Ben Bullen is an internationally qualified podiatrist from Australia who has built a clinical, education, leadership and research career in the UK since 2007. He has held specialist roles in diabetes foot care — including amputee rehabilitation, chronic wound, and falls and balance MDT services — and a formal Advanced Practitioner (Clinical Research) post at the New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, contributing to multi-centre randomised controlled trials in diabetic foot disease. He completed a Professional Doctorate in Person-centred Practice at Queen Margaret University, focusing on Charcot Foot Health Literacy.