DFCon 06 Online Presentations

 

 

 


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Thursday • 23 March 2006

 

Session I – The Diabetic Foot: Overview

Diabetic Foot: A Global View of a Global Problem
Karel Bakker, MD
Technologies for the Next Decade
Andrew JM Boulton, MD
Wound Healing: Where We Have Come From and Where We're Going
Gary Sibbald, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Bakker, Boulton, & Sibbald
Moderator: George Andros, MD

 

 

Session II – Prevention of Amputation
A Global Problem with Local Solutions

The Diabetic Foot in Russia: Has the Eastern Bloc Gotten the Message?
Irina Gurieva, MD
How Sweden Reduced Its Diabetic Amputation Rate
Who Gets the Credit?
Magnus Eneroth, MD
An Italian Recipe for Success
Alberto Piaggesi, MD
Waging War on Amputations
Diabetic Foot Care in the Middle East
Patricia L. Herron, DPM
Panel Discussion: Drs. Gurieva, Eneroth, Piaggesi, & Herron
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD




Session III – Psychology Pearls for Your Practice

How Can We Predict the Non-Adherent Patient?
Loretta Vileikyte, MD, PhD
What Can We Teach the Non-Adherent Patient?
Mark Peyrot, PhD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Vileikyte & Peyrot
Moderator: Gary Sibbald, MD

 

 


 


Friday • 24 March 2006

 

 

Session I – Internal and External Methods of Pressure Relief in the Diabetic Foot

The Treatment of Charcot Arthropathy:
Surgical or Non-surgical?
Magnus Eneroth, MD
Offloading the Diabetic Foot
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
Panel Discussion: Drs. Attinger & Eneroth
Moderator: Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH

 

 

Session II – Telemedicine & the Diabetic Foot
Evening the International Playing Field

Telemedicine & Serial Wound Monitoring
High Tech to the Rescue?
William Courtright, MD & Ronald J. Pion, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Courtright & Pion
Moderators: George Andros, MD & David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

 

 

Session III – Worldwide Variations in Managing Diabetic Foot Infections

Antibiotic Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections
The Old and the New
Warren S. Joseph, DPM
Osteomyelitis & Probing to Bone
Relevant, Reliable, or Relic?
James S. Wrobel, DPM, MS
MRSA: An Emerging Threat
James S. Tan, MD
Osteomyelitis: Debride or Suppress?
Magnus Eneroth, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Joseph, Wrobel, Berendt, & Eneroth
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

 




Session IV Peripheral Arterial Re-Vascularization
The Fundamentals and Beyond

The Evolving Armamentarium for Vascular Diagnosis
Steven Lauterbach , MD
The Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Diabetic Vascular Disease
It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Atherosclerosis
Robert M. Zwolak, MD
The How’s & Why’s of Pedal Bypass
Gary Gibbons, MD
Panel Discussion Drs. Lauterbach, Zwolak, & Gibbons
Moderator: George Andros, MD

 



Session V – Interdisciplinary Approach to Amputation Prevention
Toes, Team & Turf: "How I Do It in My Clinic”

Panel Discussion

Moderators: George Andros, MD & David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

Endocrinologist Andrew JM Boulton, MD
Podiatrist Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS
Vascular Surgeon Gary Gibbons, MD
Vascular Surgeon Robert M. Zwolak, MD
Orthopaedist Magnus Eneroth, MD
Nurse Diane Krasner, RN, PhD
Infectious Disease James S. Tan, MD
Plastic Surgeon Subhas Gupta, MD, PhD

 




Session VI – A Critical Debate on Diabetic Wound Healing

Free Flaps
The Wound Healing Ace Up Your Sleeve
Mauri Lepäntalo, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Lepäntalo & Attinger
Moderator: George Andros, MD


 

 


Saturday • 25 March 2006

 


Session II Peripheral Arterial Revascularization

A Changing Paradigm

A New Paradigm for Diabetic Revascularization
Joseph Mills, MD
Why Are There Regional Differences in
Diabetic Revascularization & Amputation?

Based on the Southwest Experience: What Can Be Done About Them
William H. Pearce, MD
Diabetic Vascular Surgery in Northern Europe
Similar Procedures But Different Demography
Mauri Lepäntalo, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Mills, Pearce, & Lepäntalo
Moderator: Gregory Moneta, MD

 



Session III – Neuro Ischemia and Critical Limb Ischemia
The Difference Is Critical & Chronic

Revascularizing the Neuro Ischemic Diabetic Foot
It’s Not Just Pedal Bypass Anymore
Greg Sicard, MD
Critical Limb Ischemia: Is It Overdiagnosed & Undertreated?
Gregory Moneta, MD
The Patency/Limb Salvage Gap
Why Endovascular Therapies Work
David E. Allie, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Sicard, Moneta, & Allie
Moderator: George Andros, MD

 




Session IV Wound Healing: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Care

What the Past Should Teach Us About the Future of Wound Healing
I. Kelman Cohen, MD, PhD
Health Economics of Wound Care and Limb Preservation
The Theoretical and Practical
Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS
Dressing Selection in the Diabetic Wound
Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD
Use (and abuse) of VAC in the Diabetic Foot
Subhas Gupta, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Cohen, Driver, Niezgoda, & Gupta
Moderator: Gary Gibbons

 

 


Session V – Take Home Messages to Use on Monday Morning

Microcirculation and Diabetic Wound Healing
William Ennis, DO
Beyond the Monofilament:
How Should I Really Assess Neuropathy
Lawrence Lavery, DPM
Advances in the Pharmacotherapy of Diabetic Neuropathy
Are We Nearing an Era of Neuropathy Prevention?
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, FRCP
Panel Discussion: Drs. Sibbald, Lavery, & Boulton
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

 

 

 

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