Tag: limb preservation

Disney and DFCon: Connected at the Sole.

Disney and DFCon: Connected at the Sole. A rusty nail and a foot infection transformed his life. During recovery from a boyhood foot injury, Walt Disney resolved to become a cartoonist. Recovery and career account: Jim Korkis (2022). Includes a 1946 portrait of Walt Disney and a Mickey Mouse silhouette.

A curbside conversation with Jim Geiger at DFCon in Anaheim uncovers a childhood episode in Walt Disney's life and a reminder of the futures we hope to preserve through thoughtful foot care.

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#1 in Diabetic Foot Research: A Shared 2026 ScholarGPS Milestone #ActAgainstAmputation

David G. Armstrong ranked No. 1 worldwide in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Research for lifetime and prior five years in ScholarGPS 2026; No. 21 in Surgery and No. 18 in Diabetes worldwide over the prior five years; No. 1 at USC in Surgery and Diabetes for lifetime research, beside a black-and-white speaking portrait.

The 2026 ScholarGPS rankings place David G. Armstrong No. 1 worldwide in diabetic foot ulcers for both lifetime and prior-five-years scholarship. A thank-you to the global team behind the work, with milestones from 75,000 to 100,000 citations.

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We Can’t Manage What We Can’t Measure: Australia’s Diabetic Foot Registry Shows the Way #ActAgainstAmputation #WoundHealing

Australian Diabetes Foot Registry through June 2025: 10,919 people registered, 49 sites implemented, and 42 sites active. A conceptual clinic network and examples from Australia, England and Wales, and the United States illustrate the call for shared definitions and fair comparisons.

Congratulations to Stephen Twigg, Pete Lazzarini, Joel Lasschuit and the Australian team: their national foot registry shows how shared measurement can support better care—and why the U.S. and the world should build on this work.

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The Podiatric Hospitalist: The Next Step Forward in Limb Preservation #ActAgainstAmputation @alpslimb

Diagram of the podiatric hospitalist care model: consultations and referrals connect to inpatient coverage and multidisciplinary integration, with proposed benefits in resource use, value, patient-centered care, and career development.

A new Cleveland Clinic Perspective gives dedicated inpatient podiatry a practical framework: dependable toe-and-flow coordination, timely decisions, and a safer bridge from hospital to home.

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A Life’s Work, a World of Friendship: Celebrating Professor Andrew Boulton#ActAgainstAmputation

David Armstrong and two smiling colleagues, including Andrew Boulton on the right, during the symposium coffee gathering.

A life-affirming Manchester celebration of my mentor, Professor Andrew J. M. Boulton: science, friendship, gratitude, and the work we carry forward.

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100,000 Citations, Countless Teammates: Paying It Forward in Limb Preservation #ActAgainstAmputation

Collage of David G. Armstrong speaking at a podium below a Google Scholar chart showing 100,015 citations, h-index 136, and i10-index 591.

Our shared work has passed 100,000 Google Scholar citations. A milestone for podiatric surgery, a thank-you to a worldwide team, and another opportunity to turn knowledge into more time living.

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PAD Steals Independence: A Lancet Call to Preserve Limbs and Lives

Diagram linking peripheral arterial disease with amputation, cardiovascular events, wounds, pain, frailty, cognitive decline, social isolation and loss of independence, with resulting hospital and long-term care needs.

The Lancet’s three-part PAD Series connects diagnosis, treatment, and independence—including the companion review with Andrew Bradbury and Caitlin Hicks.

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David G. Armstrong Receives World Union of Wound Healing Societies Lifetime Achievement Award and Fellowship Honor

David G. Armstrong shakes hands with WUWHS President Harikrishna K. R. Nair onstage beneath the Lifetime Achievement Awards sign.

WUWHS honors David G. Armstrong with a Lifetime Achievement Award and Fellowship of the College of Wound Care Specialists during its Silver Jubilee congress in Kuala Lumpur.

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Worth a Life’s Work: From the Hopkins Dome to University of Maryland KITES Keynote #ActAgainstAmputation

Four-photo KITES 2026 collage showing David and Alexandria Armstrong outside the University of Maryland Medical Center, the Alexandria-led ALPS limb-salvage panel, David delivering the keynote, and the KITES keynote plaque.

Two life-affirming days in Baltimore—from the Johns Hopkins Dome to a KITES keynote and an Alexandria-led ALPS session—made the meaning of teamwork, mentorship, and limb preservation vividly clear.

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September 10 at Johns Hopkins: On Wounding and Healing 25 Years after September 11

John Shaw Billings as a young Union Army surgeon, seated in uniform, circa 1862.

A day at Johns Hopkins with Alexandria and Natalie, a climb into the historic tower, and a reflection on Billings, Osler, limb preservation and the work of healing on the eve of September 11.

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