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Dr. Scherer is the Chairperson of the Department of Applied
Biomechanics at Samuel Merritt College, a position he has
been appointed to three times in the past 30 years. He is
Board certified both by ABFAS and ABPOPPM. Dr. Scherer participates
in the American College of Foot Surgeons, the American College
of Foot Orthopedics, the American Podiatric Medical Association
and the American Physician Fellowship. He was awarded the
APMA Fellowship in 1972, given the Hall of Science Award in
1976, awarded tenure in 1983, named by the APF as Physician
of the Year in 1988, and honored as commencement speaker for
the college in 1990.
Dr. Scherer has received both public and private grants for
his academic work and has published on a wide variety of topics
including surgical procedures, the effects of specialty shoes,
clinical outcomes related to tinea pedis, collagenase ulcer therapy,
accelerated fracture healing, cystic chromomycosis, GSW of the
foot, heel spur syndrome and the biomechanics of the first ray
and its relationship to first MPJ motion. He is a popular lecturer
on foot biomechanics both in the academic environment as well
as for national continuing medical education programs. He is Administrative
Director of Health Plans Organization of California in San Francisco,
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