Dr Burton S Schuler graduated from the N.Y. College of Podiatric Medicine and has been in private practice since 1975. He has written for Collier's Encyclopedia and various podiatric journals and publications and been interviewed by The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, and First in Women, and has appeared on dozens of radio and television programs. In 1994, Dr Schuler and his staff became the first podiatric facility in the south to be an accredited program for the treatment of pain. He has been a Diplomat of the American Academy of Pain Management and the National Board of Podiatric Examiners. Dr Schuler is certified as a wound specialist from the American Academy of Wound Management and ahs been a professional member of the American Diabetic Association for the majority of his career.