An up-and-coming podiatrist

Lee Rogers, D.P.M., accepts the Rising Star Award from Kathleen Stone, D.P.M., president of the American Podiatric Medical Association, presented at the APMA House of Delegates meeting in April. The award is given to a member who has been in practice for no more than 10 years in recognition of outstanding national accomplishments in scientific, professional or civic endeavors. Rogers is chair of the Foot Council of the American Diabetes Association and associate medical director of the amputation center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Los Angeles. He was nominated for the Rising Star Award by Barry Block, D.P.M., J.D., publisher of Podiatry Management Online, who noted Rogers’ “outstanding record of research, writing and lecturing” among his other accomplishments.