Pr Eric Senneville,
MD, PhD, trained in medicine in Lille University, France before specializing from 1983 to 1991 in Cardiology, Nephrology, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Working with Pr Yves J Mouton, he established a diabetic foot clinic in 1996 with a special interest in the management of diabetic patients with osteomyelitis of the foot. Pr Senneville has been consultant at the Department of Orthopedic surgery of the Lille University hospital since 1995. He is responsible for a 42-bed unit in the University Department of Infectious Diseases at the Gustave Dron hospital of Tourcoing, France and is since 2008 the coordinator of one of the 9 French national referent center for the management of patients with complex osteo-articular infections.
Pr Senneville is part of the expert panel of both the infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot Infection (IWGDF) for the guidelines on the management of diabetic foot infections. He has authored more than 190 indexed review articles and original articles and over 30 textbook chapters.
Dr Kristien van Acker, MD, PhD, D-Foot International
Kristien Van Acker completed her internal medicine/ diabetology training in 1989 at the University of Antwerp. Where she founded in the same year the first multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic for Belgium. Her PhD thesis titled "The Diabetic Foot a Challenge for Policy Makers and Health Care Professionals”.
Since 2001 Dr Van Acker has gained extensive experience in the field of diabetic foot education in developing countries. She founded and chaired the Train-the-Foot-Trainer projects, which were recently very successfully executed for the SACA region, the Caribbean Region , in Europe ,Western Pacific Region and in December 2018 the Marrakesh meeting for French speaking African countries and Maghreb.
She is (co-) author of many peer reviewed articles, book chapters and books, of which the IDF WDD publication "Time to Act, Put feet first" in 2005.
She is clinically active as diabetes consultant and runs outpatient multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinics in her country. (today: Centre Santé Des Fagnes, Chimay, Belgium).
She was co-founder of “Eurodiale” group.
She received the life-time achievement award of the DFSG/EASD 2017 in Porto. She was 2 times board member of DFSG . She received the Indian DFSICON award of 2016 and recently at the 4-yearly ISDF meeting in The Hague (24May 2019) the Diabetic Foot Medal of Honour for outstanding contribution to diabetic foot care.April 2009: Paul Harris fellow Rotary International Award- for a good international Project in Senegal,supported bij Rotary International .
Today she is the Immediate Past-President and Honorary President of D-Foot International (the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot – Implementation Group) ( www.d-foot.org). Implementation, translation, analysing HealtCare systems, Data collection- e-learning and Heath-economics are her main passions going along with education.
She is a passionate nature photographer.
Conflict of interest TfFT Abu Dhabi- Kristien
Dr Arend Jan Woittiez (1952)
was graduated to MD at University Utrecht in 1977. After military services he started training for Internal medicine in 1978 at Erasmus Medical Centre , Rotterdam. From 1983-1985 he was trained in nephrology and intensive care medicine. In 1985 he was appointed as Chief of the Department of Intensive Care at Twenteborg Hospital , Almelo. In 2000 he was appointed as Chief of the Nephrology Unit at Ziekenhuis groep Twente (Almelo/Hengelo). In 2012 he became Dean of the Medical School of Ziekenhuisgroep Twente (ZGT Academy), and was also trained as teacher for the educational courses of the Wenckebach Postgraduate Medical School of University Groningen. He retired from the internal practice in January 2016.
Dr Woittiez published more than 60 scientific papers, mostly in the field of nephrology, intensive care medicine and hypertension. His special interest for more than 25 years is causes and treatment of renovascular disease. Still he is (together with Peter de Leeuw) mentoring clinical research in this field. From 2015 he is working for both the ZGT Academy and for the Wenckebach Institute, as well as Educational Officer for Diabetic Foot International.
Dr. Khalid M. Edrees
Short Biography:
Dr. Edrees is a native of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He obtained his BS in Microbiology and Immunology from University of Miami, Florida, USA. After that, he matriculated at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine, also in Miami, to obtain his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree in 1997.
Dr. Edrees completed his post-doctoral residency training at Cedars Hospital and Kendall Medical Center in the field of podiatric foot and ankle surgery. He is American Board Certified in both Podiatric Surgery and Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Wounds (ABMSP).
He practiced initially at Alnoor Specialist Hospital in Makkah, then at both King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Bagedo & Dr. Erfan Hospital in Jeddah. Since early 2006, Dr. Edrees started his private practice in Jeddah, Dr. Edrees Podiatric Foot and Ankle Clinic. In 2008 he launched a multi disciplinary center the Dr. Edrees Socialized Medical Center, which houses a state-of-the-art foot spa.
Dr. Edrees is a member of the Saudi National Committee for Diabetes Mellitus, the Health Education Program of the Governate of Makkah Region, and the Association of Diabetic Patient Friends in Jeddah. Also, he is the representative to Saudi Arabia of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot and member of the D-Foot International Organization. He is an active participant in several other international medical and podiatric societies as well as a frequent lecturer. Dr. Edrees frequently appears on local and international TV stations and is a frequent writer in printed and social media.
Since 2019, member of the Bone and Joint department at St George-UMC-Beirut.
Elizabeth Ruth Choudhry
Senior Podiatrist, MSc, BSc, PGCE, Abu Dhabi Health Authority Registered Podiatrist,
UAE
Ruth qualified as a podiatrist in 1992 in the UK and has since specialised in the assessment, treatment and management of the high risk foot. She worked for the UK National Health Service for over 20 years before moving to Abu Dhabi in 2014.
Ruth undertook a Master’s degree in advanced practice, to expand her skills in lower limb vascular assessment and surgical debridement. She has established a number of multi-disciplinary diabetic foot teams which have resulted in the reduction of lower limb amputations and improved care of people with diabetic foot disease.
Ruth is currently the senior podiatrist at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City in Abu Dhabi, working as a member of the vascular and limb salvage team. Here she provides care for diabetic foot emergencies, pressure injuries and patients with peripheral vascular disease. She also established and runs a busy diabetic foot clinic, seeing patients with complex foot problems and trying to prevent lower limb amputation and help those recover from diabetic foot complications. Ruth is an international speaker on the assessment and care of the diabetic foot disease and she is passionate about educating people about the diabetic foot, to reduce the risk of amputation and improve health outcomes, keeping people mobile and independent.
