Podiatry for Rheumatologists: Treating Patients’ Foot Complaints

James P. Ioli, DPM, is chief of the Division of Podiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard Medical School.

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