Dean’s Chat hosts, Drs. Jeffrey Jensen and Johanna Richey DPM, FACFAS welcome Dr. David Armstrong to the podcast. This discussion wasn’t about the “Diabetic Foot” as much as it was getting to know what makes the world leader in “Diabetic Foot” click.
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This episode is sponsored by Bako Diagnostics, Bako Medical Education Foundation, BakoDx’s Podiatric Dermatopathology Mini-Fellowship Alumni!
Dr. Armstrong’s background and fascination with technology, intro to podiatry (he considered law) to transforming clinical opportunities at Kern Hospital and UT San Antonio.
Dr. Armstrong is Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery with Tenure at the University of Southern California. Dr. Armstrong holds a Master of Science in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the University of Wales College of Medicine and a PhD from the University of Manchester College of Medicine.
Dr. Armstrong has produced more than 720 peer-reviewed research papers in dozens of scholarly medical journals as well as over 120 books or book chapters. He is founding co- Editor of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, now in its fourth edition.
Armstrong is Director of USC’s National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHiP).
Dr. Armstrong was selected as one of the first six International Wound Care Ambassadors and is the recipient of numerous awards and degrees by universities and international medical organizations including the inaugural Georgetown Distinguished Award for Diabetic Limb Salvage. In 2008, he was the 25th and youngest-ever member elected to the Podiatric Medicine Hall of Fame. He was the first surgeon to be appointed University Distinguished Outreach Professor at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Armstrong is past Chair of Scientific Sessions for the ADA’s Foot Care Council, and a past member of the National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association. He sits on the Infectious Disease Society of America’s (IDSA) Diabetic Foot Infection Advisory Committee and is the US appointed delegate to the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF). Dr. Armstrong is the founder and co-chair of the International Diabetic Foot Conference (DF-Con), the largest annual international symposium on the diabetic foot in the world. He is also the Founding President of ALPS (American Limb Preservation Society) a medical and surgical society dedicated to building interdisciplinary teams to eliminate preventable amputation in the USA and worldwide.
