In this episode of the SAWC Difference Makers Podcast, Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD, speaks with David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, about the formative patient encounter that shaped his path in wound care, the clinical importance of pain and its absence, and how teamwork, technology, and AI may transform the future of diabetic foot care and limb preservation.

In this episode, Robert Kirsner talks with Geoffrey C. Gurtner about the clinical and scientific questions that shaped his career, the biology linking chronic wounds and fibrosis, and his vision for translating discovery into better patient care.

Dr Robert Kirsner sits down with Dr John Lantis to explore how clinical questions become meaningful wound care research, from building research infrastructure and mentoring investigators to closing the gap between tightly controlled trials and the patients clinicians actually treat every day.

In the inaugural episode of the SAWC Difference Makers Podcast, hosts Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD, and Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS, introduce themselves, share the paths that led them into wound care, and preview the conversations ahead on mentorship, innovation, and the evolution of the field.