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

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Javan Shinar Bass, DPM University of Alabama B.S. Commerce S Business Administration Finance To God: First and foremost thank you. Thank you for loving me unconditionally, supporting me when I slip, and guiding me in the way that you would have me to go. 1 continue to pray, for your will to be done in my life. Mother: Thank you for your compassion and understanding when all I needed was to talk. 1ien night would turn to dav without sleep. When aggravation was getting the best of me. Thank you (or being there when not even I, knew that I was in need. Thank you for caring. Thank you for knowing. Thank you for being you. Father: Thank you for preparing me lor this journey. For teaching me responsibility and work ethic. For your stern brow and stiff hand when I needed it. Thank you for teaching me how to be a strong man. Thank you lor being a strong man. Ramus: Thank you for showing me how to stand up to adversity. How to shrugg at difficult)-. When we were young, thank you for sticking up for me when I bit off more than 1 could chew. Thank you for showing me how to step out on faith. To my Grandmothers, 1 know that both of you arc looking down... 1 hope that you are proud. Thank you all for your love, and I love you all. 2 7 Achilles 21

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Esther Sue Barnes, PPM northwestern University B.S. Biomedical Engineering TUSP.M Class of 2007: Despite this country's healthcare limitations anti insurance frustrations you’ll be forced to face, and the multitude of disgruntled and ungrateful patients you'll treat throughout your career, please never loose sue of 1.) your roots, 2.) why you chose to become a physio an in the first place and 3.) the notion that, despite the time, energy, and money you’ve invested into this career, treating patients is not an entitlement, but a privilege And if w e look and listen closely enough, we can learn more from our patients than anybody. To quote my favorite “revolutionary,’’ Ernesto Che Guevara (August 20, 1969) in a speech to Medical Students “The doctor, the. medical worker, should go then to the heart of their new work, which is as a person among the masses, a person within the community. Whatever happens in the world, by always being close to the patient, by knowing his or her psychology so deeply, by being the representative of those who come near pain and relieve it, the doctor alw ays lus a very important job, a job of great responsibility in social life. Wc must then begin to erase our old concepts, of practicing chant)-, and come ever closer and even more critically to the people by practicing solidarity. We should not draw closer to the people to say: Here wc are. We come to give you the charity of our presence. to teach you with our science, to demonstrate your errors, your lack of refinement. your lack of elementary knowledge. W'c should go with an investigational teal and with a humble spirit, to learn from the great source of wisdom that is the people. Dad anti Mom: Thank you for instilling in me die values of hard work, diligence, gratitude. compassion, and respect that you so well exemplify yourselves. You’ve always encouraged me to remain an individual and true to myself when it seemed an easier path to conform, and you’ve supported me through the hard times, without judgment You've instilled in me the importance of responsibility, accountability, being true to your word, taking pride in your work, and lending a helping hand. The lessons you've taught me, mostly by example, arc invaluable and indispensable, and I cannot thank you enough for that 20 Temple School of Pocfiatric Medicine

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Tamika Bolden, DPM University of the Pacific B.S. Biological Sciences Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there arc prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now 1 know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain; faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:4-13 22 Temple School of Podiatric