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      Dr. La Fontaine is a Fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He is an Assistant Professor and Interim Chief of the Podiatry Division at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is also the Director of the Podiatry Residency Training Program in the Department of Orthopedics in the aforementioned institution.

      Dr. Steinberg (pictured) is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Plastic Surgery at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

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