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

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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS Dear Class of 2013, Throughout each of your personal journeys, we editors have been so fortunate to play a part in capturing time with photographs. Through the camera we tried to capture the diligence and discipline, the long hours and the camaraderie of the class. We tried to show glimpses into your lives spent outside of studying and work. We tried to save the memories of relationships and friendships developing and how things had changed with the course of time. As friends and colleagues we have gotten to know you each personally, and there is so much that cannot be caught in a picture. Kindness, humor, and integrity. Courage, patience, and initiative. The qualities that have shaped each and every one of you into the excellent physicians you will become in a very short time. Over the course of a lifetime, 4 years is a blink of an eye. We hope that we were able to save some memories for you all, and that you all strive for the great accomplishments that you hold within your capabilities. We would like to thank our advisor David Martin, and Lisa Buscaglia for their help over the years. We truly thank you for all your help. Hippocrates once said, “Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.” We wish you the very best in your future endeavors Your Editors-in-Chief, Tiffany Osayamen Tiffany Liu and Osayamen F.digin 2013 ACHILLES 5

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 HIPPOCRATES I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity. I will give respect and gratitude to my deserving teachers. 1 will practice medicine with conscience and dignity. These following fundamental beliefs are expressed as standards of ethical conduct and propriety of podiatrists, individually and collectively with patients, colleagues, members of allied health professions, and the public: The health and life of my patient will be my first consideration. 1 will hold in confidence all that my patient confides in me. I will maintian the honor and the noble traditions of the medical profession. PODIATRIST'S CREED My colleagues will be my family. 1 will not permit considerations of race, religion, nationality, party politics or social standing to intervene between my duty and my patient. 1 will maintain the utmost respect for human life. Even under threat, I will not use my knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity. These promises 1 make fully and upon my honor. To render service to humanity with impartial respect for the dignity of man. To provide a full and complete measure of professional service and attention to patients in the practice of Podiatric Medicine. To unhesitatingly serve consultation in difficult or doubtful circumstances where it appears that the quality of service and therapy to the patientcan be enhanced. To continue the improvement of knowledge and skills for the benefit of patients and professions. To conduct the practice of Podiatry as a credit to the profession. To never accept limitations that might destroy or interfere with the exercise of best judgement and skills or the quality of performance. To regard the confidence and information received from patients with professional care and understanding. To fully offer service and participate in the health programs for the public in keeping with the integrity of the profession. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE 4

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 Jason Piraino, P.P.M., FACFAS CLINICIANS OF THE YEAR Some Congratulatory Remarks to the Class of 2013: First of all. the act of teaching, very much like the practice of medicine, is not a competitive exercise, so I can only accept this acknowledgement as a mere representative and on behalf of the entire faculty and staff of TUSPM. Secondly, instead of using this space to laud you with overused and unimaginative quotations and cliches (you're sure to hear plenty of these at graduation itsclfi), I think it would be more productive to challenge you with a couple of lessons to carry with you after leaving the watchful eye of school: ■Lunch is for doctors, not for surgeons If you're eating lunch during your residency, then you're probably not working hard enough. There is always a case to be scrubbed where you can learn something and improve your technique. It takes two weeks to starve to death! Dedicate the next three years of your life to working and learning as much as possible. Ihere is no such thing as weekends or holidays: Hospitals and emergency rooms don't shut down at 5pm on Friday afternoon and empty patients into the streets until 9am on Monday. In the same way. your patients' feet won't stop hurting just because it s Saturday or Sunday. It's nice to take a break every once in a while, but you've now made a commitment to a career, meaning that you arc always a doctor....not just during regular business hours' . ■Gravity is just a theory. You can never know anything for certain nor can you ever “prove anything. Keep this in mind when reading journal articles! You should always have 3 differential diagnosis and you should always be looking for a better way to treat even the most basic pathology. Never take your knowledge for granted. ■At no point in your career will you ever know enough to effectively help every patient that you encounter. You have now reached a knowledge boundary of at least minimal competence. Knowledge boundaries arc personal and individual entities; I challenge you to keep learning every day and pushing yours as close as you possibly can toward 100%. They say a teacher is someone who makes themselves progressively unnecessary. This may be true, but please don't hesitate to let me know if 1 can ever be of service to you in the future. Congratulations on this next step! Sincerely. u v Andrew J. Meyr, DPM 0 — --o Dear Class of 2013: 1 would like to extend my sincerest gratitude to you for the Clinician of the Year award. As you all know me, 1 tend to be a man of a few words, and unlike my good friend Dr. Meyr I'm going to go cliche. I will keep it short, sweet, and from the heart. It has been an absolute honor and privilege to be your professor throughout your education here at TUSPM. Please know that I greatly value the time we have spent together. My hope is that you will continue to exceed all expectations, and will forge a bright future for yourselves and our profession. It is with great pride that 1 will call you my colleagues. Please know that wherever you are. or whatever you do. you have a friend and colleague you can call. KCCO Sincerely. Jason Piraino. DPM. FACFAS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE 6