Classification guideline (2019 update)

Download the 2019 IWGDF guideline on classification of diabetic foot ulcers with the button below. Please refer to this document as: “Monteiro-Soares et al. Guidelines on the classification of diabetic foot ulcers (IWGDF 2019). Diab Metab Res Rev. 2020. e3273.”.

The Classification working group is already working hard on the 2023 update. You can read about the working group members below.

IWGDF Classification Working Group

Prof. Dr. Frances Game

Diabetologist University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust Professor Fran Game has been a consultant Diabetologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS […]

Prof. Dr. Joseph Mills

Vascular Surgeon Baylor College of Medicine Joseph L. Mills, M.D. is a board certified vascular surgeon in Houston. Dr. Mills earned his medical degree at Georgetown […]

Prof. Dr. Matilde Monteiro-Soares

Podiatrist / Assistant teacher / Researcher Coordinator of Podiatry course @ Portuguese Red Cross School of Health - Lisbon Assistant Teacher at MEDCIDS –  Departamento de Medicina da […]

Prof. Dr. Ed Boyko

Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology University of Washington, Seattle, USA Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor […]

A/Prof. David Russell

Vascular surgeon Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust David trained as a general and vascular surgeon in the Yorkshire and Humber region, UK. His interest in the […]

Prof. Dr. William Jeffcoate

Endocrinologist Nottingham University Trust, United Kingdom William Jeffcoate first established a specialist service for the care of the foot in diabetes in 1982. He has always […]

A/Prof. Gulapar Srisawasdi

Physiatrist Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Associate Professor Gulapar Srisawasdi is a physiatrist working as a medical instructor at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Faculty […]

Dr. Emma Hamilton

Endocrinologist Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Australia Dr Emma Hamilton is an Endocrinologist at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals, Clinical Senior Lecturer at UWA and Clinical Lead […]