2012 EDWARD JAMES OLMOS AWARD
FOR ADVOCACY IN AMPUTATION PREVENTION

JAN APELQVIST, MD, PHD
MALMÖ, SWEDEN

DFCon 2012 Conference Co-Chairmen George Andros, MD, and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, are pleased to announce that the Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation Prevention Honoree for 2012 is Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD.

One of the world's most distinguished experts on the diabetic foot, diabetes-related complications and wound management, a noted researcher, a skilled clinician, a prolific author and a respected educator, Dr. Jan Apelqvist is Senior Consultant, Department of Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, and Associate Professor, Division for Clinical Sciences, University of Lund, Sweden. "Jan Apelqvist is the Ingmar Bergman of Swedish diabetic foot medicine and the Stieg Larsson of Scandinavian wound care, and like their remarkable art, Jan's equally remarkable scientific work is known not just in Sweden but throughout Europe, and indeed the world," said Dr. Armstrong.

"Going back some 30 years to his earliest days as a physician, Jan has lived and breathed diabetic foot research and care -- he is an international scientist totally focused on the goal of preventing amputations and saving limbs," Dr. Andros said.

Dr. Apelqvist helped found and served as the first chairman of the Swedish Wound Healing Society and is currently president of the European Wound Management Association. He has served on a number of international working groups on diabetes, PAD and the diabetic foot. Dr. Apelqvist is on the editorial boards of several European and North American professional journals. For nearly three decades, Dr. Apelqvist has designed, coordinated and participated in many clinical trials in the areas of diabetes, peripheral vascular disease and wound management. He has given more than 1,000 lectures on the diabetic foot and other complications of diabetes.

A 1979 graduate of the medical school of the University of Umeå, Sweden, Dr. Apelqvist also received a PhD in 1990 from the University of Lund.

Previous Honorees:
Karel Bakker, MD, Heemstede, The Netherlands, 2003
Andrew J. M. Boulton, MD, Manchester, UK, 2005
Gary W. Gibbons, MD, Boston, MA, 2006
Christopher E. Attinger, MD, Washington, DC, 2007
Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD, Seattle, WA, 2008
Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc, Seattle, WA, 2009
Warren S. Joseph, DPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010
Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD, Tucson, AZ, 2011