PHYSICIAN FEATURE: MAY 2021

Before you sit in their office, sit in on an interview with us as we ask Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic physicians all the important questions!

Meet Abe Osbourne, DPM

Associate Professor, Division of Podiatric & General Medicine, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine

Abe G. Osbourne, DPM

Degrees & Training: Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine; Postgraduate training, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine and Sisters of Charity Hospital, Buffalo, New York

Special Interests: Business of podiatric medicine, Gerontology

Q: Why did you choose podiatry?

• A: I wanted to do something that would have an immediate impact on people. I enjoy basic palliative patient care and spending time educating my patient about their foot issues.

Q: Why do you love working at the Cleveland Foot & Ankle Clinic:

• A: I enjoy the interaction with students and patients. It can get very interesting at times dealing with both.

Q: What's it like being a podiatrist in a global pandemic?

• A: There have been many experiences - initially an unscheduled break from clinic, then a return to clinic seeing patients by myself, then with a single student now back to a full compliment of students, however everyone is still masked up.

Q: What shows are you hooked on right now?

• A: Huge fan of HGTV and a housing show taking place in the English countryside on the DABL channel.

Q: Tell us about your free time!

• A: Love to take pictures - would like to find time to take photography classes in the future

Q: Any hidden talents?

• A: Not really a talent - but grew up playing hockey so even though I no longer play hockey I still enjoy ice skating

Q: What's one thing you can't resist?

• A: Pound cake, Jamaican rum cake

Q: What was your very first job?

• A: Worked in a knitting factory running machines making different types of cloth

Q: If you weren't a podiatrist, what would you be?

• A: Studied Gerontology in university, so perhaps would have obtained a PhD in Gerontology

Q: What's your favorite place to be?

• A: Lived in Ottawa, Ontario. In the winter would go for long skating sessions on Rideau Canal and in the summer would bike throughout the whole city

Q: You can bring three guests to a dinner party - living or dead. Who's coming?

• A: Present Nelson Mandela ; Harriet Tubman ; President Barack Obama

Q: We finish this interview and you step outside to find a lottery ticket that ends up winning $10 million. What do you do?

• A: Would like to donate some money to micro-banks that finance work projects of women in Africa, some money to charities providing water in undeveloped countries, on a personal level would pay off all family bills

Q: How do you relax?

• A: Enjoy listening to classical or jazz music

Q: What is your favorite vacation?

• A: Banff, Alberta, is a very pretty spot to vacation

Q: What's your morning routine look like on a typical weekday?

• A: Up at 5AM - walk 3 miles on high school track or middle school parking lot then back home for 20 - 30 minutes of yoga