Each Tuesday, The
Citizen features a health professional from the
Finger Lakes community
in The Banks:
This week, we spotlight Daniel Thomas Smith.
Daniel Thomas Smith
Age: 34
Hometown: Syracuse
Family: Wife, Kristen; son, Peter, 3, and daughter, Molly, 1
Education: Cornell University, William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and then Framingham Union Hospital for a combined primary podiatric medical residency and podiatric surgical residency; board certified in 2004 by the ABPOPPM and additionally certified in 2007 by the ABPS
Occupation: Podiatrist
Hobbies: Fishing, running
and watching SU football and basketball
Q. What is the most rewarding part of being a podiatrist?
A. Seeing my patients return to activities they enjoy doing.
Q. What is the most challenging?
A. Trying to help someone who will not participate in their own care - the non-compliant patient.
Q. What are you most looking forward to in this new position?
A. I am looking forward to a new start with new challenges and new people. I have aunts and uncles in Moravia and Weedsport, and I need to keep in closer contact with them. The move from Syracuse to Skaneateles should force me to take some more time out for family.
Q. What is the most common misconception you hear about your profession?
A. That I only trim toenails. I need to educate more people about the many foot procedures I perform and the various admitting privileges at hospitals in the area.
Q. For someone considering a career in the health industry, what career advice would you offer?
A. The health industry will be a great booming industry in the near future and there is an initiative through the APMA to bring more podiatrists into the career ASAP to prevent a huge shortage as the baby boomers age.
Q. What's your favorite item in your medicine cabinet?
A. I think toothpaste because nobody likes a
doctor with halitosis.
Q. What do you like most about the Finger Lakes region?
A. This region is amazing, and I know because I am one of those people who lived the first 21 years of my life here. I moved to the big cities of Chicago and Boston, but I came back. Other people may say it is the outdoor activities or the change in seasons that attracts them to these towns. I have an entirely different reason. This is my home, and I think that is what I like most about this area.
Finger Lakes community
in The Banks:
This week, we spotlight Daniel Thomas Smith.
Daniel Thomas Smith
Age: 34
Hometown: Syracuse
Family: Wife, Kristen; son, Peter, 3, and daughter, Molly, 1
Education: Cornell University, William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine and then Framingham Union Hospital for a combined primary podiatric medical residency and podiatric surgical residency; board certified in 2004 by the ABPOPPM and additionally certified in 2007 by the ABPS
Occupation: Podiatrist
Hobbies: Fishing, running
and watching SU football and basketball
Q. What is the most rewarding part of being a podiatrist?
A. Seeing my patients return to activities they enjoy doing.
Q. What is the most challenging?
A. Trying to help someone who will not participate in their own care - the non-compliant patient.
Q. What are you most looking forward to in this new position?
A. I am looking forward to a new start with new challenges and new people. I have aunts and uncles in Moravia and Weedsport, and I need to keep in closer contact with them. The move from Syracuse to Skaneateles should force me to take some more time out for family.
Q. What is the most common misconception you hear about your profession?
A. That I only trim toenails. I need to educate more people about the many foot procedures I perform and the various admitting privileges at hospitals in the area.
Q. For someone considering a career in the health industry, what career advice would you offer?
A. The health industry will be a great booming industry in the near future and there is an initiative through the APMA to bring more podiatrists into the career ASAP to prevent a huge shortage as the baby boomers age.
Q. What's your favorite item in your medicine cabinet?
A. I think toothpaste because nobody likes a
doctor with halitosis.
Q. What do you like most about the Finger Lakes region?
A. This region is amazing, and I know because I am one of those people who lived the first 21 years of my life here. I moved to the big cities of Chicago and Boston, but I came back. Other people may say it is the outdoor activities or the change in seasons that attracts them to these towns. I have an entirely different reason. This is my home, and I think that is what I like most about this area.
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