Vickie R. Driver

Biography

Dr. Vickie Driver is a distinguished expert in the field of Podiatric medicine and surgery, with a special emphasis on limb preservation and wound care. She is both nationally and internationally renowned as a clinician, surgeon, researcher and educator. As a dedicated researcher she has served as an Investigator for over thirty important multi-center randomized clinical trials, as well as developed and supervised multiple research fellowship positions. She is an expert on the use of multi-modality approaches to wound care, including therapeutic angiogenesis, and is involved in a number of Phase II and Phase III studies of topical angiogenic growth factors and gene therapy. Dr. Driver is credited with the development and directorship of two major multidiscipline limb preservation centers—one for the military in Washington State and one for a major teaching hospital and University in Illinois.

Research Interest

She has authored numerous papers in high-level peer-reviewed journals on the use of therapeutic angiogenesis and other modalities for limb preservation in patients at high risk for amputation. Dr. Driver previously served as Director of Clinical Research at the Center for Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR) at the Dr. William M Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She is now Director of Research for Limb Preservation at Boston University of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. Dr. Driver is board certified in foot and ankle surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. She serves on multiple national and international government and private committees that focus on preventing limb loss and improving wound healing in high-risk populations. Dr. Driver is an outspoken ambassador and patient advocate for lower extremity limb preservation and amputation prevention in the high-risk diabetic patient.