Do you practice in Mississippi now?

Do you practice anesthesiology in mississippi? Just curious! I briefly investigated practicing podiatry in Mississippi but changed my mind after visiting and speaking to a few podiatrists in Jackson and one in Biloxi(sp?) I was left with the impression that hospital priveledges were going to be a problem(despite my 3 years of training) I was left with many impressions of the podiatrists integration into the healthcare system or lack there of.
I am not a trailblazer so I ended up Central florida where podiatrists already are a fully functional part of the healthcare team and where I could do what I was trained to do during my residency. My anesthesiologist(in a social setting not at the surgery center) has told me stories of when a certain orthopod performs(loose term in this situation) a bunionectomy and other foot cases. He says he cringes. The other 2 orthopods don't even try to do foot and ankle cases and the one orthopod who refers cases to me says he would be bordering on malparactice if he did do theses cases since he has hardly ever performed them in his early practice days.
Prospective students and current residents should keep be aware that perceptions of podiatrists vary by area. Although MD do not hate podiatrist in some parts of the country they are not respected for their abilities and some think they should stick with corns and calluses.
Many of your opinions I don't agree with. Managing a post-operative infection is one of the easiest situations in which I handle. I don't compare myself to a MD I am a podiatrist. I know my place in the scheme of the management of the patient and I am satisfied with this. Recently I had a patient with pyoderma gangrenosum secondary to crohn's. She had a secondary infection which required hospitilization. I consulted internal medicine( at my hospital we admit than consult for medical management) My point is although I didn't manage the GI pathology which was responsible for the ulcer I did diagnosis the condition based on the appearance of ulcer and and the ROS(which is my job) The MD than managed the underlying medical problem while I address the ulcer with local surgical debridements. Would an orthopod, vascular surgeon, or dermatologist who may have been in the same position as me manage the crohn's? In fact the internist even had a GI specialist see the patient for his recommendations!
Podiatrists who are well trained do have the necessary medical knowledge to manage patients in the appropriate manner. I have just opened a can of worms because the training in podiatry is a problem it is not consistent. If there was a training program in Mississippi would that podiatrist get the same training as they would if they did their training in Florida? Of course not. It's a problem-that I hope we can rectify.
A fas a Brian Gale, unless you have had his training how would you know what he knows and what he doesn't know. Although I do agree with you in the sense something is not right in that situation. You would think that the orhtopods and other podiatrist would love him for his abilities and want him to take on complex cases they don't feel comfortable handling. Why are they so mad at him? Was he doing cases that were not necessary or considered too risky given the patient's overall condition? I don't know we can only speculate.