35-2 Neuropathic Osteoarthropathy – The Charcot Foot

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• Jermaine Als (n.)
• Ahsana A. Islam (n.)
• Beth Jarrett (n.)
• Darrell R. Latva (1. Data Trace Publishing Co.)
• Remmy S. Owor (n.)
• Pratibha Patel (n.)
• Narendra Rajnikant Patel (n.)
• Adam Phillips (1. Data Trace Publishing Co.)
• Lauren L. Schnack (1. Data Trace Publishing Co.)
• Deep N. Shah (n.)
• Ashka Trivedi (n.)

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• Lauren Molander (n.)
• Stephanie Wu, DPM, MSc (n.)

Foot and Ankle Quarterly 35-1 Contributors

Guest Editors

Lee J. Sanders, DPM

Lauren L. Schnack, DPM, MS, AACFAS, FACPM

Assistant Professor, Fellowship Trained Podiatric Surgeon, Department of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

Contributors

Jermaine Als, DPM
Resident, Department of Surgery, Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, Chicago, IL

Ahsana A. Islam, DPM
Resident Physician, Department of Podiatric Surgery, Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago, Chicago, IL

Beth Jarrett, DPM
Associate Professor, Department of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL; Diplomate, American Board of Podiatric Medicine

Darrell R. Latva, DPM
Associate Professor, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL; Diplomate, American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and American Board of Podiatric Medicine

Remmy S. Owor, DPM
Chief Resident Physician,  Podiatric Surgery and Medicine, Ascension Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago, Chicago, IL

Narendra Rajnikant Patel, DPM, FACFAS
Attending Surgeon; St. Joseph’s Residency Program, Chicago, Illinois

Chief of Section of Podiatric Foot and Ankle Surgery at Ascension Alexian Brothers, Elk Grove Village, Illinois

Pratibha Patel, DPM, FACPM
Assistant Professor, Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University, North Chicago, IL; Fellow, American Board of Podiatric Medicine

Adam Phillips, DPM, MPH
Attending Surgeon, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Deep N. Shah DPM, MBA, FACFAS
Assistant Professor, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

Ashka Trivedi, DPM
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Science, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL

Dr. Lee J. Sanders is an internationally-recognized author, lecturer, educator, medical historian and authority on diabetes and the Charcot foot. He is the first and only podiatrist to serve as President for Health Care and Education for the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Sanders is recognized for his research and advocacy efforts addressing diabetes-related amputation, surgical approaches, ulcer prevention and Charcot neuroarthropathy.

In 2002, Dr. Sanders received the Marc Walcott Award for Excellence in Clinical Care Delivery from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration. In 2004, he co-authored a textbook, A Practical Manual of Diabetic Foot Care, together with Drs. Michael Edmonds and Alethea Foster (London, UK). The British Medical Association Book Competition Awards selected this book as the 2004 Medical Book of the Year.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonion awarded the Lee J. Sanders Professorship in Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention. In this same year, he was honored by Temple University as a 2007 – 2008 Gallery of Success Inductee.

Dr. Lauren L. Schnack is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery within the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She is Board Qualified in Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery, and Board Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Medicine. She completed a CPME-accredited Fellowship at AMITA Health Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago as well as a Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency, with the added credential in Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle Surgery training at Saint Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

Dr. Schnack received her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree from Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, earned a Master of Science Degree in Medical Physiology from Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Anthropology (with a minor in Health Sciences) from Wright State University. She has a passion for all pathology of the lower extremity, especially the utilization of orthoplastics and microneurosurgical techniques, and has been involved with numerous publications, lectures and research projects.