Attending the Chilean National Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (or not)? Here are your lectures! #ActAgainstAmputation #ToeandFlow @apma

Here are the lectures for the Chilean Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where we take a look into the future of limb preservation and wearables/sensors, worldwide. Lecture 1: The Diabetic Foot: The Global State of Play (with old and new technologies) Lecture 2: Reconstructive Diabetic Foot Surgery: A Philosophy Lecture 3:   Also: As […]

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DFCon18 Honors Lavery, Welcomes Next Generation to DFCon19 in Los Angeles

The International Diabetic Foot Conference, better known as DFCon, celebrated its 18th year with speakers from the world’s top academic institutions as well as a renewed focus on the next generation of men and women working in limb preservation. “This year’s symposium has had an added sense of purpose”, noted Joseph Mills, Professor of Surgery […]

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SALSA’s Laura Shin is first podiatric surgeon to give plastic surgery research rounds @KeckMedUSC

Laura Shin, Assistant Professor of Surgery and Program Director of Education for the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at Keck Medical Center of USC became the first podiatric surgeon to present to the interdisciplinary research rounds within plastic and reconstructive surgery. “It is a pleasure to have Dr. Shin present her work at today’s […]

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Perhaps wounds (like strokes) can have a penumbra– let’s call it a zone of Harm (after its author)!

via (2) The Harm Scale Analysing wounds requires to have a look at it at five levels, from the molecule up to the social environment of the patient (Smit 2018). To understand events in wounded cells and tissue, it is important to realise that cells and tissues have a range of states related to damage. The […]

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Orange County Podiatric Medical Association Symposium Reboot with @KeckMedUSC “A Terrific Success”

After a 3 year hiatus, the Orange County Podiatric Medical Association  (OCPMA) held its annual scientific symposium this past weekend in Huntington Beach. Entitled “Advancements in Foot and Ankle Surgery”, the symposium was the association’s first partnership with the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. “The symposium was, by every measure, a […]

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@KeckMedUSC Innovators Lecture Series: An ICU in your Pocket? Diagnosing heart failure…and beyond…with @USC Niema Pahlevan

The Innovators lecture series continues with @USC’s Niema Pahlevan. An Intensive Care Unit in your pocket? Yep.   The full lecture is embargoed pending scientific presentation and will be posted after the embargo is lifted.    

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