Dr. Bill Releford

Dr. Bill Releford, a graduate of the Temple School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, began his practice in 1990 and established the Diabetic Foot Institute, a facility dedicated exclusively to the reduction of diabetes-related amputations in high-risk populations. Dr. Releford is recognized both domestically as well as internationally as a leader in the field of diabetic limb salvage wound care. Dr. Releford’s limb salvage success and philosophy were formalized in the development of the Daniel Freeman Wound Care Center where platelet-derived growth factor therapy was used to facilitate healing of chronic wounds via angiogenesis. A multi-disciplinary approach to limb salvage was exercised where vascular surgeons, infectious disease specialist, plastic surgeons, endocrinologist, and podiatrists would collaborate solely for the benefit of salvaging a foot at risk of amputation.

The Black Barbershop Health Outreach Program: Over 300 black-owned Barbershops throughout the country have participated in screening nearly 8000 African American men for diabetes and hypertension. As results of this effort, the month of May has been designated as “Black Barbershop Month” for the entire state of California. The program has screened men in the states of New York, Illinois, Louisiana, Georgia, Missouri and throughout the state of California. The BBHOP will screen nearly 20,000 men by the end of this year. Ultimately, 500,000 men will be screened by the end of 2012.

Website: RelefordInstitute.com
Instagram: @dr.billreleford
Twitter: @breleford