Challenge #2- Share your healthiest breakfast

We all know breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day, but sometimes the most difficult to fit in. This week, share your healthiest breakfast. Calculate the total calories, fat and protein content.

3 egg whites, 2 veggie sausage patties, and a medium orange, and a cup of coffee. 285 cal; 6.4 g fat; 28.7 g carbs; 31.4 g protein

Challenge #2 Example: Dr. Berlet’s Breakfast

Protein shake with banana (265 calories, 3.6g fat, 45g protein). A 100 calorie whole wheat sandwich thin with peanut butter and banana (calories 290, 12g fat, 17g protein). Although there is considerable fat in the peanut butter it has reasonable protein and seems to get Dr. Berlet through most of the morning without feeling hungry.

For your weekly challenge, take a picture of your healthiest breakfast, share your picture along with all of your statistics on the OFAC Facebook page.

Here is some great information that explains why breakfast can help control your weight, click here.

The Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center family is excited to welcome a new face into our home. Jennifer Swan, DPM will begin seeing patients this Friday, September 16, 2011.

Dr. Swan was born and raised in Springfield Ohio. She obtained her Doctor of Podiatric Medicine from Des Moines University and completed her residency training at Yale/VA Healthcare system in New Haven, CT.  She comes to OFAC after being at a busy, multi-site practice in Dayton, Ohio for 3 years.

In her free time, Dr. Swan loves to travel and workout; which fits into our OFAC family very well. She enjoys running, cycling, swimming, golf, tennis and recently has purchased a kayak. She is always up for a new challenge. Her family and friends are also a big part of her life.

Dr. Swan is passionate about patient care, education and is extremely excited to join OFAC.  She will play an integral role in our family so that we can improve our patient care and service by offering:

-SAME DAY patient appointments

-Availability to see patients in the office 5 days a week

-Expanded wound care & laser therapy services

-Forefoot surgical expertise

-General podiatric care

We know you will love her as much as we do! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Swan to the Westerville Medical Campus and the OFAC family.

To schedule an appointment with Dr. Swan please call 614-895-8747 or visit our website at  www.orthofootankle.com.

We are happy to introduce our three new fellows for 2011-2012, Dr. Scott Ekroth, Dr. Shawn Morrow and Dr. Ryan Scott. The OFAC fellowship program was established in 1988. We have trained 21 surgeons that have all joined successful practices across the country. We take great pride in working with our fellows to help them fine tune their skills and go from being a good surgeon to a great surgeon, as well as, a student to a researcher and businessman during their training at OFAC.

Dr. Scott Ekroth came to OFAC by way of Syracuse NY, where he went to medical school and did his residency. His wife, baby boy, and he are happy to be closer to home since they are native Midwesterners. He is excited to join OFAC because of our commitment to excellent patient care and our dedication to improving foot and ankle surgery through new procedures and technology.

Dr. Shawn Morrow and his wife are originally from Wichita, KS. They have been in Kansas City, MO for the past 9 years during his medical school and residency. They have 4 kids, identical twin boys that are almost 5, a 3 1/2 year old girl, and a 1 1/2 year old girl. Most of his interests and spare time revolve around his family/kids. He is excited to be at OFAC and to be working along side physicians who have an outstanding reputation in the orthopedic foot and ankle community.

Dr. Ryan Scott is originally from Cleveland, OH.  He received his BS in exercise physiology from the University of Dayton, attended medical school at DesMoines Unversity – Des Moines, IA, and completed residency at Detroit Medical Center – Detroit, MI.  He is excited to join the OFAC team as a fellow and work with one of the best foot and ankle groups in the country.  He is really looking forward to expanding his knowledge and surgical ability in the field of foot and ankle surgery.

Please help us welcome them into our home at OFAC.

Look who is moving up! Columbus CEO magazine ranks Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center as #5 among Central Ohio Group Orthopedic Practices. This is fantastic for a group that specializes only in foot and ankle!

Congratulations to Blair Pickton and Drew Ingram who both won the OFAC Co-worker Customer Service Award this quarter. Their peers have recognized them this quarter by voting them the best at what they do, as well as, delivering exceptional customer service.

In addition to winning the Co-Worker Service Award, Blair was also selected this months as Employee of the Quarter by the physicians. She  joined OFAC in July of 2009 from Akron Children’s Hospital. She has worked in the front office as well as clinic. Blair is dedicated and driven in her responsibilities. She provides great service to our patients and is always willing to help her co-workers. Blair is recently engaged and is a huge OSU fan!

Drew joined OFAC in November of 2009 from Marietta Memorial Hospital where he worked in the Cancer Center. He is fantastic with patients and  does a great job keeping them at ease while waiting to see the physician. Drew recently graduated from Columbia College of Missouri with a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History. He is able to put his degree to good use when he and his wife watch Jeopardy. They are both big fans; we all look forward to seeing him on TV one day.  Drew continues to be a Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ fan after living in Florida.

Thank you both for the great job you do each day.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center
Holly Bezold
614-818-6689
bezoldhs@orthofootankle.com

A safer alternative to oral medications for the treatment of onychomycosis is
now available at Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center

Columbus, Ohio, November 22, 2010 – Genesis Plus, a new laser procedure for treating fungal nails without downtime, side effects, or pain is now available from the expert foot and ankle specialists at Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center in Westerville, Ohio.

“Fungal infection of toenails is a very common and often very difficult problem to treat,” says Dr. Christopher Hyer, Podiatric Surgeon at OFAC. “Topical medications and ointments alone work occasionally, but require continued, often lifelong use. Powerful antifungal oral medications are available, but they’re quite expensive and may cause unwanted side effects, including liver damage or dangerous interactions with other medications.”

The Genesis Plus laser procedure is ideal for almost any patient suffering from onychomycosis, commonly known as fungal nails. This latest technology offers a non-invasive, non-toxic treatment, which is fast and effective for treating toenail fungus, even in diabetic patients. For the best results, the treatment requires two, 20-minutes sessions at the physicians’ office. After the first treatment patients will begin to see results as healthy, clear nail grows in; complete results are seen after three to six months.

How it works: • During the fast, 20 minute-procedure, pulses of light are gently delivered to the nail and nail bed.
• The laser simultaneously sends heat into the deep layers of the nail and nail bed killing the fungus
• Patients have minimal to no discomfort, adverse events, discoloration or loss of nail after this procedure
• Clear nails will begin to grow after the first treatment; re-treatment will occur three to four months later to ensure all the fungus is killed.
• Post care instructions from the physician will reduce the risk of re-occurrence.

The Genesis Plus laser, made by Cutera, Inc. is a powerful Nd:YAG laser. Clinical studies are underway in the U.S. as well as in Europe. Early results show high success rates ranging between 70 and 90 percent for treating onchomycosis. Older alternatives range from a 50 percent success rate with the oral medications, to as low as, a 10 percent success rate for the lacquer treatment.

“This new treatment modality provides a safe and effective solution for the millions of people afflicted by this embarrassing and often painful problem.” Says Dr. Terrence Philbin, Orthopedic Surgeon at OFAC.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact the Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center at 614-895-8747 and speak to the Genesis Laser Team. Before and after pictures are also available upon request.

We are happy to welcome Tom Hunt, PA to the OFAC Family. Tom will work directly with Dr. Gregory Berlet, where he will assist in surgery and independently see patients for post-operative care, injuries, and joint injections.

He holds both a bachelors and masters degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Akron, and obtained his Physician Assistant degree from Cuyahoga Community College in

Parma, Ohio. Tom is a board-certified Physician Assistant licensed by the State Medical Board
of Ohio.

Tom has been practicing as an orthopedic Physician Assistant since 2007.  He remains actively involved in the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Ohio Association of Physician Assistants.  He also enjoys educating current and prospective PA students.

In Tom’s spare time he enjoys Buckeye football, traveling and spending time with my family and friends. We look forward to “breaking” Tom in at the office.

The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons held their 68^th annual scientific conference February 22-26 in Las Vegas.  The physicians of Orthopedic Foot & Ankle Center presented 13 posters, 3 manuscripts and gave multiple lectures at the conference.  Thirty four manuscripts were accepted for the competition.  OFAC won honorable mention for research entitled: “Bi-Plane Chevron Medial Malleolar Osteotomy for Increased Exposure of the Medial Talar Dome”.  The authors of this manuscript include William T. DeCarbo, DPM, AACFAS, Angela Granata MSIII and Christopher F. Hyer, DPM, FACFAS.

The dust tasted oddly earthy as I sat in the corner of the storage room. Salty sweat dripped from my surgical eyeglasses and headlamp. Surrounded by crushed boxes, overturned medical equipment, and spilled germ cleaning fluids, this hospital room looked as broken as our patients. 

It was Edgard’s idea in the first place. He thought we could take the white marker board from one room and move it here. Maybe we could put information on it. As we talked together, we came up with the idea of putting a table in the room and creating a meeting room for the doctors and nurses to meet every morning.

Just as we spent days fixing broken bones, we began to dissect every broken room in the hospital. The vital entrails were strewn across the open air hallways as the patients watched with an expression I saw during our emergency code 2 days ago. We struggled with the anatomy of what could become an effective field hospital. Homemade shelving with a new homemade operating room table was delivered. Plywood would never receive as much glory as it would on this day. And with the same urgency and panic I’ve had every day, I wondered how I was going to finish this operation by the end of the day.

As Edgard motivated me to get up and continue on the white board project, this disaster as a metaphor became complete. The room would only become complete with the help of my Haitian interpreter. The hospital could only be complete with the cooperation of Haitian doctors and nurses. This disaster will never recover without mutual growth of who we are with who they are.

The simplicity of the white board will be to track every patient that is in the hospital. The medical teams will stare constantly at the board like travelers in a snowbound airport. Patients will never be forgotten and mundane tasks will always get done. This small little idea will save more lives than all our operations this week.

One of my most important lessons this week has been about the elegance of simplicity. We’ve gotten by on a diet of rice and beans, we’ve watched joy and sorrow in each others eyes without the benefit of any electronics, and we’ve communicated as a group without the aid of conference calls or webinars. Last night, we even clutch started a 2 ton truck without the need of a battery.

As we close our work this week, I know Haiti may have healed me more than I have healed her. Though nature has exacted a huge force in the course of our patient’s lives, I hope we have been able to alter their course at least slightly. Their coastline is filled with plenty of jagged reefs but they have equal amount of safe harbors.