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

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temple university school of podiatric medicine c CIAN OF THE YEAR To the Class of 2009 First and foremost, congratulations on your graduation from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. It is an honor to receive this award, and it has been rewarding for me to have been a part of your training. The past four years have provided a foundation of knowledge that will continue to grow as you complete your residencies and embark on professional careers. Although you are finished your formal education, your education will not end here. Be mindful of everything you will learn not only from other practitioners, but also from patients. Share your knowledge with the profession by publishing articles or mentoring future students and residents. A highlight of my career has been the opportunity to be involved in the education of future Podiatric Physicians. May your professional and personal lives be full of success and happiness. Sincerely, Associate Professor

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Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine achilles yearbook EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Glenn aufseeser. zachary ritter. Marianne ravert Dear Clinical and Academic Faculty, Staff, Classmates and Friends, It is our genuine pleasure to present you with this 2009 Achilles Yearbook. Countless hours of study and “extracurricular time have been foregone to produce this edition. In that, we hope to have created a book that truthfully captured some of the moments that made this year special to you. We would also like to extend a sincere thank you to our advisor, Mr. David Martin, as well as our Cooke Publishing Representative, Lisa Buscaglia, without whom this book would merely be a collection of photos lazily strew n about the floor of our yearbook office. Their efforts, while often overlooked, are truly appreciated. To those classes arriving after us (2010, 2011,2012) we offer this advice...take it all in. Before you stretch an infinite number of possibilities, and, while it is easy to look narrowly toward your next step, relish those already taken. Cultivate friendships, seize new opportunities and learn from past experiences. But, most importantly, be the change you seek. Don't rely on others to carry our profession... lift it up yourself. Finally, to our classmates we say thank you. Thank you for our shared joys and sorrows. Thank you for your encouragement and effort. While our time here has seemingly become a surreal blur in the shadows of our minds, we shall be forever joined by this common experience as friends and colleagues. In the words of Dr. Boyd, “earn- on for podiatry.” CD Thank you all. Marianne, Glenn and Zach

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Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine temple podiatry DEAN John A. Mattiacci.D.P.M. To the Graduating ('lass of 2009: This year marks the forty-third commencement ceremony of our school. It is with a sense of pleasure that I write this letter to the Class of 2009. Each of you has just completed the most challenging four years of your lives and I take pride in congratulating you. More than that, however. I want to tell you that you are the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine While it is true that we have clinics, laboratories, classrooms and dormitories, a school without the vibrant energy of the student is a building whose purpose has disappeared. You arrived at TUSPM at a time of evolution You have seen new faculty, upgrading of facilities and the progress that be part of Temple’s Health Sciences affords. During the past four years, this was your school, but in a larger sense, you became the school. As you begin post graduate training and leave us here in Philadelphia, you lake the school with you. You will forever be identified as 3 Temple University graduate. TUSPM and you will always be connected. We have gi cn you the finest education in the nation. We have given you clinical experience that is uncqualcd in our profession and we have given you the degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine. Now it is your turn. Because you will always be a TUSPM graduate, we look to you to cany that degree with competence, compassion, and success. You now enter a career in which your patient and his or her condition will demand your expertise As you enter practice and develop roots in the community that you choose, I ask that you never forget the roots that you leave here at TUSPM You have earned the right to wear the degree that we have bestowed upon you with pnde. I challenge you to use that degree to the benefit of both your practice and your alma matter as those who gave gone before you have done. 1 want you to become active with your alumni association and maintain connection with your classmates. Your alumni peers have generously endow ed scholarships for the benefit of TUSPM students and have giv en of their financial resources for the continual upgrading of TUSPM. 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 you life, you take our name and you remain our graduate. Never forget that because we will never forget you and the time that vou 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 Sincerely CO