About the author
This site…
Is about the author and Consulting Foot Pain. The site was created as part of David’s clinical practice in 2013. He established Footlocker shortly afterwards. This provided fact sheets for his patients. The Clinician Portal was added to share technical information with professional colleagues, including medical personnel, and included published papers.
David has written professionally since leaving college in 1978. His [publications] have appeared in a wide range of journals. In 1995 and 1997, he published two podiatric medical texts with co-author Linda Merriman, and both were on the teaching faculty at Nene College, now Northampton University. At the time, these texts were advanced and departed in a direction from previous texts, introducing more practical experience with a number of co-authors.
Hear the author talking about his professional site and recent book HERE
Past performance
He worked as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon in the West Midlands from 1995 to 2018 and retired to write full-time. David has worked in education, the NHS, and the independent sectors. He ran an orthotic laboratory with his wife between 1981 and 1985 before going into teaching full-time.
David developed the current PASCOM-10 audit system the College of Podiatry used with Gavin Rudge in 1986. Whilst working in Northampton (1992-3) as part of a funded research project, he developed one of the earliest sustainable audits on foot surgery, which was adopted by the College of Podiatry in 2000 and is still active today. He has lectured at UK universities and many locations worldwide.
He won two awards to study in the USA in 1981 and passed his surgical fellowship in 1986 (FCPodS). He took his degree in Human Movement in 1988. He gained his Master’s in Podiatric Surgery as a mature student in 2016, taking the view he needed to be as well qualified on paper as the students he had tutored for fellowship.
In 2012-14, he became Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, College of Podiatry (London), and was awarded a Fellowship in Podiatric Medicine (FCPM) in 2013. He was an affiliate of the University of Huddersfield until 2024.
He publishes articles on his website www.consultingfootpain.co.uk and launched his new author website in July 2024. He has published books for health professionals and lay readers and fictional works. Austin Macauley published his autobiography, ‘Podiatrist on A Mission’ in March 2021, a novelised version of the profession. Watch his interview here about why the book needed to be written.
David has also worked with the Institute of Podiatrists. He has written two books for them, “An Introduction to the Adult Foot” and “The Foot. A Professional Companion,” supporting their Foot Health Practitioner course. More recently, he has developed the FHP core curriculum.
As a long-time member of the Royal College of Podiatry, he has written for the organisation, served on the Council, been a Dean of the Faculty of Podiatry (Surgery), and developed their database for clinical activity (PASCOM).
David is a professional speaker, a keen amateur Thespian, and a singer with a local A Cappella group. He is married with four grown children and five grandchildren.
Published by Busypencilcase Reflective Communications Est. 2015
Updated 23 May 2024
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