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

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Reema Dua, DPM cabrin: college B.S. BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Many thanks to my family and friends for their love and support. To my lovely parents: Thank you both for instilling in me the values of respect, work ethic, and compassion. You arc truly the best parents any child could ever have. This would not have been possible without your blessings and support. Thank you for loving me unconditionally. I love you both more than words can express. Amit: I love you for always pushing me and challenging me to become a better person. Thank you for your guidance and encouragement. 1 will always look up to you. No matter what, you'll always be ms-big brother. To my DE friends: I loved growing up with all of you through our teenage years. Our iond memories are precious. 1 feel at home whenever we spend time together. Thank you for making me laugh when I needed it. Katcbatc.Tali, Annand. Sarah C Tom pit Hmvosttvf Stl-ccl of Pc ut 'C Mo ico«e

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Michael Dolen. dpm STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BROCKPORT B.S. BIOLOGY Well that wasn't easy. Congrats n ill my classmates, colleague now. You ill did very well, pawed i bunch of clawc {or exam retakes), created it lent 20 ) patient {or it lent wrote dow n 200 number ' and lived through bunch of vometimev painful roed month (temple vascular I will aluav loathe you Thanks for ill of you who helped calm me down during tlic stressful part , hvtened to me rail dur «ng the endless hour dunng dime. I wasn't trying to annoy you. )ust tried to make vou vmilc or laugh. Good luck in residency, practice, and life. To the clinicians- Thankv for pining down all that information. Being a doetoi is one thing bur being! teacher it another. I appreciate all votive done. To my farhci Thankv for the mavvive amountv of cavh you provided. Not jutl for the put four year . but throughout life. 1 muvt have con you at lent a million dollatv. Even more, thankv for all the emotional support. I literally wouldn't have done thlv live past four years without you, you'll never know how much you actually helped. lb my mother: It wasn't easy to do this without you. you sure did pick a hotriblc time to go home’. But I'm sure you now know you did a pretty good job at raising me and turning me into somebody who will not only be a good doctor, but be a caring, compassionate one. By the way. your' boy s' are domg tust fine. To Enn; Wow? You put up with me for this long! Thanks for all the love and support sinee the minute you met me and especially the last four years I could go on forever about whai you've done for me. blit instead I'll take the next 100 years to show and tell you. To the rest of my family, old and newt Thank for everything. I 'll give you quite a discount when treatingyxiu in the future. Finally I'd like to thank the other things chat helped me through the last four years, in no particular otdet: mountain dew. my video games and computer, especially wow. manro polos mega fries, subway. Johnny cart for making me sick. wawa. numerous places to get butritos. lily and (otdic. the scats subway, the Eagles, bets, and in general smelly Philadelphia -Mike 2008 AfUlcs 7 2S

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Christopher John Fatti. PPM LE MOYNE COLLEGE B.S. BIOLOGY To my entire family-l don't think anything 1 can ever write on a piece of paper will ever really say enough about how much I owe you and how important you all arc to me. As far back as 1 can remember you have always been there for me. Through victory and defeat, my relationship with all of you hat kept me on track. All I've ever wanted was to make you proud and I hope today that you arc. Thank you for believing in me. To my Dad- OId man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you Well. I can't believe the day it finally here. The little kid who used to follow you around the hospital on Saturday mornings wishing that someday he could 'fix people the way you did has seen a life-long dream come true. I know it is aclichcd but 1 seriously could have never done this without you, dad, The daily phone calls, advice, moral, financial, and emotional support got me rhrough day to day life here. You truly were my rock and one of my best friends through it all. I couldn't be more happy and proud that we now share a profession. 1 love you. To my Mom-Nobody has had more of an impact on who I am today than you mom. So many of the qualities 1 take pride in having I learned from you. Thanks for always being rhcrc and caring so much. I hope someday 1 can somehow repay you for putting so much time. care, and love into raising me. I love you very much. To my Nonnu-I wish you were here to sec this day because you lud so much to do with it happening. I never really got a chance to thank you for everything you did for me and taught me. Your lessons about so many things will stay with me for the rest ot my life. I hope somewhere that today you arc proud. I love and mitt you. To the class of200S: It has been quite a ride and 1 hope that in some way I made ii better. I have had sonic times I will never forget and I'm grateful for that. There are some seriously talented people among us and I know you will do our profession proud. My sincere best ss-ishes in life always. 2008 AcUllS 7 27