Oral Histories of Podiatry, the Diabetic Foot, and Wound Care Research

Open Wound Research

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In today’s episode we welcome Dr. Robert Frykberg. Dr. Frykberg has been in wound care for over 40 years, he's a podiatrist by training, he's published over 150 articles, and he's just an absolute fountain of knowledge about the history of wound care.

Theme music is « Real as it Gets (Dirty Deed) », by Justin G. Marcellus

Research Links:

American Podiatric Medical Association: https://www.apma.org/

American Diabetes Association: https://diabetes.org/

California College of Podiatric Medicine: https://www.samuelmerritt.edu/college-podiatric-medicine

University of Rhode Island: https://www.uri.edu/

Harvard University: https://www.harvard.edu/

Joslin Clinic: https://www.joslin.org/

The Menace of Diabetic Gangrene: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm193407052110103

Diabetic Charcot Foot: Principles and Management by Frykberg, Robert G., Ed. (2010): https://www.amazon.com/Diabetic-Charcot-Foot-Principles-Management/dp/B00ZLWD0L8

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

01:49 Dr. Frykberg’s background and history of podiatry

20:48 What drove Dr. Frykberg to start publishing

26:51 Advances and non-advances in the field of Charcot Foot management

41:52 Diabetes research that is applicable in pressure ulcer research

48:33 The importance of prevention in wound care

01:01:35 Closing question

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