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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Dr. Meghan Brennan on Diabetic Foot Teams, Triaging Systems, and Her ALPS Traveling Fellowship

Jan 23, 2026 |

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.

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Bridging Systems, Elevating Care: ALPS Traveling Fellowship interview with Dr. Katharine McGinigle

Jan 23, 2026 |

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.

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Diabetic Foot Update 2025 Successfully Concludes in San Antonio

Dec 15, 2025 |

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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