Arden Smith,​ DPM, FACFAS, FACFAOM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Manage the daily operations of our medical offices
• Our Maspeth office provides a full scope podiatric medicine and surgery practice offering complete foot care for all ages
• Formerly associated with the North Shore Diabetes and Endocrine Associates with our practice limited to the medical and surgical treatment of the high-risk Diabetic Foot with special emphasis on wound care and limb salvage
• Active involvement in post-doctoral education and clinical instruction of podiatric surgical residents and podiatric medical students at major teaching hospitals
• Special-certifications in Laser Surgery of the Foot, Extra Corporal Shock Wave Therapy [ESWT], and Endoscopic Foot Surgery

EDUCATION:

• Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine Formerly, Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, Philadelphia, PA DPM 1978
• Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, B.A., 1974

RESIDENCY:

St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 1980

• Senior Resident in Podiatric Surgery

St. Mary Hospital,-Philadelphia PA, 1979

• Resident in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

• AMERICAN BOARD OF PODIATRIC SURGERY, Recertification 8/03, Recertification 8/13.
• AMERICAN BOARD OF PODIATRIC ORTHOPEDICS AND PRIMARY PODIATRIC MEDICINE, Recertification 12/02, Recertification-11/13

FELLOWSHIPS

• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
• American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine
• American Professional Wound Care Association
• American Association of Hospital Podiatrists

DIPLOMATE:

• National Board Of Podiatry Examiners

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Department of Surgery, New Hyde Park, NY
• North Shore University Hospital - Department of Surgery, Manhasset, NY
• New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens - Department of Surgery, Flushing, NY
• Glen Cove Hospital - Department of Surgery, Glen Cove, NY
• Little Neck Community Hospital - Chief of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Little Neck NY (until Hospital Closure in 1996)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

• On-Site Associate Director, Podiatric Residency Education at  Little Neck Community Hospital 1992-1996
• Chief - Division of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery  at  Little Neck Community Hospital 1987-1996

APPOINTMENTS:

• Physician Consultant Island Peer Review Organization, Inc.
• Podiatric Consulting Advisory Committee Physicians Reciprocal lnsurers
• Deputy Examiner, New York State Board of Podiatry Examiners, 1987-1991

ELECTED POSITIONS:

• Executive-Board - New York State Podiatric Medical Association, Queens Division
• Board of Trustees - Podiatrists of New York

ASSOCIATIONS:

• New York State Podiatric Medical Association, Queens Division
• American Podiatric Medical Association

CLINICAL RESEARCH:

A Pilot Study To Evaluate The Advantage Of Microbial Shielded Textiles in Patients with Diabetic Ulceration of the Lower Extremities, Oxford Research  International Corporation

PUBLICATIONS :

• Hospital Privileges for Podiatrists, Pennsylvania Podiatric Medical Association Quarterly, 1978
• Atypical Aponeurotic Calcifying Fibroma, Current Podiatric Medicine, April 1985

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS :

• Temple Israel of Great Neck:
  Board of Trustees 1993 -1999
  Religious School Board
  Ritual Committee
  Co-President Men's club 1992. 1993
• Camp Ramah Berkshires:
  Board of Trustees, 1996-1997
• The Center for Jewish Studies at Queens College:
  Advisory Board. 2005 -Present
• Congregation of  Maspeth Jewish Center:
  Co-President-2016-Present