The Podiatry Institute is a nonprofit educational foundation originally developed under the guidance of E. Dalton McGlamry, DPM. It is based in Tucker, Georgia, with 75 members spread throughout the United States. The Podiatry Institute’s mission is “to be a supportive, global network of members, colleagues, and friends, which enhances the quality of life for patients with foot, ankle, and leg disorders through innovation, education, research, and service.”
As part of this mission, the flagship seminar of The Podiatry Institute is presented in the spring of each year in Atlanta and repeated in the fall in San Diego. During these seminars, Podiatry Institute members are encouraged to present new research projects, update previous research projects, and present practical clinical recommendations that are relevant to the care of foot, ankle, and leg disorders. Many of these basic research projects are later refined and published in refereed journals. Some of the clinical recommendations or speaker’s updates may not be the usual topics published in refereed journals. Two such papers in this issue include a practical clinical review of patients with hemophilic arthropathy, “Hemophilic Arthropathy: Considerations in Management,” by Chang et al, and “Arthrodesis of the Interphalangeal Joint of the Hallux: A Simple and Effective Technique,” by Yu et al.
On behalf of my colleagues, I want to thank JAPMA for providing The Podiatry Institute with the opportunity to share with the podiatric medical community a group of articles from our recent seminars.
