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

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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences James Burke, Pee D. To the Class of 2005: On behalf of the faculty, I would like to congratulate each of you on your successful completion of the four year curriculum During your tenure at TUSPM, you have faced challenges and hardships and have been successful in the achievement of your goals. You are now ready to enter a rewarding profession and provide state of the art podiatrlc care to your patients Continue to grow as a professional and make graduation a launch site for a life of continuing education. It has been a pleasure to work with you over the past four years and I wish each of you a happy and successful life. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY A Commonwealtl Univerf ity .S kool of Podia Irir M»dl liw Eighth it Race Slrorl PMUdrtphia, I.0107-34116 Phone 2IS fi2SM»00 Clames P. Burke, Ph.D, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine 9

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Dean, Temple University School ofPodiatric Medicine John A. Mattiacci, DPM It is With a great sense of pnde that I write this final letter to the Class of 2005 Each of you ha rust completed the most challenging lour wars of your young lives and I want to congratulate you More Ilian that, however. I want to tell you that you are the Temple University School of Podiatnc Medicine While it » true that we have classrooms, dormitories, clinics and laboratories, o school without the life and energy of the student is a single purpose building whose purpose has disappeared You entered TUSPM in s lime of transition You have seen new faculty, new facilities and the positive growth that affiliation with Temple's Health Sy stem afford During the past four year , this was your school, but in u larger sense, you became the school A you leave u» Iiere in Philadelphia and begin post graduate training or practice: you take the school with you. You will forever be identified as a Temple University School graduate Because of this, you and TUSPM will always be connected We have given you the finest education in the nation. We have given you clinical experience that is unrivaled in the history of our profession and we have ipven you the degree of Doctor of Podiatnc Medicine Now it is your turn Because you Will always be a TUSPM graduate, vie look to you to cany that degree with competence, compassion, and ulumately. success You now enter a career in which your patient and his or her condition will demand your attention As you build a practice and you expand your roots in the community that you choose. 1 ask that you never forget the root that you leave here at TUSPM I want you to wear the degree that we have bestowed upon you with pnde and I challenge you to use that degree to the benefit of both your practice and your alma mater 1 want you to join your class alumni association and maintain connection with your class mates 1 want you to come back to Philadelphia to visit us periodically and 1 want you to visit us on the web consistently Wherever you go in your life, you take our name and you remain our graduate Never forget that because we will never forget you and the time that you have spent here. Go now and apply those skills that jou gamed here Be diligent Be tenacious Be inquisitive and be successful You are now a permanent part of the Temple University School of Podiatnc Medicine. T»:Ht tr iMVT.ttsm A CVaaonwrakh t ‘nn n Mfto.il oI PoJulnr MnSIrtaa » l li a! Karr Mrrrt IlnUiWIii.a lYmayWaiui lfl|tT2tUt lilfUfttVlMO Fa ZtSl ftSMMV K-m il inuuwiTvWiiniaa lroi|4 ala Jot A Maluam. DPM Drsa To the Graduating Class of 2005 of tile Temple University School of Podiatnc Medicine John A Mattiacci. DPM Dean - Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine

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Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs Instructor, Department of Podiatric Medicine Samuel J. Spadone, DPM May 19,200$ Dear Member of the Class of 2005 As I look forward to your graduation at the time of this wnting. it is a source of great pride and personal satisfaction with which I anticipate addressing you. this first time, not as students, but as colleagues I thank you. I congratulate you, and I envy you. I envy you because you have benefited from a new curriculum unique to the Temple University School of Podiatnc Medicine Thu curriculum tar eclipses the modical training I received dunng my tenure at the former PCPM and I believe that my jealousy ■» justified The new cumculum was five years in the planning and. from my convmstion with many of you, has yielded dividends quite worthy of the human capital invested in creating it- You are. without question, the best prepared podiatnc physicians to ever graduate from this institution or anywhere else m the world I congratulate you because of the many obstacles you have overcome You made the new cumculum a success in spite of the failtnp in its initial planning and several adverse events during iu inception In addition to the normal challenges of completing a rigorous didactic cumculum. you adapted to and overcame the changing demands of external clerkships and excelled m them Without your drive, discipline, determination, and academic excellence, ihe new curriculum may have become a “one hit wonder I thank you because of the many friendships we have forged dunng your tenure here I especially thank those of you who turned lo me for advice and guidance ll is a rare privilege lo earn the confidence of someone in doubt or difficulty, even more so to have them expose their private situations to my scrutiny, and still more so to have them accept my counsel. This is truly the most rewarding part of my position I hope you will all remember this in the future and never hesitate to call upon me if I can be of assistance to you In conclusion. I wish each and ev ery one of you success in your future endeavors and very good lives Tr.MPtx tiNisr.fcsrrv A Coounoti» «xb I'aneroty School «r Pnauirw M dlru» MOuSmicml nulMbbOu. PMUHjtVMIII 1910? J«U (SIS) 264210 Fu msjtisoeot SumrSJ Sfwaww.OOl Koutl MOlurl -clf. Al-iwl tWai to nOxwuaui Alton Sincerely, Samuel J Spadone. D PM Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs 10 Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine