“Every 20 seconds, somewhere around the world someone loses their leg because of diabetes.
Our mission is to push back the clock and eliminate preventable amputations over the next generation.”
Dr. David G. Armstrong
ALPS Founding President
ALPS News
American Limb Preservation Society Launches ALPS Fellowship in Limb Preservation
American Limb Preservation Society Launches ALPS Limb Preservation Fellowship, a multidisciplinary fellowship advancing clinical excellence, research, and equity in limb salvage care. The fellowship is a competitive 12-month post-graduate training program designed to advance clinical excellence, research, and innovation in the prevention of limb loss related to diabetes, peripheral artery disease (PAD), and other complex conditions.
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Dr. Meghan Brennan on Diabetic Foot Teams, Triaging Systems, and Her ALPS Traveling Fellowship
Dr. Meghan Brennan, infectious disease physician, implementation scientist, and the 2024 ALPS Traveling Fellow, shares reflections on a fellowship experience that spanned the University of Michigan and Oxford. She discusses learning what she didn’t know she needed to know, the value of co-designing a clinical visit, and why this welcoming community made her feel right at home, even when cold-emailing world experts.
Bridging Systems, Elevating Care: ALPS Traveling Fellowship interview with Dr. Katharine McGinigle
Dr. Katharine McGinigle, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, reflects on her experience as ALPS Traveling Fellow 2022. With a unique perspective that bridges clinical excellence and public health systems thinking, Dr. McGinigle shares how the fellowship influenced her approach to multidisciplinary limb preservation and why she thinks anyone working in limb preservation could benefit from applying.
Walking A Mile in the Patients’ Boots: DFCon 2025’s Smart Boot Experience Brings the Patient Perspective to Life
During the Pre-Conference Workshop of the 2025 Edition of the Diabetic Foot Conference in Anaheim, a group of volunteers participated in a unique activity designed to simulate the physical challenges faced by patients undergoing offloading treatment.
Diabetic Foot Update 2025 Successfully Concludes in San Antonio
The American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of Diabetic Foot Update 2025, held December 6-7 at UT Health San Antonio. This revitalized educational meeting, held for the first time in over two decades, offered a focused and meaningful platform for advancing knowledge around the Charcot foot, a frequently underrecognized and complex complication of diabetes.
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“We aim to advance science and clinical care in association with limb preservation and to develop the next generation of clinicians, scientists and clinician scientists in this field.”
Dr. David G. Armstrong
ALPS Founding President
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