Our Mission

Our main goal is to advance knowledge and training of foot and ankle specialists in under served and under represented countries in an effort to comprehensively treat citizens living with diabetic foot disease.

Our supportive multi-disciplinary group of podiatrists, medical doctors and other health care providers including: 

  • Orthopedic surgeons
  • Vascular surgeons 
  • Internists
  • Endocrinologists
  • Primary care
  • Wound care nurses 
  • And more!


Our History

In March of 2014, The Podiatry Institute, a USA based foot and ankle training institution:


—Partnered with Rainbow Specialists Medical Centre of Lagos, Nigeria to host the first conference on the diabetic foot. 


—5 day conference : The Peninsula Hotel, Lekki Phase 1 Lagos 


—Audience consisted of 50 Nigerian physicians including Endocrinologists, Primary Care Physicians, Pediatricians, Orthopedic Surgeons, nurses and orthotists


—Lectures and workshops included discussions of 


—Foot and Ankle functional anatomy


—Diabetic peripheral neuropathy


—Peripheral arterial disease


—Basic and advanced wound care


—Prevention strategies and patient education


—Total Contact Casting


—Charcot neuro-arthropathy

Elective & emergent reconstructive surgery of the diabetic foot

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 Why we chose Nigeria First 

  • There are no podiatrists in Nigeria, and deaths due to diabetes and complications that affect the foot and ankle are on an alarming rise 
  • According to International Diabetes Federation data, Africa has over 13.6 million people living with diabetes. 
  • —It is estimated that 10% of Nigerian Diabetics will suffer from a foot ulceration


Lack of foot and ankle specialists in Nigeria: 

  • Formal education for physicians in the medical and surgical treatment of the foot has led to increased complications in patients with diabetic foot disease 
  • To alert healthcare providers that ultimately amputations of the foot and lower leg in cases where less aggressive measures could or would have been taken in the United States