This issue will cover the following topics in this very important area for podiatrists:: Perioperative Management of Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Current Antibiotic Treatment & Guidelines for Diabetic Foot Infections, Surgical Management of Diabetic Foot Infections & Osteomyelitis, Medical Imaging of the Diabetic Foot, Conservative Treatment Therapies for the Diabetic Charcot Foot, Surgical Reconstruction of the Unstable Charcot Foot, Medical & Surgical Management of Diabetic Neuropathy, Advanced Plastic Surgery Techniques for Soft Tissue Coverage of the Diabetic Foot, Diabetic Foot Wounds:: The Role of Orthobiologics and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Vascular Assessment and Reconstruction of the Diabetic Limb Ischemia, Diabetes Related Lower Extremity Amputations, Therapeutic Footwear and Orthoses for the Diabetic Foot.