Grand Rounds – Treating Common Foot and Ankle Issues One Step at a Time

Event Date & Time

July 06, 2022 at 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Location

In-Person (Robert B. Green, 5th Floor Foundation Room) & on Zoom


Event Details:

Overview:

Primary care physicians can encounter any and every condition that walks through a clinic door. Up to 77% of adult patients have experienced foot and ankle ailments. In this presentation, Dr. Sobolevsky will provide the ability to diagnose and treat common foot and ankle issues. He will discuss what can be treated conservatively, what needs surgical evaluation, and conditions that require immediate intervention. Finally, his presentation will discuss the diabetic patient and the complications of diabetes in the lower extremity.

Objectives:

1. Explain how to accurately diagnose and evaluate common foot/ankle conditions.
2. Discuss treatment options for common foot/ankle conditions.
3. Determine when to consult orthopedics/podiatry or other specialties for further management.

Financial Disclosures:

Michael Sobolevsky, DPM has no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Gibson-Lopez, PsyD, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine  
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations. 

Accreditation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The UT Health Science Center San Antonio designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

 

For activity related questions, please contact:

Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

 

For CME general questions, please contact:

Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu

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About the Speaker(s)

Michael Sobolevsky, DPM

Michael Sobolevsky, DPM
Assistant Professor/Clinical
Department of Orthopaedics
Division of Podiatry
UT Health San Antonio