Dr. Marlene Reid is currently a Board of Director for the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association as delegate to the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA) and the President of the Federation of Podiatric Medical Boards. She is a former trustee to the APMA Political Action Committee, a past president of both the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association and the American Association for Women Podiatrists and former Chairman of the APMA’s Public Education and Information Committee. Dr. Reid’s academic interests include golf biomechanics, women’s foot health issues, women’s shoes, practice management topics, edema and etiologies, chronic vs acute tendon pathologies and regenerative medical approaches to healing tissues. Because of her experience in PR, public education and marketing, Dr. Reid has become a nationally recognized expert on internal marketing for podiatric practices and has lectured over the years on marketing, branding and related practice management topics as well as academic topics. She practices in Naperville, IL at Family Podiatry Center with her husband.