in your personal life tod the ability to blend the two together successfully iSLTiU— Kieran T Mahan, DPM Associate Dean for Research Dr. Mahan