New publication in May Special Edition of the Limb Preservation Journal is out. The contributions assembled span six continents, a dozen clinical disciplines, and the full spectrum, from bench-level pathophysiology to patient narrative.
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.
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.
The American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) is proud to announce a new affiliation and partnership with Wounds Australia, marking a significant stride forward in the mission to prevent avoidable amputation.
The American Limb Preservation Society (ALPS) marked its presence at PODOCON 2025 in Bangalore, India, reaffirming its mission to eliminate preventable amputations worldwide. The visit underscored ALPS’s commitment to advancing education and promoting the benefits of multidisciplinary teams in diabetic foot care in regions facing high burdens of diabetes-related complications.