A graduate of the Universities of Oxford, Leicester and Southampton, Ivan Bristow has been a podiatrist for over 34 years. Since the commencement of his career, he has an interest in lower limb and foot dermatology. He has promoted foot dermatology worldwide. He has co-authored books, published over 140 professional and academic papers and runs a successful podiatric dermatology blog (www.foot.expert). His current work includes private practice, and he holds visiting appointments at Health Sciences University in Dorset, UK and other Universities in the UK and Australia.