APMA News SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 10 Features Departments APMA Tackles Career Awareness with #OperateLikeAGirl 6 29 38 42 44 45 46 48 48 President's Message 50 52 54 56 58 58 61 63 64 65 73 83 87 88 90 IT Consultant 16 A Look Back at The National in Nashville, TN 23 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstract Competition Winners 26 Public Health Profile: Arthur E. Helfand, DPM 28 State Component Self-Assessment Survey: Advocacy Infrastructures 32 Celebrating 50 Years: Firsthand Accounts of the History of the Seal Program 36 Be Prepared! Podiatrists Take Scouting Motto to Heart at Jamboree Resolutions Submissions Deadlines Reimbursement Federal Advocacy Forum Cosponsors to HELLPP Act Cosponsors to VA Provider Equity Act Report from the APMAPAC Chair Coverage Corner Credentials Certificates for 2018 House of Delegates Inside APMA's Social Media On the Road with APMA CPME Update In Short Worthy of Note Affiliates Corner New Members Death Notices APMAPAC Update Development Update Classified Advertising Dates to Remember Advertising Index 10 Questions ON THE COVER: Nichol L. Salvo, DPM. Photo by Adam M. Hernandez. APMA News is the magazine of the American Podiatric Medical Association America's Foot and Ankle Physicians and Surgeons 8 APMA News September/October 2017