01/28/2016    William Deutsch, DPM

Parity: The Only Way is By Getting an MD Degree (Alireza Khosroabadi, DPM)

The point of a license change for podiatry isn't
to feel important or even to gain self respect.
It's to establish professional parity among
medical doctors performing the same tasks but
as podiatrists being paid differently.

Dr Khosroabadi's post is inspiring but it misses
the point entirely. Not all podiatrists seek the
type of niche he's carved out for himself.
combining MIS and open procedures isn't re-
inventing the wheel but it works for him and
that's great. What about everyone else?

Most don't possess the personality or charisma
needed to establish a practice such as his and
probably most don't seek the fame and notoriety
that accompanies it.

But most do want to be able to practice without
the restrictions insurance companies, government,
hospitals and other physicians place on the
profession.

It's not that podiatrists suffer from delusions
or paranoia or professional insecurity. There's a
reality which can't be imagined away by self
help tapes or emulating more successful
practitioners.

Will a degree change become a reality? Will the
powers that drive podiatry give a degree change a
fair chance?

William Deutsch, DPM, Valley Stream, NY

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