...unless the affidavit "`disclose[s] with certainty that the plaintiff would not be entitled to relief under any state of provable facts,'" Bowen, 203 Ga. App. at 123, leads to the same conclusion. A podiatrist practices medicine of the foot, see OCGA § 43-35-1 (2), and the only reason a podiatrist does not hold a full medical license under OCGA § 43-34-20 (3) is that the practice of medicine is not limited to any one area of the body, Shaw v....

...Moreover, orthopedists, just as podiatrists, are licensed to practice medicine of the foot. OCGA § 43-34-20 (3). In fact, orthopedists and podiatrists may render the same medical treatment to the foot except that the podiatrist may not perform amputations. See § 43-35-1 (2); Sandford v....