Our Approach to Diabetic Foot Care
The Mayer Institute delivers evidence-based diabetic wound care and education. We have moved deliberately away from the standard sick model — where treatment is delayed and reactive — toward a preventative care model where outcomes are anticipated, risks are identified early, and every resource is leveraged in the patient’s favour.
At the heart of this approach is a belief that patients deserve more than a diagnosis. They deserve a partner. TMI empowers each patient with customized treatment plans and highly personalized attention, because no two diabetic feet are the same.
Prevention First
Diabetic foot complications — neuropathy, ulceration, infection, Charcot neuroarthropathy — are among the most costly and life-altering consequences of diabetes. Yet most are preventable with the right knowledge, the right monitoring, and the right care delivered at the right time.
TMI’s model is built around early detection, patient education, and evidence-based intervention. We integrate current clinical research directly into our protocols, so our patients benefit from what the literature says works — not simply what has always been done.
About Dr. Perry Mayer
Dr. Perry Mayer is a specialist in diabetic wound care and the founder of The Mayer Institute. He completed his undergraduate training at Queen’s University and earned his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. His clinical formation includes work in some of Canada’s most demanding environments, including a posting at the Weeneebayko General Hospital in Moose Factory, Ontario — where high rates of diabetes-related limb complications sharpened his commitment to this field.
He subsequently established the Quarry Foot Clinic before founding The Mayer Institute in 2006. Under his leadership, TMI has grown to serve more than 16,000 patient visits per year and has become a recognized centre for diabetic foot care in Hamilton and across Ontario.
Dr. Mayer is actively involved in research, including participation in the Canadian Diabetic Foot Collaborative and two additional research initiatives focused on improving outcomes for patients with diabetic foot disease. He is committed to translating research evidence into everyday clinical practice.
Our Commitment
Our objective is simple: to come alongside our patients and offer them the best diabetic wound care possible. That means combining current evidence-based practices with the kind of individualized attention that treats the whole person — not just the wound.
Above all, our aim is the continued health of our clients.