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Agenda
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Dressings Workshop Handouts by Diane Krasner, PhD, RN

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Thursday 13 March 2008
7:30 – 9:30
Hands-On Pre-Con
Workshops
Healing Beyond the Scalpel:
Ultrasound and Hydrotherapeutic
Therapies
David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD; John S. Steinberg, DPM;
Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studios C, D & E • Mezzanine
(2nd
Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by
an unrestricted educational grant from Arobella, Celleration,
HyperMed, Söring, and Väsamed.
Prevention Strategy for the 21st Century –
Where
Technology Meets Practicality
David G. Armstrong, DPM,
PhD; Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH;
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
Location:
Hollywood Ballroom, Studios A & B • Mezzanine
(2nd
Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted
educational grant from VASYLI Medical, Diabetica Solutions,
and Arcadia Group.
The Nuances of Reimbursement for
Advanced
Wound Care Modalities
Matthew G. Garoufalis, DPM
Location: Solano • Mezzanine
(2nd Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted
educational grant from Organogenesis.
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Session I • The Diabetic Foot – From
the Good Old Days to the Golden Age
9:55 – 10:00 |
Introduction
George Andros, MD and David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD |
10:00 – 10:20 |
Does Treatment of Diabetes Really Help Vascular
Disease?
Mayer B. Davidson, MD |
10:20 – 10:40 |
Lessons from the International Working Group
Taking It Apart, Putting It Back Together Again
Karel Bakker, MD, PhD |
10:40 – 11:10 |
Preventing Diabetic Foot Wounds:
A Summary of What Works and What Doesn’t
Andrew J. M. Boulton, MD, FRCP |
11:10 – 11:40 |
The Irreducible Team Minimum:
Vascular Surgery and Podiatry
Gary W. Gibbons, MD & Geoff M. Habershaw, DPM |
11:40 – 12:00 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Bakker, Boulton,
Davidson, Gibbons,
and Habershaw
Moderator: George Andros, MD |
12:00 – 1:30 |
Lunch on your own |
12:15 – 1:15
Lunch
Symposium
New Concepts in Risk Assessment and
Treatment of the
Diabetic Foot
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH; Lee C. Rogers, DPM
Lunch provided for the first 200 delegates.
Grand Ballroom
This activity is supported by
an unrestricted educational grant
from VASYLI Medical. |
Session II
• Prevention of Amputation
Take Home Lessons from Around the Globe
1:30 – 1:55 |
Amputation Prevention in the UK:
30 Years of Progress
Michael Edmonds, MD, FRCP |
1:55 – 2:20 |
China: Can Care Keep up with Demography?
Zhangrong Xu,
MD |
2:20 – 2:40 |
Saudi Success Story
Mohammad Al-Derwish, RN |
2:40 – 3:00 |
Africa: Creating A Culture of Collaboration
Lynne Tudhope,
MD |
3:00 – 3:20 |
India: Practical Solutions for Colossal Pathology
Kal
Suresh, MD |
3:20 – 3:40 |
The Italian Job: Where the End Justifies the Means
Luca Dalla Paola,
MD |
3:40 – 4:00 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Dalla Paola,
Edmonds, Suresh,
Tudhope, Xu, and Al-Derwish, RN
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD |
4:00 – 4:30 |
Granita Break |
Session III • Prediction & Prevention
4:30 – 4:50 |
Are We Finally Entering an Era of
Prevention?
Where Technology & Healthcare Payment are
Merging
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM,
MPH |
4:50 – 5:10 |
The Diabetic Foot in 2032: My Personal Predictions
Peter
R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc |
5:10 – 5:25 |
Using Multiple Modalities to Heal Complex Wounds:
Perspectives from North of the Border
Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD |
5:25 – 5:40 |
Using Multiple Modalities to Heal Complex Wounds:
Perspectives from South of the Border
Fermín R. Martínez de Jesús, MD |
5:40 – 6:00 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Cavanagh, Lavery, and Martínez
de Jesús
Moderator: Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD |
6:00 – 7:45
Welcome to Hollywood
Red Carpet
Cocktail Reception & Dinner
with Exhibitors
Grand Ballroom • Renaissance Hollywood
Hotel
Wolfgang Puck Catered Food
Live Music • Exhibits • Hollywood
Entertainment
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8:00 – 11:00
Lucky Strike Lanes Party
Level 1 • Hollywood & Highlands
Complex
Free Bowling • Snacks • Drinks
Event presented by Advanced BioHealing,
makers of Dermagraft®
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Friday 14 March 2008
7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast Symposium
Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Symptomatic Treatment and Beyond
Mackie J. Walker, Jr. DPM
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studios
D & E • Mezzanine (2nd Level of
Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pamlab.
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7:00 – 8:00
Breakfast
Symposium
Exploring the Value of Topical Antimicrobial
Therapy
in Diabetic Foot Infections
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
Adam Landsman, MD; Alberto Piaggesi, MD; Amar Pal Singh Suri, MD
Location:
Hollywood Ballroom, Studios A & B • Mezzanine (2nd
Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational
grant from
Oculus Innovative Sciences.
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7:30 – 8:30
California Breakfast
North Ballroom Terrace |
7:55 – Introduction
and Welcome Remarks
Franklin Kase, DPM
Session I • Charcot
8:00 – 8:25 |
How Do We Diagnose Charcot?
Michael Edmonds, MD, FRCP |
8:25 – 8:50 |
The Surgical Treatment of Charcot Arthropathy
Dane K.
Wukich, MD |
8:50 – 9:20 |
Medical Treatment of Charcot Arthropathy:
Where the Evidence Leads Us
Nicolaas Schaper, MD |
9:20 – 9:40 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Edmonds, Schaper, and Wukich
Moderator:
Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH |
9:40 – 10:25 |
Pacific Break/Exhibits |
Session II • Diabetic Foot
Infections
10:25 – 10:55 |
Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot:
Diagnosis, Treatment,
Consensus
Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD |
10:55 – 11:15 |
Guidelines for Diabetic Foot Infection:
Lingua Franca
or Academic Annoyance?
Eric Senneville, MD |
11:15 – 11:35 |
Differentiating Infected From Uninfected Wounds:
How,
Why, and How to Classify?
Warren S. Joseph, DPM |
11:35 – 11:50 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Joseph, Lipsky,
and Senneville
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD |
11:50 – 12:15 |
The 5th Annual Edward James Olmos Award
For Advocacy in Amputation Prevention
Honoree: Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD |
12:15 – 1:45 |
Puck Lunch/Exhibits |
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch
Symposium
When to Make the Move to
Advanced
Wound Care Modalities
Christopher E. Attinger, MD; John S. Steinberg, DPM
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studios A & B • Mezzanine
(2nd
Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational
grant
from Organogenesis.
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Session III • Vascular Intervention:
Rounding
Up the Usual (and Unusual) Suspects
1:45 – 2:05 |
Vascular Assessment:
Is Vascular
Intervention Even Necessary, and if so, What Type?
Frank B. Pomposelli,
Jr., MD |
2:05 – 2:25 |
Diabetic Foot Revascularization:
It’s More Than Pedal Bypass
Gary W. Gibbons, MD |
2:25 – 2:45 |
Stem Cell Therapy:
Adjunct, Alternative, or Alchemy?
Kal Suresh, MD |
2:45 – 3:00 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Gibbons, Pomposelli,
and Suresh
Moderator: Peter F. Lawrence, MD |
3:00 – 3:30 |
Studio Break/Exhibits |
Session IV • A String of Pearls
Master Tips from Master Clinicians
3:30 – 5:00 |
Moderators: George Andros, MD & David
G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
Plastic Surgeon: Christopher E. Attinger, MD
Diabetologist: Karel Bakker,
MD, PhD
Endocrinologist: Andrew J. M. Boulton, MD, FRCP
Nurse: Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN
Infectious Disease: Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD
Vascular Surgeon: Joseph Mills, MD
Diabetologist: Nicolaas Schaper, MD
Infectious Disease: Eric Senneville, MD
Dermatologist: Gary Sibbald, MD
Podiatrist: John S. Steinberg, DPM
Orthopaedist: Dane K. Wukich, MD |
5:00 – 5:30 |
Q & A Panel |
Saturday • 15 March 2008
6:30
California
Breakfast – Hollywood Ballroom |
Session I • Hands-On
Workshops
7:00 – 10:00 |
Each workshop lasts one
hour and repeats three times |
Workshop
I |
Science and Application of
Bilayered Living Cell Therapy
Desmond P. Bell, Jr., DPM • Arti B. Masturzo, MD
Location: Echo Park • 3rd Level of Hotel
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Organogenesis. |
Workshop
II |
Offloading
Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc • Ryan Crews, MS
Jeffery L. Jensen, DPM •
John S. Steinberg, DPM
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studio D • Mezzanine (2nd Level
of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from MedEfficiency,
Ossur, and Tekscan. |
Workshop
III |
Dressings Update for the Diabetic
Foot
Gary Sibbald, MD • Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN • Nancy Slone-Rivera,
NP
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studio E • Mezzanine
(2nd Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by Hollister Wound Care,
Johnson & Johnson Wound Management, Medline, and Mölnlycke Health Care. |
Workshop IV |
VAC
David L. Nielson, DPM • Stephanie C. S. Wu, DPM,
MSc
Location: Silver Lake • 3rd Level of Hotel
This activity is supported by an
unrestricted educational grant from KCI. |
Workshop V |
Debridement
Christopher E. Attinger, MD • Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS •
Geoff M.
Habershaw, DPM
Location: Solano • Mezzanine (2nd Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by Johnson & Johnson
Wound Management |
Workshop VI |
Healing Beyond the Scalpel:
Ultrasound and
Hydrotherapeutic Therapies
David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD • Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
John
S. Steinberg, DPM
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studios A & B • Mezzanine
(2nd
Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted
educational grant from
Arobella, Celleration, HyperMed, Söring, and Väsamed. |
Workshop VII |
Prevention Strategy for
the 21st Century -
Where Technology Meets Practicality
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH; Lee C. Rogers, DPM
James S. Wrobel, DPM, MS
Location: Beachwood & Runyon • Mezzanine
(2nd Level of Hotel)
This activity is supported by an unrestricted
educational grant from VASYLI Medical, Diabetica Solutions, and Arcadia
Group.. |
10:00 – 11:00 |
Marquee Break/Exhibits – Grand
Ballroom |
Session II • Vascular:
When God Has Work to Do, She Calls Upon Circulation
11:00 – 11:20 |
European Secrets of Limb Salvage
Mauri
Lepäntalo, MD, PhD |
11:20 – 11:40 |
Open vs. Endo Revascularization
If the Only Tool You Have is a Hammer, Everything Looks Like a Nail
Richard F.
Neville, MD |
11:40 – 12:00 |
Is Long-Term Endovascular Therapy
Inferior, Irrelevant, or Both?
Joseph Mills, MD |
12:00 – 12:20 |
End-Stage Renal Disease and Diabetic
Foot Gangrene:
Managing the Double Whammy
Wilhelm Sandmann, MD |
12:20 – 12:30 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Lepäntalo, Mills, Neville, and Sandmann Moderator: George Andros, MD |
12:30 – 1:30 |
Surf Lunch/Exhibits |
Session III • Practical Procedures
and You
1:30 – 1:50 |
Biofilms and You
Gary Sibbald, MD |
1:50 - 2:10 |
Diagnostic Tests and You
James S. Wrobel, DPM, MS |
2:10 – 2:30 |
Limb–Sparing Amputation
and You
Robert G. Frykberg,
DPM, MPH |
2:30 – 2:40 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Frykberg, Sibbald, and Wrobel
Moderator:
Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM |
Session IV • Wound Healing: Practical
Aspects of Care
2:40 – 3:00 |
Offloading the Wound: What to do Monday Morning
Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc |
3:00 – 3:20 |
Debridement: All the Arrows in My Quiver
Christopher
E. Attinger, MD |
3:20 – 3:40 |
Wound Healing: The Next Ten Years
Robert S. Kirsner,
MD, PhD |
3:40 – 3:50 |
Panel Discussion: Drs. Attinger, Cavanagh, and Kirsner
Moderator:
Gary Sibbald, MD |
3:50 – 4:05 |
Fresh Air Coffee Break |
Session V • Take Home Messages
for Today and Tomorrow
4:05 – 4:25 |
Topical Antimicrobials in the Diabetic
Foot:
What Really Works
Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD |
4:25 – 4:45 |
How the Wound Electronic Medical
Record (WEMR) Contributes to a Decreased Amputation Rate
Harold Brem, MD |
4:45 – 4:55 |
Nip Tuck for the Foot:
Can Tissue Fillers Prevent Wounds?
Stephanie C. S. Wu, DPM, MSc |
4:55 – 5:15 |
Diabetic Neuropathy:
What We Really Need to Know
Andrew J. M. Boulton, MD, FRCP |
5:15 – 5:30 |
Panel Discussion: Drs.
Boulton, Brem, Lipsky, and Wu
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD |
5:30 – 5:40 |
Closing Comments/Evaluation/Adjournment
George Andros, MD, & David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD |
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