Lawrence
Lavery, DPM

Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH is a tenured professor and the Vice Chair of Research in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. He was raised in Merrillville, Indiana with his twin brother David and sister Patricia. Dr. Lavery received a BS from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and a DPM from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, Dr. William Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. He has a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health in San Antonio, Texas. He completed a residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery.

Dr. Lavery’s clinic and research interest is diabetic foot complications. He has a special interest in complex wounds, osteomyelitis, and innovative therapies. He is the Chair-Elect of the Foot Care Counsel for the American Diabetes Association. He is a founding member of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot and has served on the diabetic foot prevention and foot infection study groups. His research team has received extramural funding from the National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, American Diabetes Association, Department of Defense, and the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. Dr. Lavery’s research group has published over 420 peer reviewed papers and text chapters. His H index is 111. The H-index means that Dr. Lavery has had 111 publications that have been cited in at least 111 peer-reviewed journals.

Expertscape identifies super-specialized medical expertise among millions of physicians worldwide, then shares the results on-line. Expertscape (https://expertscape.com) identified Dr. Lavery as the 4th leading expert in the world on the diabetic foot, the 5th leading expert on foot ulcers, the 8th leading expert on osteomyelitis, and the 8th leading expert on diabetic neuropathies.