Amanda L. Killeen

Faculty Amanda L. Killeen

NAME: Amanda L. Killeen

CREDENTIALS: DPM

EMAIL: amanda.killeen@utrgv.edu

OFFICE PHONE: 956-296-2009

PRIMARY ACADEMIC TITLE: Assistant Professor

Amanda Killeen, DPM, FACPM, CWSP, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), is an Assistant Professor in the School of Podiatric Medicine at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.


Dr. Killeen earned her medical degree at Barry University’s School of Podiatric Medicine. She completed a residency in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at the Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Arizona Healthcare System and gained advanced training in Diabetic Limb Salvage through clinical and research fellowships at the University of Texas Southwestern.


Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Medicine and the American Board of Wound Management, Dr. Killeen is also a fellow of the American College of Podiatric Medicine. She is a member of several professional societies, including the Diabetic Foot Study Group and the American Diabetes Association, where she is the current chair of Foot Care and Lower Extremity Complication for the Scientific Sessions. 


A prolific researcher, presenter, and author, Dr. Killeen’s academic and clinical interests focus on diabetic foot problems, including chronic wounds, recurrent soft tissue infections, and osteomyelitis. Her current interests include differentiation of recurrent versus new infection, translation of porcine models of wound healing into human, host-microbiome interaction, and stimulation of angiogenesis with oxygen. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals related to her areas of expertise. Her recent publications include a chapter contribution to Rutherford’s Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy. She serves as an ad hoc reviewer for journals including Advances in Skin and Wound Care, Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, and Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery.


In 2022, Dr. Killeen received the American Podiatric Medical Association’s Wound Care Podiatrist Scholarship, which is awarded annually to one podiatrist whose work focuses on patient care and improved outcomes for wound patients. Later that year she was also inducted into the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.
In 2023, Dr. Killeen moved to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to bring her passion to podiatry students.

  • Diabetic foot infections
  • Chronic wounds
  • Soft tissue infection and osteomyelitis in the lower extremity
  • Diabetic limb salvage
  • Diagnosis and monitoring of infection in immunocompromised hosts
  • Diagnostic testing for vascular disease
  • Microbiology and immunology of recurrent lower extremity infections
  • Predictive modeling for prevention of diabetic foot complications
  • Impact of social determinants of health on diabetic foot outcomes and amputation risk
  • Girgis CP, Coye TL, Ansert E, Killeen AL, Crisologo PA. Rare Case of Osteomyelitis Caused by Achromobacter xylosoxidans. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2025 Jan-Feb;115(1):22-213. doi: 10.7547/22-213. PMID: 40127013.
  • Lavery LA, Suludere MA, Johnson MJ, Killeen AL, Raspovic KM, Crisologo PA, Tarricone AN. Randomized Clinical Trial to Compare Cryopreserved and Lyopreserved Umbilical Cord Tissue to Treat Complex Diabetic Foot Wounds. Int J Low Extrem Wounds. 2024 Dec 5:15347346241273282. doi: 10.1177/15347346241273282. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39636039.
  • Killeen AL, Heming R, Crisologo PA, Siah MC, Lavery LA. Shooter's Abscess: Foot Infections in People Who Inject Drugs. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2024 Nov-Dec;114(6):22-122. doi: 10.7547/22-122. PMID: 39869402.
  • Schwarzer S, Lazaro‐Martinez JL, Killeen A, Alves P, Gledhill A, Nygren E, Lavery LA, Malone M. Does the use of DACC-coated dressings improve clinical outcomes for hard to heal wounds: A systematic review. Int Wound J. 2024 Oct;21(10):e70053. doi: 10.1111/iwj.70053. PMID: 39362798; PMCID: PMC11449527.
  • Rothenberg GM, Killeen AL, Holmes C. Reviewing recommendations from the IWGDF 2023 guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of active Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy: highlighting the role of temperature monitoring with illustrative case reports. Wounds. 2024 Jun;36(6):206-211. doi: 10.25270/wnds/24029. PMID: 39018364.
  • Laila M Castellino, Clare McCormick-Baw, Tyler Coye, Peter A Crisologo, John J Hanna, Francesca Lee, Andrew Clark, Michael Fanning, Amanda L Killeen, Limited Clinical Utility of Routine Mycobacterial Cultures for the Management of Diabetic Foot Infections, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 11, November 2023, ofad558, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad558
  • Suludere MA, Danesh SK, Killeen AL, et al. Mönckeberg’s Medial Calcific Sclerosis Makes Traditional Arterial Doppler’s Unreliable in High-Risk Patients with Diabetes. The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/15347346231191588
  • Killeen AL, Grigoropoulos K, Suludere M, Crisologo PA, Lavery LA. Foot Abscesses with no Accompanying Wound: Clinical Presentation and Pathogens. Wounds. 2023;35(7):E236-E239. doi:10.25270/wnds/23025
  • Suludere MA, Killeen AL, Crisologo PA, Kang GE, Malone M, Siah MC, Lavery LA. Monckeberg’s Medial Calcific Sclerosis in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Foot Infections. Wound Repair and Regeneration. 2023;1-5
  • Tarricone A, Crisologo PA, Killeen AL, De La Mata K, Oz OK, Siah MC, Krishnan P, Lavery LA. Pooled Study Level Analysis of Randomized controlled trials analyzing the Effect of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with Instillation vs Traditional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy on Diabetic Foot Outcomes. Wounds. 2023 Apr;35(4):66-70
  • Kang GE, Stout A, Waldon K, Kang S, Killeen AL, Crisologo PA, Siah M, Jupiter D, Najafi B, Lavery LA. Digital biomarkers of poor gait and balance in diabetic foot, measurable by wearables: A mini review. Sensors. 2022; 22(23):9278. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239278
  • Truong DH, Bedimo R, Malone M, Wukich DK, Oz OK, Killeen AL, Lavery LA. Meta-Analysis: Outcomes of Surgical and Medical Management of Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac407
  • Crisologo PA, Killeen A. Bone Biopsy in Suspected Nonvertebral Osteomyelitis: Point: Let Bone Be the Guide When Treating Nonvertebral Osteomyelitis. Amer J Roentgenology. March 2022; [published online]. Accepted manuscript: doi:10.2214/AJR.22.27642
  • Killeen AL, Malone M, Jupiter DC, Lavery LA. TEARS: Tools for the Application and Evaluation of Research Studies. A Critical Look at a Diabetic Foot Randomized Controlled Trial: Can you ever have too many patients? Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery. 2020;1-3. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jfas.2020.09.012
  • Lavery LA, Killeen AL, Farrar D, Akgul Y, Crisologo PA, Malone M, Davis KE. The Effect of Continuous Diffusion of Oxygen Treatment on Cytokines, Perfusion, Bacterial Load, and Healing in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers. International Wound Journal. 2020;1-10.
  • Davis KE, Killeen AL, Farrar D, Raspovic KM, Berriman-Rozen ZD, Malone M, Lavery LA. Lyopreserved Amniotic Membrane is Cellularly and Clinically Similar to Cryopreserved Construct for Treating Foot Ulcers. International Wound Journal. 2020;1-9.
  • Killeen AL, Brock KM, Dancho JF, Walters JL. Remote Temperature Monitoring in Patients with Visual Impairment Due to Diabetes Mellitus: A proposed improvement to current standard of care for prevention of diabetic foot ulcers. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. Online May 23, 2019
  • Killeen AL, Brock KM, Loya R, Honculada CS, Houston P, Walters JL. Fully Synthetic Bioengineered Nanomedical Scaffold in Chronic Neuropathic Foot Ulcers. Wounds. October 2018:30(10):E98-E101
  • Killeen AL, Walters JL. Remote Temperature Monitoring in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Detection. Wounds. April 2018;30(4):E44-E48