PODIATRIST SEES RISE IN DIABETIC AMPUTATIONS DURING PANDEMIC

Serei Lee, DPM is a doctor of podiatry who moved here from Los Angeles back in 2007. His goal is to try to save more diabetics from having to have an amputation. "At that time, it is said that Corpus Christi and the Valley were number one and number two as having the highest rate of amputation in the country, so my specialty involves saving limbs," Dr. Lee said.

 

Dr. Serei Lee

 

Dr. Lee said he was also seeing an increase here in patients who waited too long to see a doctor because of the pandemic. "If they couldn't come see me at the same time they go to the ER, that's when they would call me at Christus Spohn Shoreline. My volume in the office, has obviously dropped, but I get a lot of consults because of the reasons we mentioned," Lee said. 

 

Source: Michael Gibson, KIIITV.com [12/2/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News