“A blow job a day keeps the fungus away”.
New Presents lecture:
Hair dryers vs. farting on the foot : the question of biotome and bioburden
(Frykberg of course)
New debate in PM News
Foot hairdryers : do we blow top to bottom, bottom to top, or front to back ? (this one will be good for 3 weeks)
New board certification
Need we say it ? You know it’s coming. Forefoot drying. Rearfoot and ankle drying.
CAQ in Burn Management by the ABMSP
New Garafoulis international lecture:
Use of hand held fans for drying the foot (Japan) Sept. 2018.
New indication for hyperbaric oxygen: chronic hair dryer burns
Dr. Rogers will make the announcement.
New York State Podiatry Board
Will issue a position statement clarifying the recommendation for use of a hair dryer above the ankle (negative out of scope without advanced verification ). Dr. Markinson will complain.
New CPT definition :
Dr. Moore will remind us that drying feet is a form of fall prevention. The “no wet feet”campaign will include billing of in office hair drying as a form of physical therapy. AAPPM will agree.


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