FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS
IN THIS ISSUE OF CURRENT PEDORTHICS
Dean Mason, C. Ped., OST, CO
Dean owns North Shore Pedorthics, LLC in Lorain Ohio, and is a member of PFA’s Board of
Directors as Treasurer, co-chair of PFA’s Government Affairs Committee and a member of the
Publications Committee.
Matthew D. Almeida, BDB/F, C. Ped., BOCPD, CPA
Matthew has been in the orthopedic, orthotic, prosthetic, and pedorthic field for the over
15 years, starting out in the U.S. Navy where he received most of his education and training
specializing in the areas that foot and ankle related injuries/congenital problems and sports
medicine. A member of PFA since 2009, he was recently appointed as a Director to PFA’s
Board of Directors, serving as Vice Chair of the Government Affairs Committee; Co-Chair
of the Marketing and Membership Committee and Chair of the 2013 PFA Nominations
Committee for the Board Class of 2015.
Brian Scharfstein, C. Ped. (C)
Brian is a Canadian Pedorthist specializing in care of the diabetic foot. He is the principal
owner of Canadian Footwear and the FootHealth Centre in Winnipeg and Calgary, and has
served as a board member and a volunteer of the Canadian Diabetes Association in Manitoba.
Also as an active member of the Health Sciences Centre Diabetic Foot and Complicated
Wound Clinic, he is an integral part of both healthcare team and is also actively involved in
the management of patients with diabetic foot complications, and in the teaching of trainees
in medicine, occupational and physiotherapy, as well as, podiatry and pedorthics.
Dr. Thomas Michaud, DC
Dr. Thomas Michaud is the author of Human Locomotion: The Conservative Management of
Gait-Related Disorders, the content of which forms the basis for this and subsequent articles.
All illustrations in this article appear in the book and are reproduced with permission. Dr.
Michaud is a 1982 graduate of Western States Chiropractic College and practices in Newton,
Mass., where he has treated thousands of recreational and elite runners. His first textbook,
Foot Orthoses and Other Forms of Conservative Foot Care (published in 1993), was eventually
translated into four languages and is used in physical therapy, chiropractic, pedorthic and
podiatry schools worldwide.
Margaret Hren, Editor & Staff Contributor, Current Pedorthics
Margaret Hren has worked extensively in the nonprofit and for-profit industry marketing and
developing branding, membership and fundraising programs for numerous organizations and
associations in the U.S. and abroad. With her expertise in marketing, editing and writing, she
had published on various topics both in traditional publishing sources and online, as well as
conducted onsite workshops on how to market your business and other business and personal
topics of interest .
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