Limb preservation leader and ALPS Founding President David G. Armstrong’s, DPM, MD, PhD convenes mentors and mentees across Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Shanghai, and Guangzhou.
GUANGZHOU, China — May 29, 2026 — ALPS Founding President, David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has completed a 13-day academic tour of China spanning five cities and three major diabetes congresses.
Across the tour, Prof. Armstrong delivered invited keynotes on team-based amputation prevention, standardized risk classification, and advancing wound healing at the biological level.
- Beijing: On May 20, Prof. Armstrong was awarded an Honorary Visiting Professorship at Peking University First Hospital (PKUFH). The program, hosted by Prof. Wen Bing and officiated by President Yinmo Yang, included sessions on diabetes care, PAD endovascular therapy, community wound care, and diabetic foot cases.
- Shijiazhuang: On May 22, at SIDC and a related symposium, Prof. Armstrong presented on the WIfI (Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection) classification with Prof. Lianrui Guo, emphasizing a shared, reproducible language of limb risk and integrated “Toe-and-Flow” care.
- Shanghai: On May 23, at the 14th CODHy China Congress, he helped lead the first-ever Diabetic Foot and Limb Preservation session, alongside Prof. Sir Andrew Boulton and Prof. Wuquan Deng. His lecture, “Limb Preservation Surgery: Your WiFi Settings,” highlighted cross-generational collaboration.
- Guangzhou: The tour concluded May 28 at the 6th Yat-sen Endocrine and Metabolism Forum. In the Diabetic Foot symposium with Prof. Li Yan, Prof. Armstrong delivered “A New Paradigm in Wound Healing,” focusing on macrophage modulation in DFU management.
Limb preservation must be a team sport – worldwide
The American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) advances interdisciplinary care, research, and education to prevent limb loss worldwide. A highlight is DFCon – the annual conference of the society, focusing on diabetic foot care and the proven benefits of multidisciplinary teams in limb preservation.
Prof. Armstrong shares:
“Diabetes is a profoundly global disease, and limb preservation has to be a global team sport. What struck me in every city was the appetite — surgeons, endocrinologists, and nurses asking the same hard questions about offloading, perfusion, and how to keep people in remission rather than simply closing a wound. The science is portable. The team approach travels. That is the whole point.”
Upcoming 26th Edition of DFCon
The 26th edition of this premier interdisciplinary diabetic foot conference in North America will take place October 22-24 at the JW Marriott Anaheim.
Prof. Armstrong shares:
“I am looking incredibly forward to DFCon 2026. DFCon is unique in its ability to bring people together to learn from one another, and not only during the meeting, but also long after it ends. Each year, DFCon creates all these powerful connections and opportunities for collaboration.”