Ami A. Sheth, DPM  15100 Los Gatos Blvd,  #4 Los Gatos,  California 95032  (408) 358-6234

Education:
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital Residency Program Vallejo, CA
  Three years of Foot and Reconstructive Rearfoot and Ankle   Surgery June 2005

• California College of Podiatric Medicine San Francisco, CA
  Doctor of Podiatric Medicine May 2002

• University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
  Bachelor of Arts, Psychology May 1998

Honors and Awards:
• Outstanding Student Service and Leadership Award 5/02
• Fund for Podiatric Medicine Scholarship 1/02
• Maryland Residency Scholarship 1/02
• CCPM Honor List 8/00-5/01
• Foundation for Excellence Scholarship 12/00, 1/02
• Alumni and Associates Student Scholarship 11/00
• CCPM Student Body Service Scholarship 3/00
• National Institute of Health Research Grant Summer 1999

Affiliations:
• Santa Clara Valley Podiatric Medical Association 12/05 – current
• California Podiatric Medical Association 8/98 – current
• American Podiatric Medical Association 8/98 – current
• American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons 7/02 – current
• Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, CA 2005 – current
• Community Hospital of Los Gatos 2006 – current
• John Muir Medical Center 2005

Leadership Experience:
• President, Santa Clara Valley Podiatric Medical Association 6/07   - current
• Vice President, Santa Clara Valley Podiatric Medical   Association 6/06 - 5/07
• Alumni Mentorship Program, University of California, Berkeley   7/04 - current
• Vice President (CCPM, Student Body) 5/00 – 5/01
• Managing Editor (CCPM, Foot and Ankle Review, Academic   Journal for CCPM) 8/00 – 5/01
• Coordinator (CCPM, America Reads/Counts Tutoring Program)   5/00 – 5/01

Residency Experience:

Trauma Management
• Serviced 400 patients per resident per year in a weekly
  resident-run Fracture Clinic by devising treatment plans for acute   foot and ankle trauma and assessing the progress of non-surgical   patients during their subsequent appointments.

Elective Surgery
• Participated in over 1000 surgical podiatric procedures.
• Performed skin-to-skin procedures with attending surgeon for   biweekly operating room block time.
• Determined progress of 450 patients per resident per year in   weekly resident-run post-operative clinic consisting of follow-up   appointments for surgical patients during their entire
  post-operative course.

Wound Care
• Executed wound care debridement and assessed patients for   infections during weekly resident-run podiatric wound-care clinic   of 400 outpatients seen per resident per year.
• Managed podiatric aspect of limb salvage with both primary care   physicians for diabetes management and with vascular surgery to   develop long-term treatment strategies.

Outpatient Clinics
• Examined and treat new and returning adult patients with   podiatric medical conditions.
• Performed history and physical examinations and educated   surgical patients on their peri-operative courses.
• Collaborated with primary care providers for preventative health   maintenance.

Childhood foot disorders
• Serviced 300 pediatric patients seen per resident per year in   resident pediatric clinics consisting of biomechanical correction   of non-surgical podiatric conditions.
• Determined need for serial casting for conditions such as   clubfoot, metatarsus adductus, and calcaneal valgus in neonates   and infants.

Inpatient Hospital Management
• Worked with other medical services, including Vascular Surgery,   Internal Medicine, and Infectious Disease services to devise   hospital course and develop long-term health maintenance plan.
• Average number of new inpatients to be followed by the podiatry   service while in the hospital per year: 170 patients.

Research Projects, Publications, and Presentations:
• Plastic reconstruction for skin defects
  (Gray Williams, DPM,   Kaiser Permanente) 7/04
  Poster presentation, not completed.

• Non-small cell carcinoma: primary source in the foot
  (Nizar   Kajani, MD, Kaiser Permanente) 8/03
  Case study not re-submitted for peer review.

• Soft tissue neoplasm occurrences in the foot and ankle
  (Gray   Williams, DPM, Kaiser Permanente) 7/03
  Original prospective research, not completed.

• The effects of smoking on wound healing
  (Jeffery Page, DPM,   CCPM) 2/01
  Presenter, Student Research Symposium.
  American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Conference,
  New   Orleans, LA.

• The attachment process as observed in day care children
  (UC   Berkeley) Spring 1998
  Publication in Active Intellect: Undergraduate Research Journal.

Skills:
Advanced knowledge of Gujarati and conversational knowledge of Hindi.

Interests:
I enjoy Indian dancing, snowboarding, and learning how to cook.