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

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School of Podiatric Medicine TEMPLE UNIVERSITY D pvtmrnl o Student Attain 148 N 8th Street fhiuitelphA M 19107 phon 21S-« -S4M t«21V«»4907 C hop JtfrxUtn temp «ei. To the Class of 2014: It is my honor to congratulate each of you on your momentous accomplishment of receiving your Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree. Not long ago I was one of the first to greet you as you visited our campus. As you advanced toward your goal you developed many relationships and encountered many new experiences at TUSPM. May those experiences and rclatioaships help to sustain you dunng your career. As you enter the podiatric medical profession you are well prepared to manage and excel in the challenges that lie ahead. I encourage you to share your experiences so others may benefit as well It is my hope from our first meeting until your graduation ceremony you relished your tenure at TUSPM. You arc always welcomed to stop by for a visit I wish you a very successful career and all the best for you and your families. David E. Martin Assistant Dean for Student Affairs DAVID E. MARTIN Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Jf

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School of Podiatric Medicine TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Otftc of Ftaul Attain it i swn fk»f nwadripvi W07M96 «vyy»?IS«S-‘40I t M JJ5 ?9-7378 wnarf buvn»Mo«« twion' du « 6 t4tp odi «r» •xr-O «Ou To the School of Podiatric Medicine Graduating Class of 2014: On behalf of the business and administrative staff members at the School of Podiatric Medicine. I offer our heartfelt congratulations upon completion of your formal professional education. Now the “real education begins. Take pride in your achievements and the challenges that you have overcome, and use your experience to propel you through your careers as health care providers. It has been my pleasure to get to know some of you during your time at TUSPM. and I am confident that you w ill represent your profession well in the years to come. I wish all of you the best of luck in your lives as w ell as your careers, and I hope that you will continue to be an active pan of the TUSPM family. Sincerely, Roderick B. Jones, MBA CP Associate Dean for Financb jfd Administration RODERICK B. JONES, MBA, CPA Associate Dean for Finance aneb Administration

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ••' » n » u r A. w i9«o? bgr«i» m • Hmt di and rnfm sWone I1S-62S-S2J9 te 2IV«»-1929 eru sjetdorwatuictn urr0 «du w«6 www (ainpta a«u May 13.2014 Dear Members of the Class of 2014, One of my classmates opined that Charles Dickens had described the experience of podiatry training in the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of limes, it was the worst of times ... and so it truly seemed. The inherent contradiction between best and worst depends on one’s perspective at the moment of experience and perspective develops over time Four years at the former PCPM seemed to drag on forever and became a struggle to pass the next exam, to finish the next clinic encounter, to surmount whatever the next hurdle would be. Sound familiar? Then, at the end of my last afternoon clinic session of my last assigned rotation I looked at the clock on the K-room wall and had a peculiar flashback: In an instant time telescoped back to when I first arrived for orientation and I thought had I blinked I would have missed the whole experience. Both perceptions were of the same reality but experienced from different perspectives. One of my psychology professors dryly described reality as nothing more than the set of delusions one believes at the moment, but then again he was a devotee of Paul Watzlawick’s How Real Is Real (as am I). I don't know if I believe the experience of reality is quite that fluid, but 1 have come to appreciate that perspective colors the interpretation of mere facts and. apart from the purely physical (and sometimes even then), contributes greatly to what is perceived as real regardless of whether it is or isn’t. My hope and wish for each of you is that you will develop and maintain a healthy perspective on life. Life is not podiatric medicine and surgery, though, for you, it will be a part of life in which you strive to excel. For some among you. your professional life will be an end in and of itself; for the more fortunate and wiser among you. it will be merely a means to an end. You will never regret not giving a talk or performing a surgery, but missing a parent’s last birthday will haunt you forever. At the end of your days you will be unable to count the hours spent in the office and equally unable to forget the times you were too busy to be with a loved one or keep a promise to a friend. Time may heal all wounds but as Groucho Marx observed, time also wounds all heels. Perspective develops with time and sometimes pain. I wish each of you the good fortune to develop a balanced perspective on life painlessly while you are still young enough to live it without regret. Congratulations on your graduation and Godspeed in your journeys. Samuel J. Spadonc, D.P.M. Assistant Dean SAMUEL J. SPADONE, DPM 12