David G. Armstrong

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David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD (Born 18 February, 1969, Santa Maria, California, USA) is Professor of Surgery and Associate Dean at the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in Chicago Dr. Armstrong also holds a Masters of Science in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the University of Wales College of Medicine and a PhD from the University of Manchester College of Medicine, where he was appointed Visiting Professor of Medicine. He also co-founded the renowned National Center for Limb Preservation in Chicago.

Dr. Armstrong is Director of the Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) (http://www.diabetic-foot.net). He has produced more than 200 peer-reviewed research papers in more than two dozen scholarly medical journals as well as over two dozen book chapters and is co-Editor of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) (http://www.diabetes.org/) Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot.

Dr. Armstrong was selected as one of the first six International Wound Care Ambassadors and is the recipient of numerous awards by national and international medical organizations. He is past Chair of Scientific Sessions for the ADA’s Foot Care Council, and a past member of the National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Armstrong is the founder and co-chair of the International Diabetic Foot Conference (DF-Con http://www.dfcon.com/), the largest annual international symposium on the diabetic foot in the world.