JOSÉ LUIS
LÁZARO MARTÍNEZ

Prof. Dr. José Luis Lázaro-Martínez is Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain. He has been awarded three nationally recognized six-year research evaluation periods (sexenios de investigación), one six-year knowledge transfer evaluation period (sexenio de transferencia), and five five-year teaching evaluation periods (quinquenios docentes). He has been accredited by the Spanish National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) as Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad). He obtained his PhD from the Complutense University of Madrid, where his doctoral research focused on the biomechanics of the diabetic foot. He is a specialist in podiatric surgery through a Fellowship at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine and holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Health Research from the Complutense University of Madrid. Prof. Lázaro-Martínez is Director of the Diabetic Foot Unit at the Complutense University of Madrid and leads the Diabetic Foot Research Groups at both the Complutense University of Madrid and the Health Research Institute of Hospital Clínico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid. He previously served as Coordinator of the Diabetic Foot Working Group of the Spanish Diabetes Society (SED). He is currently Vice-President of the Diabetic Foot Study Group (DFSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Honorary President of D-FOOT International, the implementation body supporting the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) Guidelines, and Chair of the Diabetic Foot Committee of the European Wound Management Association (EWMA). He serves on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Diabetic Foot & Ankle, the Journal of Clinical Medicine, the International Wound Journal, and the Journal of Wound Management. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in international journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). Prof. Lázaro-Martínez has supervised 24 doctoral theses in the field of diabetic foot at the Complutense University of Madrid. He is the founder and Course Director of the Annual Diabetic Foot Course held at UCM, which has been organized for more than 25 editions. He served as Vice-President of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Spanish National Diabetic Foot Congresses and as President of the 3rd Spanish National Diabetic Foot Congress. Throughout his career, he has delivered more than 400 invited lectures at national and international scientific meetings. In recognition of his contributions to diabetic foot care and research, he received the Paul Brand Award at the Desert Foot Conference (Phoenix, USA) in 2023 and the Edward Olmos Award from the American Limb Preservation Society (Los Angeles, USA) in 2025.