Sebagai dokter spesialis kaki dan dokter medis, David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, dikenal sebagai tokoh terkemuka di bidang perawatan kaki bagi penderita diabetes. Ia adalah seorang profesor bedah di University of Arizona di Tucson. Ia juga menjabat sebagai direktur di University's Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA).
Dr. Armstrong terpilih sebagai satu dari enam orang pertama sebagai duta dari International Wound Care dan menerima berbagai penghargaan dari organisasi medis nasional dan internasional, termasuk penghargaan Georgetown Distinguished Award for Diabetic Limb Salvage. Di tahun 2008, ia masuk dalam daftar Podiatric Medicine Hall of Fame. Ia menerima penghargaan American Diabetes Association’s Roger Pecoraro Award yang ke 2010, ini adalah penghargaan tertinggi di bidangnya.
Dr. Armstrong telah menulis lebih dari 360 peer-reviewed penelitian ilmiah di lebih dari dua puluh empat jurnal medis ilmiah dan book chapters. Ia juga berperan sebagai co-editor di American Diabetes Association’s Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot.
Di tahun 2011, Dr. Armstrong terpilih untuk mengetuai the World Diabetic Foot Commission of the FIP, mewakili para dokter di lebih dari 30 negara. Dr. Armstrong adalah pendiri dan salah satu ketua dari International Diabetic Foot Conference, simposium diabetic foot internasional tahunan terbesar di dunia.
Dalam kolaborasinya dengan Phillip Vasyli, Dr. Armstrong mengembangkan alas kaki ortotik dengan teknologi Glidesoft yang sudah dipatenkan, yang dapat mengurangi tekanan dan gaya gesek secara dramatis. Hal ini membuat terobosan dalam mengurangi luka pada kulit, infeksi, dan borok pada permasalahan kaki yang dialami penderita diabetes.
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Trained as both a podiatrist and physician, David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, is recognized as a world leader in diabetic foot care. He is professor of surgery at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He is also director of the University's Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA).
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, including the inaugural Georgetown Distinguished Award for Diabetic Limb Salvage. In 2008, he was elected into the Podiatric Medicine Hall of Fame. He is the 2010 recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s Roger Pecoraro Award, the highest award given in the field.
Dr. Armstrong has written more than 360 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 Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot.
In 2011, Dr. Armstrong was appointed chair of the World Diabetic Foot Commission of the FIP, representing clinicians from more than 30 nations. Dr. Armstrong is the founder and co-chair of the International Diabetic Foot Conference, the largest annual international symposium on the diabetic foot in the world.
In collaboration with Phillip Vasyli, Dr. Armstrong developed an orthotic with patented Glidesoft technology, which dramatically reduces pressure and shear forces. This makes it breakthrough in reducing skin lesions, infections, and ulcers for many people with diabetic foot problems.