Autonomous_ID, a Canadian-American tech company and clinician researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California shared in an award focusing on global innovation in Diabetes.  Their program, called “Smart Sole Salvation” won the Global People’s Choice Award. It is a combination of multiple technologies designed to foster improved activity while also […]

Read More Autonomous_ID and @USC Team Share 2018 Global Type 1 #Diabetes Innovation Award with Tech Designed to Prevent Amputations @KeckMedUSC @USCViterbi

Important work from Caroline Fife, Marissa Carter and Kristen Eckert.  

Read More Wound Healing Rates: The Fantasy and The Reality…30.5%, 29.6% and 44.1% 12-week healing for DFU, PU and VLUs @USWoundRegistry

Compelling new data from Magnus Londahl and team. Yet more support for evaluating BOTH hemodynamics and tissue perfusion? AIMS: Ankle-brachial index (ABI) is the most commonly used test when diagnosing peripheral vascular disease and is considered a marker for cardiovascular risk. Transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2), a test associated with microvascular function, has in several studies […]

Read More Transcutaneous oxygen- not ABI or toe pressure- is a predictor for short-term survival in people with diabetic foot ulcers (study)

Cutting-edge “Intelligent Insole” promises to reduce hospitalizations and increase quality of life through biofeedback technology   Professors David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD Charles Y. Liu, MD, PhD, have worked with Canadian company Autonomous ID to develop a portable home medical device: an insole that will help patients with diabetes monitor their health and avoid […]

Read More SmartSoleSalvation: @KeckMedUSC Physicians Head Up Semifinalist Team in the 2018 Diabetes Innovation Global Challenge @USC @USC_Research @USCViterbi

David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California delivered a keynote address to the 2018 European Wound Management Association (EWMA). The lecture, which keyed on recent works by Armstrong and his team as well as colleagues, worldwide, […]

Read More SALSA@USC’s Armstrong Delivers Keynote to Overflow Audience at European Wound Management Association in Krakow @EWMAtweets @APMA @KeckMedUSC @USC

A compelling article on the future of “last mile” transport– and how it might transform how we all move– from The Verge. via Scooters can fix cities’ biggest transportation challenges – Curbed    

Read More Scooters can fix cities’ biggest transportation challenges – Curbed

We again bring you The Innovators Lecture Series. This time, we feature Scott Fraser who is transforming how we can measure and image organisms. Buckle up.      

Read More @KeckMedUSC Innovators Lecture Series: Provost Professor Scott Fraser on Next-Gen Imaging in Medicine, Science and Life @USCViterbi @USC_Research

Here is a step by step program on how to build a scalable program using lessons learned and best practices from SALSA and other programs, worldwide.  It includes our four steps to success as well as eight key collective skills needed for members of the team. Each of the four steps has a set of […]

Read More Building a Scalable Limb Preservation Program: 4 Steps to Success

SIERRA MADRE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 24, 2018–Wound Care Advantage (WCA), in collaboration with internationally renowned podiatric surgeon Dr. David G. Armstrong, the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) and Gen1 Research, has launched Advanced Discovery, a new investigative research alliance dedicated to revolutionizing patient care through evidence-based science. Advanced Discovery will offer access to an international […]

Read More Wound Care Advantage and SALSA@USC Launch “Advanced Discovery” Alliance to Revolutionize Research in Wound Healing and Amputation Prevention @KeckMedUSC @USC_Research

David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery, founder and co-Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California delivered the keynote address at the 2018 UCSF Diabetic Limb Salvage Symposium in San Francisco this weekend. “It was a privilege to again participate in this symposium”, noted […]

Read More @KeckMedUSC’s Armstrong delivers keynote address to @UCSF Limb Salvage Symposium @UCSFVascular @USC