Paul J. Kim, D.P.M., is the Medical Director of the Wound Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He is also a Tenured Professor in the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery at UT Southwestern. Dr. Kim has received intramural and extramural research grants in wound care, diabetic limb salvage, and tendon pathology. He has chaired multiple committees and has had leadership roles related to research, evidence-based medicine, and the diabetic limb for national and international organizations including the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons and the American Diabetes Association. Dr. Kim has also been an invited expert participant/consultant for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), USA Veterans Affairs (VA), USA Department of Health and Human services (HHS), and Centers for Medicare Services (CMS). He is a national and international speaker with over 300 invited lectures and has authored over 250 basic science, clinical manuscripts, and book chapters on foot and ankle medicine and surgery topics, with a specific interest in the diabetic limb.