IN 1916, AMERICANS DANCED
TO THE PHONOGR APH, JOHN
D. ROCKEFELLER BECAME THE
WORLD'S FIRST BILLIONAIRE,
AND MORE PEOPLE RODE A
HORSE OR WALKED TO WORK
THAN DROVE OR RODE IN
AN AUTOMOBILE.
DURING THAT BYGONE ER A, the Ohio
C ol le ge of C h i r op o d y, n o w k n o w n
a s Kent St at e Un iversit y Col lege of
Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), wa s
fou nded . Si nce t hen, t he practice of
podiatr y has been revolutionized with
new a nd i mprove d pro c e du re s a nd
treatments a nd higher sta nda rds for
education a nd tra ining.
A l la n M . Boi ke, DPM, FACFA S, is
Dea n of K SUCPM . A d i s t i n g u i shed
g raduate of the college (class of 1982),
Dr. Boike's first role in medicine was as a
pharmacist. "I actua lly met a podiatrist
t h roug h being a pha r macist . I shad-
owed a couple of podiatrists, beca me
interested in what they were doing a nd
decided to apply to the podiatry college,"
he expla ins.
A few years af ter graduating with his
DPM (Doctor of Podiatric Medicine)
degree, Dr. Boike returned to the college
to teach in the Department of Surgery for
nine yea rs. He then worked in a private
practice for a few yea rs before joining
the Clevela nd Clinic a s Section Head
of Podiatric Medicine a nd Surger y. In
Celebrating a Century of Excellence at KSUCPM
BY LYNN STEVENS
PHOTO
COURTESY
OF
KENT
STATE
UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE
OF
PODIATRIC
MEDICINE
Allan M. Boike, DPM, FACFAS:
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