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

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imveWzL c M ASSOCIATE DEAN School of Podiatric Medicine TEMPLE UNIVERSITY J»m » 9. IwrV . W».0. D n ( 2'S-« 5?57 Ac 0»rr AfU« ' 215-6291929 6g th 41 4ce .Cx»« rHwncr- !tc-c e (Ou PA 1910? «tt WA.t mc e«Jv, To the Class of 2007: On behalf of the faculty I want to congratulate you on the successful completion of your academic and clinical program. During your tenure at TUSPM you have faced many challenges and have been successful in the accomplishment of your goals The knowledge and skills you have acquired will allow you to become successful practitioners and a credit to the profession. James Burke, PH.D. Continue to grow as a professional and make this graduation a starting point toward a commitment to continuing education and the quest for the discovery of new knowledge. Always continue to challenge yourself and work to advance the profession. Through this commitment you will enjoy the many rewards of your endeavors. It has been my pleasure to interact with you both as a faculty member and as an academic dean I wish the very best for each of you Good luck and best wishes. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs 2007 Achilles 9

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 School of Podiatric Medicine TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OffK ®» IN 0«w SmaiRiw iwn 6m Root fr ltV»t. M 19I07-N96 pAon m-62VS«X «M 2IV629-1929 ! mpr tX 6 MlO-W tirt Ie e f«V To the Graduating Class of 2007 of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine It is with a great sense of pride that I write this final letter to the Class of 2007. Each of you has just completed the most challenging four years of your young lives and I want to congratulate you. More than that, however. I want to tell you that you are the Temple University School of Podiatnc Medicine While it is true that we have classrooms, dormitories, clinics and laboratories, a school without the life and energy of the student is a single purpose building whose purpose has disappeared. You entered TUSPM in a time of transition. You have seen new faculty, new facilities and the positive growth that affiliation with Temple’s Health System affords. During the past four years, this was your school, but in a larger sense, John A. Mattiacci, DPM you became the school. As you leave us here 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 helped you to cam the finest education in the nation. We have given you clinical experience that is unrivaled in the history of our profession and w'e have bestowed upon you the degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Now it is your turn. Because you will always be a TUSPM alumnus, we look to you to carry that degree with competence, compassion, and ultimately, 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. I ask that you never forget the roots that you leave here at TUSPM. 1 want you to wear the degree that we have bestowed upon you with pride and 1 challenge you to use that degree to the benefit of both your practice and your alma mater. I want you to join your class alumni association and maintain connection with your class mates. I want you to come back to Philadelphia to visit us periodically and I 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 you gained here. Be diligent. Be tenacious. Be inquisitive and be successful. You are now a permanent part of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. 8 Temple School of Podiatric Medicine

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 ni e untueaflOi Jeftwl0 p da a tm ieine ASSISTANT DEAN FOR EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS Samuel J. Spadone, DPM School of Podiatric Medicine TEMPLE UNIVERSITY lamual I. Sptdo«•. OfM P«onr ’ S-42S-S2 JV 'Of IduW.OM ttjrj bi 2'S-4'3-OS06 C l'9' 1 RJC Sew maJoneOlerc M M I9I07-249A w 0 w Wvi May 18.2007 Dear Doctors. Graduates of the Class of 2007: As I write this, some six months in advance of your commencement ceremony, I am unsure how to address you. I know this yearbook will be published and available prior to your graduation, per se. However, I am confident that each of you. having completed a rigorous course of study, will receive the degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine by the time this letter is intended to be read. Therefore, I think it is appropriate to address you as my colleagues now for the first time instead of as my students, and I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. I have been fortunate in becoming a faculty member at TUSPM and to have witnessed the profound transformations that accompanied your journeys from first year students to fledging doctors. Observing this metamorphosis has always been the most rewarding part of my work. In this. I am sure that I speak, not for myself, but for the entire faculty of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. You have undergone rigorous training, more on par with that in any other medical discipline than before in the history of Podiatric Medicine, and far more so than that now afforded at any of the other schools and colleges in our profession. Despite the meticulous planning and contingency analyses that preceded the implementation of our new curriculum there have been “growing pains but you have adapted and overcome each of them. You have a right to be proud of your achievements. I am envious of the training you have received for, while I wished for it as a student myself, it was not to be. 1 have several personal requests to make of each of you at this time. First, please let us know of your accomplishments in the future. Second, never hesitate to call upon any of us if we can be of assistance in your future endeavors. Finally, go forth and make us proud! Congratulations on your accomplishments and best wishes for success in your personal lives and professional careers. J2i’ Samuel J. Spadone, D.P.M. Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs 10 Temple School of Podiatric Medicine