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Podiatry Malpractice : What is a Podiatrist (internship, residency and fellowship)

Michael Quinn
June 24, 2008 19:58

INTERNSHIP, RESIDENCY & FELLOWSHIP A majority of states do require one year of podiatric residency training for licensure after matriculation from podiatry school. However, this training is in no way standardized or uniform and can vary from state to state as well as from program to...

$3.5 Million Dollar Verdict- CRPS and Partial Foot Amputation (VA)

Michael Quinn
June 03, 2008 20:35

A jury in Virginia has entered a $3.5 million verdict in favor of Donita Franklin who sued her foot doctor, podiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Feeny,  over a 2003 surgery that she says caused incurable chronic pain  (crps) and led to the amputation of the front of her right foot. The pain...

Podiatrist sentenced to five years of probation for phony painkiller prescription scheme (PA)

Michael Quinn
May 23, 2008 03:55

Stuart Deitcher, D.P.M., a podiatrist from Reading, Pennsylvania was sentenced to five year of probation for writing  phony prescriptions to obtain painkillers for himself. Dr. Deitcher’s license to practice podiatric medicine has been suspended, and according to his...

Podiatry Malpractice :What is a Podiatrist ? (Cont.)

Michael Quinn
May 11, 2008 17:28

SCOPE OF PRACTICE (Continued from entry below)The traditional practice of podiatry (podiatric medicine and surgery) overlaps fields of orthopedic and vascular surgery, dermatology, neurology, infectious disease, rhuematology, physical therapy , emergency medicine and radiology as they relate...