He has served in both public and private universities known for clinical and research excellence, including the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Western University of Health Sciences and UTRGV SOM and SOPM. He has held many important leadership roles that have afforded him an expansive range of experiences in academic medicine.He served as Interim Dean University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Podiatric Medicine 2019-2022 presently Professor Emeritus UTRGV SOPM
Founding Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, College of Podiatric Medicine
Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California 2007- 2017
Professor with Tenure Department of Orthopedics Division Chief Podiatry Residency Program Director and Louis T Bogy Professor of Podiatric Medicine and surgery
UTHSCSA 1993-2007, Clinical Professor 1986-1993
Adjunct Professor Department Orthopedics UTHSCSA 2023- present
He has also led organizational changes in administrative, curricular and clinical operations to enhance education and revenue streams. His research program has been interprofessional and collaborative in nature, and he has built upon a team approach to further scientific discovery. His research has focused on Amputation Prevention in Diabetes and wound healing, and global Podiatric public health, for which he has received numerous grants and awards nationally and internationally. He has impacted the entire arena of diabetic foot, including the development and validation of wound and risk stratification models. The risk and wound classification systems have provided taxonomy which allows clinicians to communicate globally improving patient centered outcomes and reducing the impact of health care costs.
His teaching excellence was recognized by receiving the Presidential Excellence Teaching Award 1998 by UTHSCSA and the American Diabetes Association Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award. 2001. Hailed as “the father of diabetic foot care,” he served on scientific advisory panels for industry and government (CDC, HHS, NIH, VA, FDA. His contributions to wound care was recognized in 2010 by the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) awarding him the annual John Boswick Memorial Award the highest award given by AAWC.
Moreover, he has edited textbooks and has published more than 150 peer reviewed articles and book chapters.
