Podiatry and pathology

[unitix]

I'd really like to put my bachelors in Microbio to use in my career. Anyone have any first hand info on pathology in pod?

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[AttackNME]

Pathologists go through medical and residency training to diagnose samples under microscope. There are no podiatrist that does this because we send our samples out for it to be done. However, Dr Warren Joseph is a dpm with fellowship training in infectious diseases (only 2 of these exist in the world according to him), hes written books, articles, and is an editor of japma, if u google him u will find his blog which has excellent articles. He does primarily wound care of the lower extremity which is where the moneys at.

 

[347932]

Once you're out in practice, your knowledge in Micro will help you when interacting with the ID and IM folks. As far as integrating that into your practice, I'm not sure how or why you would want to. Doing C&S in the office doesn't pay, and since you aren't a licensed Infectious Disease expert, you don't want to rely on your own interpretation of the slides to cover your butt. Your malpractice wouldn't cover that if you made an error with that resulting in a patient problem. Also, btw, Micro and Path are two distinctly separate specialties in the MD world.

Refer these things out. It will get you recognition and expose you to the other specialists in your area.

Wound Care does pay, but pays better if you are in a Wound Care Center overseeing Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments. THAT pays very well.

I'm going to avoid comment on Dr. Joseph. I don't want the Wrath of SDN on me!

 

[ldsrmdude]

Pathologists go through medical and residency training to diagnose samples under microscope. There are no podiatrist that does this because we send our samples out for it to be done. However, Dr Warren Joseph is a dpm with fellowship training in infectious diseases (only 2 of these exist in the world according to him), hes written books, articles, and is an editor of japma, if u google him u will find his blog which has excellent articles. He does primarily wound care of the lower extremity which is where the moneys at.

I'm going to bring up Dr. Brad Bakotic, not to say that you are wrong, but to say that you are right. Dr. Bakotic is a podiatrist that got his DO degree and does dermatopathology. But, as you said, podiatrists don't do pathology to that extent, and the reason he does it is because of his additional degree and training. In fact, if you see ads for Bako labs in other journals besides podiatry ones, I don't think he usually has the DPM initials, just DO.

I think that no matter what you're background, you can find some way to apply it to podiatry. My bachelors degree is in Exercise Physiology, and that helps relate to athletes especially. A background in micro will help you in that subject in pod school, but also, as Kidsfeet noted, it will help you relate to some other specialties better.

 

[347932]

My bachelors degree is in Exercise Physiology, and that helps relate to athletes especially.

Hey! Me too!

 

[ldsrmdude]

Hey! Me too!

I think each background can be of some benefit, but I feel like Exercise Phys gave me an especially solid jumping off point for pod school.

 

[heybrother]

I believe Dr. Yoho at DMU has a master's in microbiology. If you interview there ask him for his perspective.

 

[unitix]

Thanks for the input. Yeah, all the podiatric pathologists I see are MD :\ Just a though, its definitely something I'll follow throughout the years. I think this is a very appropriate question for an interview? Seeing as how mine's tomorrow !!!!!!