DATE: October 16, 2007

FOR RELEASE: Immediately

CONTACT: Greg Safko, President

BOC Appoints Medical Advisor

The Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification (BOC) has named Bradley M. Lamm, DPM, as Medical Advisor to the Board of Directors.

Lamm is head of podiatry and director of the podiatric residency training program at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics in The International Center for Limb Lengthening, affiliated with Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland.

A graduate of Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Lamm served as chief surgical resident at the Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Pittsburgh. He completed fellowships in trauma of the foot and ankle at LKH-Univ. Klinikum Graz in Austria; and in limb lengthening and deformity reconstruction at the International Center for Limb Lengthening at the Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopedics. He is also the author of chapters of two podiatric medicine textbooks and of more than two dozen research articles in various national and international medical journals.

An active member of the American Podiatric Medical Association and the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, Lamm is also a peer reviewer for the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association and a section editor for the Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.

Together with Dr. Dror Paley, Lamm developed a minimally invasive surgical procedure to correct the malpositioned diabetic foot, recreating a fallen arch. Additionally, Lamm has vast experience in lengthening and deformity correction of various foot and ankle conditions. He continues to advance in the field of foot and ankle surgery, where his innovative research efforts have focused on functional outcomes after surgery. Recently, he has added the advancement of computer-assisted surgery to his research initiatives.

“It’s a pleasure to assist BOC as a medical advisor,” Lamm says. “OP&P practitioners and fitters are essential health care workers, and I welcome the opportunity to help BOC as the Board works to extend certification opportunities, increase the number of practitioners available to assist with patient care, and extend accreditation to capable facilities.”

“Dr. Lamm brings both presence and substance to our Board,” says Teresa Alpert Leibman, BOCO, C.Ped., BOC Pedorthist, who chairs BOC’s Board of Directors. “We are fortunate to be able to draw on his knowledge and expertise, and I am confident that our meetings will be enriched by his participation. On behalf of our certificants, it’s a pleasure to welcome Dr. Lamm to the Board.”

“Health care is increasingly becoming a preventive field, in addition to one that responds to injury, disease and trauma,” Safko notes.  “Dr. Lamm’s perspective enhances BOC’s ability to meet emerging needs in what is a growing field. It’s great to have him on board, particularly as we engage in a strategic planning process that will set the stage for BOC’s activities over the next several years.”

BOC’s mission is to assure patients, physicians, professional organizations and governments worldwide of certified practitioner competency and accredited facility standards. Although the mission is quite comprehensive and encompassing, it underscores a very down-to-earth goal: To help practitioners, and their employers, satisfy and exceed wellness and health care needs throughout the patient community.