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IFAF is proud to recognize Dr Katie Swanstrom, a 3rd year resident from the Swedish Podiatric Surgical Residency program in Seattle on presenting the poster, T2 Cartilage Mapping of Ankle Pathology and Effect on Surgical Decision Making, at the recent ACFAS 69th Annual Scientific Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Way to go Dr. Swanstrom!
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IFAF is happy to recognize Drs. Craig Clifford, Kevin McCann, Sarah Shogren and Sara Zelinskas, residents from the Franciscan Foot & Ankle Institute in Federal Way, WA; who all presented posters at the recent ACFAS 69th Annual Scientific Conference in Ft. Lauderdale. IFAF sponsors advanced educational programs for this residency as well as the Swedish Podiatric Surgical Residency in Seattle. Well done doctors!
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Director's Report 2012
G. Dock Dockery, DPM: Chairman of the Board and Director of Scientific Affairs
With the change of our name to the "International Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education and Research", a lot of new and exciting things have occurred. The first is the tremendous amount of correspondence that we have received from foot & ankle specialists from all over the world. Most have been interested in joining the Foundation and many are interested in participating in our ongoing educational programs. Our web site is extremely busy: www.internationalfootankle.org. The IFAF's official online journal, The Foot and Ankle Online Journal, faoj.org, is going fantastic with a quadruple rise in submissions of scientific articles in the last year.
The Foundation's upcoming academic year is once again filled with invigorating and imaginative programs in exceptional resort locations. An extensive collection of new national and resort seminars for 2012 has been approved which will offer timely and very state-of-the-art topics intended to augment your general knowledge and offer you useful and sophisticated practice information.
New and thought-provoking programs and first-rate conferences will be offered in magnificent resort locations such as the marvelous ski meeting at the 25th Annual Lake Tahoe Ski Seminar at Montbleu Resort on February 9-11. Next is the Caribbean Cruise Seminar, February 19-26, aboard the World's largest cruiseship, Royal Caribbean Line's "ALLURE-of-the-Seas" Ship. We will be co-sponsoring the very popular Annual Dermatology, Pathology, & Plastic Surgery Course on May 25-26, the conference and Workshop will be held at the Hilton Gardens Hotel, Portland, Maine, in conjunction with the American College of Lower Extremity Surgeons. The 8th Annual Seattle Summer Seminar on June 27-29, will once again be held in our home city with great speakers featuring nationally known doctors as well as graduates from both the Seattle & St. Francis Residency Programs. Then, there is an outstanding 10th Alaska Cruise Seminar, June 29-July 6, departing out of Seattle, on the Celebrity Ship, Infinity, cruising the inside passage and Tracy Arm Fjord with ports in Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Victoria, BC. This will be followed by the 'not-to-be-missed' Portugal Adventure Seminar planned for Sintra, Portugal, August 25-September 1, at the fantastic Ritz Carlton property, Penha Longa Spa & Golf Resort. Finally, our two premier seminars at the fabulous Wynn Resort, 18th Annual Las Vegas Seminar, September 27-30, and the 31st Annual Hawaii-Big Island Seminar on October 20-27 at the Hilton Waikoloa Resort.
All of these scientific programs are provided as a first-class opportunity of continuing medical education for distributing medical and surgical information and increasing your information about ground-breaking techniques and better medical equipment, innovative techniques and surgical procedures for lower extremity care.
Twice a year, the IFAF sponsors a medical team of surgeons and podiatric residents from both the Swedish and St. Francis Residency Programs to attend the Yucatán Crippled Children Project in Merida, Yucatán, Mexico, along with surgeons and residents from the Barry University and South Miami Hospital in Florida. These volunteer doctors travel to the Yucatán and screen children with severe and disabling foot and leg disorders. Several children are then scheduled for reconstructive surgery at a local Red Cross hospital. A Mexican pediatric orthopedic surgeon assists and helps to provide the postoperative care necessary in these cases. Additionally, the IFAF provides financial assistance for the Northern Colorado Podiatric Residency Program to attend annually and the IFAF presents Barry University YCCP with several financial grants for the purpose of funding additional supplies and equipment for this worthwhile program.
The 2011 programs were all immensely stimulating but the new 2012 seminars and new venues appear to be even more magnificent and I look forward to all of the interest they will generate as we prepare for new and better techniques and treatments for our patients.
What about my family, you ask. Well, let's face it: many of us spend more time with our careers than we do with our loved ones! How about taking them to work with you by attending an upcoming IFAF seminar in a beautiful resort location? Top CME and family vacation combined...what a concept!
Too many of us think that we will wait for retirement to enjoy the sights, or wait until the children are out of school to take that trip, or wait until our practices can run by themselves to attend that meeting, or wait and wait for something. Don't do it! Start now and do some careful thinking and planning to live.
"Enjoy life now – It has an expiration date!"
Residency Directors' Report 2012
Douglas Hale, DPM, FACFAS, Director of Podiatric Medical Education, Swedish Foot and Ankle Surgical Residency Program at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
The Swedish Podiatric Surgical Residency Program celebrated its 41st graduation in 2011. The residency is a 36-month Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Program (PM&S-36). Each year two residents are selected for the 3-year program. The 2011 residency selection process was another successful one. We welcome the new residents, Gavin Ripp from College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery in Des Moines, Iowa and David Wood from Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio.
Many thanks to the current officers of the Residency Training Committee of the Swedish Podiatric Surgical Residency Program who have been instrumental in continuing the positive academic environment for the residents: Assistant Director, Dr. Ryan Bierman; Extern Director, Dr. Matt LaBella; Grand Rounds Chair, Dr. Eric Heit; Clinical Director, Dr. Dan Lowinger; and Educators and Active Grand Round members, Dr. Richard Bouché, Dr. Kirk Alexander, and Dr. Gregory Grant. They continue to provide an environment of academic challenge for our residents. Also, thanks to the physicians who provide cases for our residents to become proficient in reconstructive foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Schuberth, a graduate of our program, is influential in providing further training to our residents in ankle replacement, complex trauma, revision surgery, and complex salvage reconstructions at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco, California.
The commitment to research with regards to the surgical biomechanics of the foot and ankle remains one of the important focal points of our program. Under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Christensen, Research Director, our residents continue to thrive in an environment conducive to research excellence.
Our 2012 graduating residents are Drs. Thurmond Lanier and Jeffery Robertson. Their commencement ceremony will be held with the St. Francis Residency Program at Bell Harbor, World Trade Conference Center, Seattle. We appreciate the surgical and academic strength of our R2 residents Drs. Francis Chan and Eric Powell.
Our collaboration with the St. Francis Program and International Foot & Ankle Foundation has allowed both programs to achieve new levels of excellence and continue being two of the best programs in the country. We greatly appreciate the hard work and commitment of the board members of the International Foot & Ankle Foundation and Waldo Foundation.
Residency Directors' Report 2012
Byron L. Hutchinson, DPM, FACFAS, Director of Podiatric Medical Education, Foot & Ankle Institute at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way.
Once again I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the training of our residents. In particular, a special thanks to the continued support from the International Foot & Ankle Foundation and the Franciscan Health System.
I would also like to thank Ann Kahr, RN who oversees the residency program and has been a big advocate for residency training. Special thanks to our administrative secretary Crystal Sowa for all her hard work with contracts, FHS and CPME. I would also like to introduce our new coordinator, Claudia Taylor who started several months ago and has been very helpful in the day to day operations of the program.The Franciscan Foot & Ankle Institute at St. Francis Hospital now has a full compliment of residents (6) and we have been extremely busy this past year. The residents are covering cases at all five of the Franciscan hospitals and have been actively involved in research endeavors this past year. Drs. Kevin McCann and Craig Clifford (PGY-3) spent two weeks at Texas Scottish Rite in the biomechanics lab preparing two papers for publication in Foot & Ankle International on Frame Biomechanics. They helped initiate the Lower Extremity External Fixation Resident Symposium held in Chicago this past December.
Drs. Sarah Shogren and Sara Zelinskas (PGY-2) have been working on a multicenter study on the use of Distal Femoral Locking Plates and External Fixation in patients with Charcot ankle deformities and plan on submitting this to Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery in the spring.
Drs. Kenneth Hagewald and Scott Berg (PGY-1) are involved in a retrospective study within the Franciscan system evaluating the efficacy of intra-operative popliteal blocks in patients undergoing hindfoot and ankle surgery.
All of the residents have submitted papers to the Foot and Ankle Online Journal, faoj.org, the official publication of IFAF and will be presenting posters at the scientific meeting for the American College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons this year.
At our residency program retreat this past April we outlined specific goals for the program and created our mission statement: "Creating the future leaders in foot and ankle surgery". We are committed and dedicated to that mission and with the support from Franciscan Health System and the International Foot & Ankle Foundation I am confident that those goals will be met.
International Foot & Ankle Foundation (formally NWPF) Continues Its Commitment to Barry University's Yucatán Crippled Children's Project
Dr. Dock Dockery, Chairman of the International Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education and Research--IFAF (formerly, The Northwest Podiatric Foundation) along with Dr. Byron Hutchinson, Board of Directors, recently traveled to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, as part of the medical team for Barry University's Yucatán Crippled Children Project--YCCP.
While there, Dr. Dockery presented Dr. Keith Kashuk, of the YCCP, with a check from IFAF in the amount of $5,000. Donations were raised by 31 friends and colleagues of Dr. Dockery specifically for the YCCP. This was just part of a long-standing commitment, IFAF and Dr. Dockery have with this project. Last year in November, following a fund-raising pediatric seminar held in Mérida, IFAF donated $4,800 to the YCCP to help buy supplies and equipment for the humanitarian trips.
The YCCP was established in 1996 by Charles "Chip" Southerland, DPM to aid the needy children and families of the Yucatán Peninsula. The Seattle and Miami teams have been volunteering and traveling together for the YCCP twice a year for the past 13 years. During each trip several needy children with foot and leg deformities are treated with corrective surgeries. A local Mexican orthopedic surgeon works with the American surgeons at the Star Médica Hospital in Mérida and does all the postoperative follow-up care. Once the patients are stable, they are referred to a rehabilitation specialist for physical therapy and rehabilitation, along with bracing or orthotics as needed.
During the trip of November 10-12, 2010, the Seattle team also included two surgical residents, Dr. Craig Clifford and Dr. Jeffrey Robertson. They were joined by the Miami team, headed by Dr. Keith Kashuk, along with four Miami residents. Local support for the project is provided by the Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF), which is a Mexican public institution of social assistance that focuses on strengthening and developing the welfare of Mexican families.
IFAF will continue its support of The YCCP through various fundraising efforts and its twice-yearly medical/surgical trips.
Presentation of $5,000 donation to the YCCP.
L-R: Alejandro Ojeda Manzano, Director of Rehabilitation, Progreso; Dr. Dock Dockery, Seattle Team Leader; Dr. Byron Hutchinson, Senior Surgeon; Marķa Magadán Alonzo, President, DIF Progreso; Dr. Miriam Gutiérrez Flores, Director, DIF Progreso; Dr. Keith Kashuk, Miami Team Leader.
Congratulations!
We would like to congratulate our own medical advisor, Harry Burke, DPM, on recently receiving the Edward L. McQuaid Award, presented by the Pennsylvania Podiatric Medical Association.
This award was given for his many years of service in podiatry education; including his membership on the COTH Board, CPME Board, International Foot & Ankle Foundation Board of Advisors and JRRC. He also received recognition on his Platlet Rich Plasma for Tendons lecture. Good job Dr. Burke!
Name Change
The Northwest Podiatric Foundation for Education & Research, USA, will be changing its name after many years. The Board of Directors recently voted to change the name of the Foundation to The International Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education and Research. The new name will more closely embody the spirit and philosophy of the Foundation for the future. This change will be accomplished gradually over the next several months to year. This change symbolizes our ongoing dedication to providing the highest level of continuing medical education programs in exciting venues around the world and providing increased revenue for residency research and education.
2010 IFAF Award Winners
Dr. G Dock Dockery, Chairman of the Board, International Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education & Research, USA, presented the 2010 IFAF Awards to three outstanding podiatric physicians at the 40th Annual Seattle Residency Graduation Ceremony. The program was held at the World Trade Center Seattle following the IFAF Seattle Summer Seminar, June 19, 2010. The award winners were all voted on by the Swedish Podiatric Surgical Residents, the teaching faculty of the program and the members of the IFAF Board of Medical Advisors and Board of Directors.
The Member of the Year Award was presented to Richard T. Bouche', DPM. The Outstanding Teaching Award was presented to John M. Schuberth. The National Service Award was presented to Jeffrey Christensen, DPM.
