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Lawrence A. Lavery is affiliated with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the United States. Their body of work emphasizes the field of Medicine with a particular focus on Subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Rehabilitation, Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Occupational Therapy.

The research topics covered by Lavery include:

  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
  • Peripheral Artery Disease Management
  • Surgical site infection prevention

Lavery's frequent collaborators have included:

  • Peter A. Crisologo
  • Matthew Malone
  • Dane K. Wukich
  • Arthur Tarricone
  • Orhan K. Öz

The scientist has published many articles in several key venues, notably:

  • Wound Repair and Regeneration
  • International Wound Journal
  • Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
  • Diabetes

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Lavery include:

  • Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of foot infection in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update), 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • Guidelines on the prevention of foot ulcers in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update), 2020, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • IWGDF/IDSA guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes-related foot infections (IWGDF/IDSA 2023), 2023, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • Guidelines on the prevention of foot ulcers in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2023 update), 2023, Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews
  • All Feet on Deck: The Role of Podiatry During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Preventing Hospitalizations in an Overburdened Health-Care System, Reducing Amputation and Death in People with Diabetes, 2020, Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

In addition to journal articles, Lawrence A. Lavery has authored a book published by the American Diabetes Association titled Clinical Care of the Diabetic Foot, released in 2024.

Best Publications

  • Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia

    Michael S. Conte;Andrew W. Bradbury;Philippe Kolh;John V. White

  • Validation of a diabetic wound classification system. The contribution of depth, infection, and ischemia to risk of amputation.

    David G. Armstrong;Lawrence A. Lavery;Lawrence B. Harkless

  • Causal pathways for incident lower-extremity ulcers in patients with diabetes from two settings.

    G. E. Reiber;L. Vileikyte;E. J. Boyko;M. Del Aguila

  • Diabetic Foot Disorders: A Clinical Practice Guideline (2006 Revision)

    Robert G. Frykberg;Thomas Zgonis;David G. Armstrong;Vickie R. Driver

  • Negative pressure wound therapy after partial diabetic foot amputation: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial

    David G Armstrong;Lawrence A Lavery

  • Comprehensive foot examination and risk assessment: a report of the task force of the foot care interest group of the American Diabetes Association, with endorsement by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists

    Andrew J. M. Boulton;David G. Armstrong;Stephen F. Albert;Robert G. Frykberg

  • The natural history of acute Charcot's arthropathy in a diabetic foot specialty clinic

    D. G. Armstrong;W. F. Todd;Lawrence A Lavery;L. B. Harkless

  • Risk factors for foot infections in individuals with diabetes.

    Lawrence A. Lavery;David G. Armstrong;David G. Armstrong;Robert P. Wunderlich;M. Jane Mohler;M. Jane Mohler

  • Off-Loading the Diabetic Foot Wound: A randomized clinical trial

    David G. Armstrong;David G. Armstrong;David G. Armstrong;Hienvu C. Nguyen;Lawrence A. Lavery;Carine H.M. van Schie

  • The costs of diabetic foot: The economic case for the limb salvage team

    Vickie R. Driver;Matteo Fabbi;Lawrence A. Lavery;Gary Gibbons

  • Comprehensive foot examination and risk assessment.

    Andrew J M Boulton;David G. Armstrong;Stephen F. Albert;Robert G. Frykberg

  • Practical criteria for screening patients at high risk for diabetic foot ulceration.

    Lawrence A. Lavery;David G. Armstrong;Steven A. Vela;Terri L. Quebedeaux

  • Diabetic Foot Syndrome: Evaluating the prevalence and incidence of foot pathology in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites from a diabetes disease management cohort

    Lawrence A. Lavery;David G. Armstrong;David G. Armstrong;Robert P. Wunderlich;Jeffrey Tredwell

  • Classification of diabetic foot wounds.

    L. A. Lavery;D. G. Armstrong;L. B. Harkless

  • Role of Neuropathy and High Foot Pressures in Diabetic Foot Ulceration

    Robert G. Frykberg;Lawrence A. Lavery;Hau Pham;Carolyn Harvey

  • IWGDF guidance on the diagnosis and management of foot infections in persons with diabetes.

    Benjamin A. Lipsky;Benjamin A. Lipsky;Javier Aragón‐Sánchez;Mathew Diggle;John Embil

  • Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of foot infection in persons with diabetes (IWGDF 2019 update).

    Benjamin A. Lipsky;Benjamin A. Lipsky;Éric Senneville;Zulfiqarali G. Abbas;Javier Aragón-Sánchez

  • Choosing a Practical Screening Instrument to Identify Patients at Risk for Diabetic Foot Ulceration

    David G. Armstrong;Lawrence A. Lavery;Steven A. Vela;Terri L. Quebedeaux

  • Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Prevention, Diagnosis and Classification

    David G. Armstrong;Lawrence A. Lavery

  • Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcer Recurrence in High-Risk Patients: Use of temperature monitoring as a self-assessment tool

    Lawrence A. Lavery;Kevin R. Higgins;Dan R. Lanctot;George P. Constantinides

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J.M. Boulton
Andrew J.M. Boulton University of Manchester
Benjamin A. Lipsky
Benjamin A. Lipsky University of Washington
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou University of California, Irvine
Robert S. Kirsner
Robert S. Kirsner University of Miami
C. Mauli Agrawal
C. Mauli Agrawal The University of Texas at San Antonio
Edward J. Boyko
Edward J. Boyko University of Washington
Michael S. Conte
Michael S. Conte University of California, San Francisco
Dennis P. Orgill
Dennis P. Orgill Brigham and Women's Hospital
Robert J. Hinchliffe
Robert J. Hinchliffe University of Bristol
Victor Aboyans
Victor Aboyans University of Limoges

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