Limb Preservation Program
Specialized Care to Preserve Your Mobility and Independence
When a foot or leg wound won’t heal, or poor circulation threatens the health of your limb, timely, specialized care can make an important difference.
MarinHealth’s Limb Preservation Program brings together vascular surgery, podiatry, wound care, and other specialties to provide coordinated care for people with complex foot and leg conditions. Our team focuses on identifying and treating the underlying causes of these conditions, promoting healing, preventing complications, and avoiding amputation whenever possible.
If you have a non-healing wound, peripheral artery disease (PAD), complications related to diabetes, or other conditions that put your feet or legs at risk, our goal is to help you heal, stay mobile, and maintain your independence.
If you have a non-healing wound, peripheral artery disease, or another
condition that may put your foot or leg at risk, we encourage you to seek
care early.
Schedule an evaluation:
415-464-5400.
Comprehensive Limb Preservation Care
Foot and leg problems can be complex. A wound that isn’t healing, for example, may be related to poor circulation, diabetes, infection, nerve damage, or a combination of factors. Successfully treating these conditions often requires expertise from several specialties.
Led by vascular surgeons Allan Conway, MD and Stephanie Lin, MD, and podiatric surgeon Yessika Woo-Lee, DPM, MarinHealth’s Limb Preservation Program brings specialists together to evaluate the whole picture and develop a treatment plan based on each patient’s individual needs.
Our team is able to help you navigate the multidisciplinary services of:
- Vascular surgery
- Podiatry
- Wound care
- Plastic surgery
- Infectious disease
- Endocrinology and diabetes care
- Cardiology
- Orthopedics
- Physical therapy
Care coordinators help connect patients with the specialists and services they need, making it easier to navigate care across MarinHealth.
Conditions We Treat
Our Limb Preservation Program provides evaluation and treatment for a range of conditions affecting the feet and lower legs, including:
- Non-healing foot and leg wounds
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- Poor circulation in the legs and feet
- Foot and lower-leg infections
- Complex or recurring wounds
- Tissue damage or foot problems related to diabetes or neuropathy
Advanced Treatment, Personalized to You
No two patients are alike. Treatment depends on the cause and severity of your condition as well as your overall health. Your care plan may include:
- Advanced wound care
- Testing to evaluate circulation and blood flow
- Minimally invasive procedures to restore blood flow
- Open vascular surgery when needed to improve circulation
- Treatment and management of infection
- Specialized podiatric care
- Management of diabetes and other underlying medical conditions
- Reconstructive foot or wound procedures
- Rehabilitation and physical therapy
- Education and preventive care to reduce the risk of future wounds
Throughout your care, our specialists work together with a shared goal: healing your wound, preserving your limb, and helping you return to the activities that matter to you.
Why Choose MarinHealth for Limb Preservation?
A Multidisciplinary Team: Complex wounds and circulation problems often require more than one specialist. Our coordinated approach brings vascular surgeons, podiatrists, wound care specialists, and other experts together around your needs.
Expertise in Vascular Care: As part of MarinHealth’s Haynes Heart & Vascular Institute, patients have access to vascular surgeons experienced in diagnosing and treating peripheral artery disease and other circulation problems that can contribute to non-healing wounds and limb loss.
Coordinated Care: Our care coordinators help patients navigate appointments, referrals, testing, treatment, and follow-up care across multiple specialties.
Focused on Keeping You Moving: Successful limb preservation is about more than saving a foot or toe. Our goal is to help you heal, regain or maintain your mobility, and continue living as independently as possible.
When Should You Seek Care?
Don’t ignore a wound or change in your feet or legs—especially if you have diabetes, neuropathy, or known circulation problems like peripheral artery disease. Talk with your healthcare provider or contact our Limb Preservation Program if you experience:
- A sore or wound on your foot or leg that isn’t healing
- A blister, cut, or ulcer that is getting worse
- Redness, swelling, drainage, bad smell or other signs of infection
- Foot or leg pain while resting
- Changes in the color or temperature of your foot or toes
- A history of recurring foot ulcers
Early evaluation can help prevent a small problem from becoming a serious one.
Helping You Stay on Your Feet
When your foot or leg is at risk, you shouldn’t have to navigate complex care on your own.
MarinHealth’s Limb Preservation Program brings the right specialists together to address wounds, circulation problems, infection, and other factors that can affect healing. From your initial evaluation through treatment, recovery, and prevention, our team is focused on helping you preserve your mobility and quality of life.
Heal the wound. Preserve the limb. Keep moving forward.
Schedule an Appointment
If you have a non-healing wound, peripheral artery disease, or another condition that may put your foot or leg at risk, we encourage you to seek care early. Schedule an evaluation with MarinHealth's Limb Preservation Program: 415-464-5400.