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Easthampton Office 2 Mechanic Street Easthampton, MA 01027 Phone:(413) 527-6800 |
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The brief descriptions below are designed to familiarize you with our staff's training, professional credentials and work experience.
Dr. Louis DeCaro, D.P.M.
Education:
Barry University, School of Graduate Medical Sciences, Podiatric Medicine and Surgery
University of New York, at Stony Brook
Post-Graduate Education:
St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - Podiatric Surgical Resident 1/01 - 12/01
St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - Rotating Podiatric Resident 1/00 -12/00
Certifications:
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 3/00
Basic Life Support (BLS) 3/00
Professional Affiliations:
Board Member: Massachusetts Podiatric Medical Society (MPMS) - 6/02 - current
Committee Chairman: Massachusetts Podiatric Medical Society Education Committee
Podiatry Political Action Committee; State Representative - 1/03 - current
American College of Foot & Ankle Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliations:
Attending on staff, Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
Cooley Dickinson Hospital, Northampton, MA - 8/02 - current
Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA - 8/02 - current
Mary Lane Hospital, Ware, MA - 1/02 - current
Attending on staff, Orthopedics/Division of Podiatric Medicine & Surgery
St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA - 1/02 - current
University of Massachusetts Hospitals, Worcester, MA - 3/02 - current
Emergency Room On-Call Foot Trauma:
St. Vincent Hospital Emergency Room, Worcester, MA 1/02 - current
Daniel Paknia, D.P.M.
Education:
S.U.N.Y at Stony Brook, 1993-1997
New York College of Podiatric Medicine, 1997-2001
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
Residency Training:
2001-2003:
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Rotating Podiatric Residency
Podiatric Surgical Residency
General hospital inpatient medical management;
extensive foot and ankle surgical training including
elective, trauma and diabetic limb salvage; extensive
clinical training including both conservative and
surgical management of patients and their foot ailments.
2003-2004:
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of Brooklyn and Queens Fellowship in Wound Care, Geriatrics and Hyperbaric Medicine
Thorough knowledge of modern wound care modalities
and their use in proper wound care menagement;
extensive training through Curative Wound Care
Centers; training and certification in hyperbaric
Oxygen.
Lectures:
St. Joseph's Hospital Podiatry Grand Rounds, Bone Grafts, September 2003 St. Joseph's Hospital Podiatry Grand Rounds, Surgical Management of Flexible Flatfoot Deformity, August,
2003
Research Experience:
March 2004, St Joseph's Hospital
Title: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Blinded, Multicenter, Pivotal trial of Autogel Versus Control When Added to Standard of Care in the Treatment of Non-healing Diabetic Ulcers.
August 2003, St Joseph's Hospital
Title: A Comparative, Prospective, Randomized, Double-masked Parallel Group, Controlled Trial Celleration Mist Therapy System (MTS) Versus Sham Control When Added to Standard of Care in the Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathic Ulcers.
Professional Memberships:
American Podiatric Medical Association