Episode 03: What the Foot Do You Know Dr Dennis Timko DPM Podiatrist Dr. Dennis Timko Podiatrist takes a more conservative approach to his treatment and has a passion for diabetic injuries, neuropathy foot pains, pediatric feet issues, and will soon be double board certified. He has three years of surgical training and has special certification in wound care. He is currently learning more about herbal medicines and vitamin therapies and would like to offer a more complete approach to his patient’s needs. Dr. Timko’s story for becoming a podiatrist is the kind that makes doctors special. He was a runner and witnessed plenty of ankle and foot injuries and shadowed podiatrists for a few summers and that is when he realized, this should be my career. I didn’t know this but the school he went to was an Osteopathic school in Iowa. First two years they all shared the same classes and then they switched to their specialties in year three. Dr. Timko has a podiatrist podcast called WTF – What the Foot, is an aspiring Videographer, wordpress enthusiast, father, baseball addict and another surprise half way through the episode. He gives advice on tips and options to start up a new podiatry office, location, social media marketing and he says to just “ask the patient” for a referral. He also explains MACRA for Medicare reimbursement and the outlook of his profession in the next 5 years. Key to his success, “.” Learn how to run your own clinic wordpress site. Visit www.adoctorsperspective.net/03 for tweetable quotes and the Travel Tip. Things Mentioned in the episode: Electronic records: Dr Chrono integrates with speech to text for electronic notes and it works on Apple devices www.drchrono.com Leo Laporte The Tech Guy Prospect 361 on facebook baseball group facebook.com/groups/prospect361 Tim McCloud Rick Wilson podcast: baseball chatter Meet the master Podiatric Success podcast Spotify app Gymaholic App: Punch in chest and shoulder exercises, length of work out and it generates random exercises on your phone Score app: Sport scores and notifies you when your player is up to bat www.thescore.com Lynda.com marketing, seo, videography, some software and building a website tutorials