Awards

Recognising professional dedication, engagement to D-Foot or to the fight against the diabetic foot.

D-Foot has created merit awards to recognise people or teams who have made a special contribution to D-Foot International at global and regional levels or made a special contribution to the fight against the diabetic foot.

D – Foot Awards

Michael Edmonds

Michael Edmonds

Board Commendation Award

Board Commendation Award to Professor Michael Edmonds for Global Advocacy for Prevention of Lower Limb Amputations and Education of Health Care Professionals in Diabetic Foot Care. Professor Michael Edmonds is the founder of the Diabetic Foot Clinic at King’s College Hospital. Two years after the establishment of the clinic in 1981, the Foot Service achieved a 50% reduction in major amputations. This standard was adopted by the World Health Organisation and International Diabetes Federation in the St Vincent Declaration in 1989 to improve the outlook of diabetic patients.

Hermelinda Pedrosa

Hermelinda Pedrosa

Board Commendation Award

The 2021 D-Foot International Board Commendation Award goes to Dr Hermelinda Pedrosa from Brazil. Dr Pedrosa is the Coordinator of the research at the Diabetes Unit of the Federal District Health Department of Brazil. Linda has been a very active leader and participant in D-Foot International projects over many years. Currently, she is one of the two Chairs of South America Central America Region of D-Foot. She is a powerful advocate for people with diabetic foot disease and preventing lower limb amputations due to diabetes in Brazil.

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

D-Foot SACA Regional Chair Nomination Award winner

Life in the Brazilian Amazon region is tough: rivers instead of roads, few qualified healthcare professionals and disorganised public service. More than half of the estimated 280,000 people with diabetes have foot problems. Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva qualified as a stomatherapist nurse with a special interest in people with diabetes and diabetic foot. Her dedication is widely recognised. Within the challenging Amazonas Unified Public System, she set up several training courses for nurses to improve their skills on how to treat diabetic foot patients.

Simone McConnie

Simone McConnie

Board Commendation Award

Podiatrist trained in the UK, working in Barbados since 1994 Degree in Podiatric Medicine and an MBA from Durham University in 2011 Regional Chair of the D-Foot International NAC Region Founding member and former Trustee of the Barbados Diabetes Foundation.President of the Barbados Association of Podiatrists Simone’s mantra is “Ten toes, two feet”

Nalini Campillo Vilorio

Nalini Campillo Vilorio

Board Commendation Award

Diabetologist and clinical nutrionist Regional Chair of the D-Foot International SACA Region Coordinator of the Diabetic Foot Group of the Latin American Diabetes Association (ALAD) President of the Dominican Society of Diabetic Doctors Professor of the National Residence of Endocrinology and Nutrition Professor of the Residences Programme of the College of Medicine at Intec and Unibe, Dominican Republic

Mateo López-Moral

Mateo López-Moral

Board Commendation Award

Doctor in Podiatric Medicine from Complutense University of Madrid PhD Student in therapeutic footwear Podiatrist staff of the Diabetic Foot Unit at Complutense University of Madrid

Marta García-Madrid

Marta García-Madrid

Board Commendation Award

Doctor in Podiatric Medicine from Complutense University of Madrid PhD Student in osteomyelitis and foot surgery Pre-doctoral thesis grant of the 20 best PhD students at Complutense University of Madrid Podiatrist staff of the Diabetic Foot Unit at Complutense University of Madrid

International Awards

Andrew JM Boulton

Prof. David G. Armstrong

Karel Bakker Award for Limb Preservation

The Karel Bakker Award recognises and honours scientists and clinicians who have made exceptional contributions to diabetic foot and limb prevention on a global scale. The prize was conferred at the 9th International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot in The Hague on 10th of May 2023 by Nicolaas C Schaper, Symposium Chair in the presence of Karel Bakker, founder, and former Chair of the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) Dr. Armstrong is Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California. Dr. Armstrong holds a Master of Science in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the University of Wales College of Medicine and a PhD from the University of Manchester College of Medicine, where he was appointed Visiting Professor of Medicine. He is founder and co-Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA). Dr. Armstrong has produced more than 595 peer-reviewed research papers in dozens of scholarly medical journals as well as over 100 books or book chapters. He is co-Editor of the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, now in its third edition.

Andrew JM Boulton

Dr Hermelinda Pedrosa

Diabetic Foot Medal of Honour

The Diabetic Foot Medal of Honour is a quadrennial award for a clinician who has made outstanding and innovative contributions to the detection, treatment, and prevention of diabetic foot disease.

The prize was conferred at the 9th International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot in the Hague on the 10th of May 2023.

Linda has been a very active leader and participant in D-Foot International projects over many years. Currently, she is one of the two Chairs of South America Central America Region of D-Foot. She is a powerful advocate for people with diabetic foot disease and preventing lower limb amputations due to diabetes in Brazil.  

Dr Pedrosa has been at the forefront of diabetes research; she is an excellent team leader and role model for the establishment of specialist treatment centres for people with diabetes and diabetic-related foot disease not only across Brazil but around the world.  In the past year, her role has been made even more difficult by the devastating effects of the Covid pandemic on the Brazilian population. Her published research on the impact of Covid-19 on people with Diabetes in Brazil leads the pioneering research in this area

Zulfiqarali G. Abbas and Kristien Van Acker

Zulfiqarali G. Abbas and Kristien Van Acker

IWGDF Guidelines Diabetic Foot Medal of Honour

The Diabetic Foot Medal of Honour is a quadrennial award for a clinician who has made outstanding and innovative contributions to the detection, treatment and prevention of diabetic foot disease. The prize was conferred at the 8th International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot in The Hague on 25 May 2019 by Nicolaas C Schaper, Symposium Chair, in the presence of Karel Bakker, founder and former Chair of the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF).

Honorary Member

Andrew JM Boulton

Andrew JM Boulton

Honorary Member

The Nominating Committee and the Board of D-Foot International elected Professor Andrew JM Boulton as an Honorary Member of D-Foot International.

This well-deserved nomination stems from his  considerable contribution to the fight against the diabetic foot. His overall achievements for the past four decades have been well recognised both nationally and internationally.  He has contributed immensely to the fundamental knowledge of diabetic foot disease and has published more than 500 scientific papers and 8 books on Diabetic Foot and Diabetic Neuropathy. 

He was the Founder Chair of the Diabetic Foot Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (DFSG of EASD) in 1998 and the President of the EASD between 2011 and 2015. 

Professor Boulton is currently the President of the International Diabetes Federation. 

Foot Soldiers

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

Elina Marques Gomes da Silva

Brazil

Life in the Brazilian Amazon region is tough: rivers instead of roads, few qualified healthcare professionals and disorganised public service. More than half of the estimated 280,000 people with diabetes have foot problems. Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva qualified as a stomatherapist nurse with a special interest in people with diabetes and diabetic foot. Her dedication is widely recognised. Within the challenging Amazonas Unified Public System, she set up several training courses for nurses to improve their skills on how to treat diabetic foot patients.

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

Nalini Campillo Vilorio

Dominican Republic

During my academic training, I witnessed in the emergency room how a woman with diabetes cried together with the doctors at the news of an above-knee amputation. That episode made me become passionate for diabetic foot.
Meet Nalini Campillo Vilorio.

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

Elizabeth Ruth Choudhry

UAE

Whether we are working in our clinics or driving home after a long day at work, it is a little comforting to know that we are not alone in facing the current health crisis.
Meet Elizabeth Ruth Choudhry.

Eliana Marques Gomes da Silva

Simone McConnie

Barbados

At the time, there were so many general practitioners in Barbados that I thought podiatry was a wonderful branch of medicine. And that I should go and do that. Then I grew up and faced reality…
Meet Simone McConnie.