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Can We Have It All?
and insurance companies who
invest in podiatric physicians.
Dr. Butterworth describes
how employers, stakeholders,
and even our allopathic and
osteopathic colleagues are
aware of the standards set forth
by ABFAS.
In fact, in her efforts to expand
the scope of practice in South
Carolina to include the ankle,
" we had to state that you have to
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be certified by ABFAS in RRA
[to operate on the ankle]. It was
a compromise we had to make
with our orthopedic colleagues
to even get the bill sponsored,
because they know about
ABFAS and the requirements.
They know that ABFAS is the
standard in our field... they
know the process we go through,
so we uphold that standard-
a credential you can trust. "
Always the
team player,
Dr. Butterworth
and another
ABFAS
volunteer,
Christopher
Lotufo, DPM,
D.ABFAS,
greeted visitors
to the ABFAS
booth at the
ACFAS Annual
Scientific
Meeting in
Las Vegas in
May 2021.
GIVING BACK TO
THE PROFESSION
On top of this effort to achieve
Board Certification, Dr.
Butterworth was also balancing
growing leadership roles
throughout the field. She served
as ACFAS president from 2012
to 2013, and then immediately
became involved with ABFAS
committees. She started as a case
reviewer for the final part of the
Board Certification process, Case
Review; she then became involved
in the Didactic Exam Committee,
where she wrote items for the
Residency In-Training Exams and
Board Qualification exams.
Dr. Butterworth describes that
" I wanted to get involved on the
strategic level [at ABFAS], but
at first I was hesitant to join the
board. But when I thought about
it, I figured I had more to offer.
We've got a lot on our plate, but
I am excited about the direction
we are moving, and I think we
are going to achieve a lot of great
things. " Now that she has years
of experience under her belt, Dr.
Butterworth is looking forward
to becoming the chair of the
Communications Committee
at ABFAS and continuing her
involvement as immediate past
chair of the Podiatry Institute.
Beyond just her official
professional leadership, Dr.
Butterworth has also made
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