Vol. 1 No. 9 November 15, 2014

Second Biomechanics Seminar Hailed as a Great Success;

Sports-Themed Meeting Pays Tribute to

Pioneer Richard O. Schuster, DPM ('37)

Speaker Guido LaPorta, DPM (left), shakes hands with Joseph C. D'Amico, DPM ('73) at the Schuster Memorial Biomechanics Seminar.

The second Richard O. Schuster, DPM ('37) Memorial Biomechanics Seminar, held at NYCPM on November 15, 2014, was a resounding success by any measure. Over 100 professionals attended, about 80 of whom were NYCPM alumni. The lecture hall was SRO but silent as attendees paid rapt attention to all 11 of the high quality talks by podiatrists who are experts in sports-related biomechanics. Joseph C. D'Amico, DPM ('73), Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics and past chair at NYCPM, had initiated the idea of this seminar and obtained considerable funding courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld

who was cured of intractable heel pain by Dr. D'Amico.

The mission of the seminar was to ... Read more

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Get to Know ...

NYCPM's Board of Trustees

Board Member:

Susheel Bathla, DPM ('94), LHD

Board of Trustees Member Susheel Bathla, DPM ('94), LHD, is CEO of Staten Island Podiatry, a 30-year-old practice in Staten Island, NY. Dr. Bathla also serves as a doctor of primary podiatric medicine within the practice, and has two additional offices, one in Brooklyn and one in Jamaica, New York.

Dr. Bathla has taught Education in Human Values for almost 20 years to pre-teen and teen students. She has been active in organizing and participating in health fairs and podiatry awareness events, and is a frequent visitor and service provider to soup kitchens, shelters in her New Jersey neighborhood, and several senior citizen homes.

Dr. Bathla received her BS degree in Medical Sciences, with honors, from

Government College for Women, Punjab University, in India, and her DPM degree from NYCPM in 1994. She served her Residency at Long Beach Medical Center in Long Beach, NY.

Alumni Reception Follows Schuster Biomechanics Seminar on November 15

Enjoying the ARA reception on November 15, were (left to right): Andrew Shapiro, DPM ('86), Arthur Gudeon, DPM ('60), Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09), Desander M�s, VP & Alumni Liaison, NYCPM, Jonathan Haber, DPM ('74), and Lisa Lee, Dean, Enrollment Management, NYCPM.

An alumni reception immediately followed the Richard O. Schuster, DPM Memorial Biomechanics Seminar on November 15; more than 50 alumni filled the Bruce Frankel Conference Center. It was an opportunity for alumni to meet, catch up and chat over hors d'oeuvres. Alumni Relations Association (ARA) Chair Jonathan Haber, DPM ('74) and Nick Argerakis, DPM ('09) presented an overview of the ARA, and then followed up with the students' scholarship raffle (our appreciation to Kathy Reilly Fallon, DPM ('94) for donating the raffle items). In addition, there was a drawing for a 32" LED television. The funds raised have been deposited into the student scholarship fund.

Sports Medicine Club Gets Hands (and Arms)-On Lessons in Kinesiology Taping

Jessica Botvinick, DPT, guides Zakiyyah Waters as she tapes Joseph Waterhouse, both Class of 2017.

A Kinesiology Taping Workshop was given by NYCPM's Physical Therapy Department on November 7 for members of the Sports Medicine Club. Good information, real experience, and good times were had by all! Instructors were Gregory Taylor, DPT, Jessica Botvinick. DPT, and Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09).

Publications

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association: "Congenital missing tibial sesamoid in a marathon runner: A Case Report." Shtofmakher, G. (2015), Afesllari, E. (2015), Rozenstrauch, A. (2015), DeLauro, T., DPM ('81), Professor and Chair, Department of Podiatric Medicine, NYCPM, Cohen, R., DPM, Professor of Radiology and Director, Radiology Section, NYCPM, 104 (5): 550-553, 2014.

Faculty News

Dean Lorich, MD, Operates on U2's Bono After Central Park Bike Accident

Dean Lorich, MD, a member of NYCPM's faculty in the Department of Academic Orthopedic Surgery, serves as an orthopedic trauma surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery, and in that capacity, he operated on U2 singer Bono, who suffered multiple injuries in a bike crash recently in Central ... Read more

Alumni News

Arthur Wolstein, DPM ('37), at 100, Honored by NYCPM

During the noon break in the Schuster Memorial Biomechanics Seminar (see related article), Michael J. Trepal, DPM ('81), Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, on behalf of Louis L. Levine, NYCPM President and CEO, and Nicholas Argerakis, DPM ('09), representing the Alumni Relations Association (ARA), presented the NYCPM Century Award to Arthur Wolstein, DPM ('37) on the occasion of his 100^th birthday. ... Read More

In Memoriam

NYCPM mourns the passing of James V. McInerny, DPM ('75), who passed away on October 7th, 2014.

(PM News)

More Alumni News ...

According to PM News, Mikkel C. Jarman, DPM ('11), has opened a foot and ankle medical practice in south Gilbert, AZ, that specializes in pediatric foot care. Dr. Jarman completed a 3-year forefoot/rear foot surgical residency program at South Miami Hospital, Florida in 2014.

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