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The Lennon and McCartney of the Diabetic Foot, Remastered: Rescuing a Hilarious 2008 @ABoultonMD Toast for #Malvern40 #ActAgainstAmputation #DFCon #LimbPreservation @ALPSLimb

Eighteen years ago, Larry Lavery and I stood up at the Malvern Diabetic Foot Meeting dinner and performed four Beatles rewrites in honor of Andrew Boulton. It brought the house down. As Malvern turns 40, here are the videos — writers' room, performance, applause, and Abbey walls — rescued, remastered, and archived for the record.

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You Are What You Eat — And That’s Pretty Inflammatory: A New Composite Biomarker for DFU Risk #ActAgainstAmputation #DFU #Nutrition @ALPSLimb

A novel inflammation-nutrition biomarker — the neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio (NPAR) — shows strong association with diabetic foot ulcer risk in a 1,002-patient study from Xi'an, China, reinforcing that what patients eat and how they inflame are inseparable in the diabetic foot.

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The Invisible Barrier: Are We Actually Beating Biofilm or Just Guessing? #ActAgainstAmputation #WoundHealing #CIBL #ChronicWounds @ResearchAtUSC @KeckSchool_USC @USC_Vascular

Biofilms are the silent drivers of chronicity in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). We talk about them constantly. We blame them for stalled healing. But when you peel back the layers of current literature, how much hard clinical evidence do we actually have that our interventions are destroying them? In our latest systematic review, published in... Continue Reading →

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Prof. David G. Armstrong Delivers Powerful Keynote on Multidisciplinary Care and Digital Health at International Wound Congress in Turkey #ActAgainstAmputation @usc_vascular

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANTALYA, TURKEY – David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California (USC), has been selected to deliver the opening keynote address at the 19th National & 7th International Wound Congress. The event, held at the Titanic Mardan Palace from December 4–7,... Continue Reading →

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Research Milestone: Armstrong and SALSA Team Surpass 90,000 Citations, Highlighting Global Shift Toward Limb Preservation @ALPSlimb @KeckSchool_USC @USC @USC_Vascular #ActAgainstAmputation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOS ANGELES – The work of David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, and the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) has crossed a significant bibliometric threshold, surpassing 90,000 citations in peer-reviewed literature. According to Google Scholar, Professor Armstrong’s research now holds an h-index of 133 and an i10-index of 549, reflecting the... Continue Reading →

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Breaking the Chain of Diabetic Amputations: International Experts Convene at King’s College London #ActAgainstAmputation @ALPSlimb #Keynote #ToeandFlow

LONDON, UK – October 2025 — The 11th King’s International Summit on Modern Surgical Reconstruction and Multidisciplinary Care of the Diabetic Foot brought together global leaders in limb preservation for two days of intensive discussion, innovation, and collaboration at King’s Place, London. Co-directed by Professors Mike Edmonds and Venu Kavarthapu, the meeting’s theme — “Breaking... Continue Reading →

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Life Comes Full Circle: Prof. David G. Armstrong Delivers Surgery Grand Rounds at His Fellowship Alma Mater, UT San Antonio #ActAgainstAmputation @ALPSlimb @UTSA @KeckSchool_USC @USC_Vascular

San Antonio, TX – October 6, 2025 — Returning to his roots, David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC), delivered the General Surgery Grand Rounds at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)—the very institution... Continue Reading →

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Bangladesh Podiatry Society Celebrates One-Year Anniversary with Global Webinar #ActAgainstAmputation

Dhaka, Bangladesh – October 8, 2025 – The Bangladesh Podiatry Society marked its first anniversary today with a dynamic international webinar uniting clinicians, educators, and innovators from around the world. Hosted by Ekagra Health under the theme “Healing with Hope,” the event celebrated Bangladesh’s rapid progress in diabetic-foot care and limb preservation. The hybrid program,... Continue Reading →

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Can GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Help Prevent Amputations? A New National Study from USC Suggests Yes @KeckSchool_USC @USC_Vascular @ALPSlimb #ActAgainstAmputation

GLP‑1 Receptor Agonists and Limb Outcomes: What a 645,000‑Patient Study Tells Us A nationwide retrospective cohort analysis published this week in Diabetes Care explores whether glucagon‑like peptide‑1 receptor agonists (GLP‑1 RAs) confer advantages over sodium–glucose cotransporter‑2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for lower‑extremity events in type 2 diabetes. Led by Dr Tze‑Woei Tan, the investigation examined 645,121 individuals newly started on either drug class between... Continue Reading →

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Wisdom from Wounds: Armstrong Headlines Diabetic Foot Congress with Keynote Honoring Sjef van Baal in the Netherlands @alpslimb #ActAgainstAmputation

Almelo, Netherlands – June 2025 — In a powerful and thought-provoking keynote at Congres Diabetische Voet 2025, Prof. David G. Armstrong—Founding President of the American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) and Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Neurological Surgery at USC—delivered the lecture named in honor of the symposium’s founder, Prof. Sjef van Baal. Armstrong’s plenary, titled “Limb Preservation: Looking... Continue Reading →

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