Like all successful graduates of the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), Dr. Gary Ritz knows the risks associated with type 1 diabetes. Those with the disease live on average 13 years less than the rest of the population, a potentially worse fate than those diagnosed with type 2, whom live on average 6 years less, due to a cascade of complications associated with prolonged hyperglycemia such as retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy and heart disease. Ritz knows these risks all too well as a type 1 diabetic himself, and a father to two sons, Tommy and Kevin, who also ha...

Thanks to a nearly eight-year effort of various Kent State University administrators, Ohio students enrolled in the university’s College of Podiatric Medicine will see a significant reduction in tuition on their next semester’s bill and will graduate with less debt.  At its Sept. 20 meeting, the Kent State Board of Trustees approved a revised tuition rate that reduces tuition by nearly $14,000 for Ohio resident students – a decrease of more than 30% – from the current tuition rate effective for the 2024 Spring Semester. Yearly tuition for in-state podiatric medicine students will drop ...

Dr. Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP KSUCPM class of ’99 and faculty member, recently spent a week at Klinik Inocare in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia training clinicians in wound management to expand the support for the community. Low regional healing rates abound in Malaysia due to the absence of standardized treatment regimens and a paucity of trained clinicians specializing in advanced wound care.  Klinik Inocare was founded by NATROX Wound Care in Malaysia to help mitigate the high rate of chronic wounds, low regional healing rates and high percentage of leg amputations. Malaysia has the highest rat...

Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), alongside its teaching facility, The Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic (CFAC), is proud to welcome Joshua Moore, DPM, FACFAS as the new Division Head for the Division of Clinical Sciences. Dr. Moore is a Fellow of the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and certified in Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery. Completing a high surgical volume residency at The University of Medicine and Dentistry in Newark New Jersey, Dr. Moore is proficient in all aspects of podiatric medicine and surgery. For the past eleven ye...

KENT, Ohio – The Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a virtual Graduate Programs Week starting on Monday, October 16, 2023 and concluding on Thursday, October 19, 2023. The week will feature informational webinars on various business graduate programs offered by the college including Full-time MBA (in-person), Online MBA, Online M.S. in Accounting, M.S. in Business Analytics (in-person and online), M.A. in Economics, Graduate Business Certificates (in-person and online) and Ph.D.  Webinars, led by program advisors and college faculty mem...

Collaboration across specialties: it’s part of what sets us apart as an entity of a state university and we love the perks and new research opportunities that it presents. Most recently, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) has had the opportunity to work with Jason Abounader, a student of Dr. Kwangtaek Kim in the College of Computer Science at Kent State University, and it’s winning competitions on an international scale.  KSUCPM Senior Associate Dean Dr. Bryan Caldwell along with Assistant Dean of Clinical Education & Research Dr. Mark Hardy worked with Ja...

The 2023 Special Olympics of Ohio Summer Games took place June 23 - 25, and this year, KSUCPM students and faculty were onsite proudly serving the community and representing the state’s only podiatric medical school.  Dr. Rachel Johnson, Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Sciences, led several student volunteers ranging from 2nd to 4th years to The Ohio State University where they performed 250 foot screenings. Dr. Johnson volunteered her time as the Fit Feet Clinical Director for Ohio, a position that hasn’t been filled in many years. The students worked with Dr. Johnson ...

It’s hard to believe that it has already been five years of Alumni Reunion Weekend, wherein hundreds of podiatric medical physicians from around the country are welcomed to the beautiful Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) campus in Independence, Ohio.  Five years later, the mission of Alumni Reunion Weekend rings truer than ever - to bring the community together in support of student scholarships and raising the next generation of expert caretakers from KSUCPM. Each event held across the three day weekend has been thoughtfully crafted to provide the best value an...