Some photos from the show and tell at Caltech’s bipedal Amberlab

Read More Epic show-n-tell at bipedal robotics @AMBER_lab @Caltech on working together to help folks move thru the world a little better. HT to Maegan + Eric for blowing minds of @KeckMedUSC students Mark Swerdlow, Grant Murphy + WIll Mehring! #ActAgainstAmputation #wearablerobots

Enjoy this work from our team, Neil Reeves at Manchester and Bijan Najafi, Pride of Baylor College of Medicine.

Read More Leveraging smart technologies to improve the management of diabetic foot ulcers and extend ulcer‐free days in remission #ActAgainstAmputation #DiabeticFoot #Someforsurgery @apma @usc_vascular @uscprovost @USC @bcm_surgery

Bottom line: Likely reduction in amputation risk. No effect on healing

Read More A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers With Arterial Insufficiency @vascularsvs

This study from our group led by Louis Zhang and Vince Rowe. The bottom line: CKD Matters: all non-healers had severe chronic kidney disease and major adverse limb events (MALE) were 7.4-fold higher in people with CKD 88.4% of patients healed at one year with open TMAs Predictors of major adverse limb events after open […]

Read More Outcomes of open midfoot amputation in people with #CLTI #Diabetic Foot @USC_Vascular @USC @KeckMedUSC

David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) led an all-star international cast of more than 52 academic surgeon-scientists with the Keynote address at the 2nd Gulf Wound Management Conference. Chaired by Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, […]

Read More Armstrong Keynotes 2nd Gulf Wound Management Association Symposium in Dubai

We present to you our ADA’s Compendium on Diabetic Foot Infections. Feel free to download, share and pay it forward!

Read More Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Infections @AmerDiabAssn Compendium @USC @USC_Vascular @KeckMedUSC #SALSA #ToeFlowandGo

This from our team and the folks at University of Michigan and Podimetrics. Background The “cancer analogy” is powerful for communicating risk to and organizing care for patients with diabetic foot syndrome. One potentially underappreciated similarity between cancer and foot ulcers is that both can recur at anatomical locations distinct from the primary occurrence, albeit […]

Read More Ulcer metastasis? Anatomical locations of recurrence for patients in diabetic foot remission @APMA @KeckMedUSC @UMichMedicine

From our SALSAmigos at Caltech and now our Rancho Research Institute’s Think Tank!

Read More Caltech’s Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton Will Help Paraplegics Walk @CalTech @RanchoResearchI

Perhaps the best review of such systems we’ve seen. Here’s to measuring what we manage!

Read More A Review of Wearable Sensor Systems to Monitor Plantar Loading in the Assessment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers @IEEE

David G. Armstrong, Professor of Surgery and Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance at the Keck School of Medicine of USC became the first podiatric surgeon to deliver grand rounds to the College’s Department of Dermatology. “Dr. Armstrong is the world leader in this field.” Noted David Peng, Professor and Chair of Dermatology. […]

Read More Armstrong First Podiatric Surgeon to Deliver Grand Rounds to USC Department of Dermatology