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Thursday • 22 March 2007

 

The Diabetic Foot: A Global View of a Global Problem

What’s New in Diabetes
From Top Down to Bottom(s) Up
Mayer Davidson, MD
Diabetes & Demography
A Tale of Two Cities (in One City)
Anne Peters, MD
Diabetic Foot
A Global View of a Global Problem
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Boulton, Davidson, Peters
Moderator: George Andros, MD

 

 

 

Lunch Symposium

12:15 – 1:15 PM

From Scalpels to Stem Cells:
Common Sense Meets High-Tech in Wound Healing

David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

view | download Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS

view | download Lee Rogers, DPM

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This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Medline.

 

 

 

Prevention of Amputation
Take Home Lessons from Around the Globe

Making a Difference Down Under
Robert Fitridge, MD
Making More with Less in India
Kshitij Shankhdhar, MBBS, Dip.Diab., FAPWCA
The Italian Recipe for Success
Carlo Caravaggi, MD
Worlds Apart: Germany & Tanzania
A Tale of Two Diseases
Zulfiqarali Abbas, MD and
Stephan Morbach, MD
The VA’s Pattern of Prevention
Jeff Robbins, DPM
Panel Discussion: Drs. Abbas, Caravaggi, Fitridge, Morbach, Robbins, Shankhdhar
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD




Why Patients and Doctors Fail

Why Won’t My Patient Behave?
Lessons from Modern Behavioral Research
Loretta Vileikyte, MD, PhD
Diabetic Foot Surgery
Have We Bypassed the Patient?
Gregory L. Moneta, MD
How to Make “But, Doc, I’m Doing the Best I Can!” Better
Mark Peyrot, PhD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Moneta, Peyrot, Vileikyte
Moderator: Francine R. Kaufman, MD

 

 

 

 

 


Friday • 23 March 2007

 

 

Internal and External Methods of Pressure Relief in the Diabetic Foot

Better Healing Through Surgery (and Teamwork)
Christopher E. Attinger, MD
The Role of Ulceration & Acuity in the Modern Surgical Treatment of Charcot Arthropathy
Dane Wukich, MD
The How’s & Why’s of Offloading the Diabetic Foot
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
Panel Discussion: Drs. Attinger, Jeffcoate, Lavery, Wukich
Moderator: Lee Sanders, MD

 

 

Worldwide Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections

Antibiotic Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections
The Old and the New
Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD
MRSA and the Antimicrobial Arms Race
A.R. Berendt, MD, FRCP
Biofilms, Burden and Healing:
Negative Pressure (VAC) Therapy to the Rescue?
Anand Deva, MD
Osteomyelitis
Suppress or Debride?
Warren Joseph, DPM
Panel Discussion: Drs. Berendt, Joseph, Lipsky, Wolcott
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
The 4th Annual Edward James Olmos Award
For Advocacy in Amputation Prevention

Honoree: Christopher E. Attinger, MD

 

 

 

 

 

Making Amputation Prevention Pay


Can Advances in Technology and Policy Make Prevention Pay
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH

Panel Discussion
Moderators: George Andros, MD

Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
Franklin Kase, DPM, California Podiatry Association

 




Master Tips from Master Clinicians
“How I Do It in My Clinic”

Panel Discussion
Moderators: George Andros, MD & David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
Endocrinologist: Arthur Vinik, MD How I Do a Neuro Exam
Podiatrist: Lee Sanders, DPM How I Tell Charcot from Osteo
Vascular Surgeon: Wilhelm Sandmann How I Do a Vascular Exam
Orthopaedist: Dane Wukich, MD How I Decide When to Amputate
Nurse: Ann Knowles, RN How I Choose a Dressing
Infectious Disease: Benjamin Lipsky, MD How I Diagnose Infection
Plastic Surgeon: Christopher E. Attinger, MD How I Debride a Wound
Diabetologist: William Jeffcoate, MD How I Define Success in My Clinic

 

 

 

 


Saturday • 24 March 2007


Breakfast Symposium

6:15 – 7:15 AM
OxyVu: Improved Diagnosis • Improved Care • Improved Outcomes
David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD • I. Kelman Cohen, MD, PhD • Jenny E. Freeman, MD • Aksone Nouvong, DPM
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This activity is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from HyperMed.

 

 


The Future of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery

The Gift of Perspective

Why I Haven’t Given Up on Pedal Bypass
Gary W. Gibbons, MD
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Are They Mutually Exclusive?
Wilhelm Sandmann, MD
The Endovascular Tsunami
Will Open Surgery Be Left Standing?
George Andros, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Gibbons, Sandmann, Andros
Moderator: Gregory L. Moneta, MD

 



Practical Advances in Vascular Intervention

How Does the Interventionalist Fit into the Diabetic Foot Team?
James B. McKinsey, MD
Drug Therapies
Can They Improve our Interventional Batting Average?
John V. White, MD
Vascular Disease and Ethnicity
Does One Size Fit All?
Joseph Mills, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. McKinsey, Mills, White
Moderator: Gary W. Gibbons, MD

 



Wound Healing: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Care

Biomechanics and Ulceration
Peter Cavanagh, PhD, MSc
The “Stuttgart BMW” Treatment for Wounds: VAC, Maggots & Skin Stretching
Wim Fleischmann, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Cavanagh, Fleischmann
Moderator: Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, FRCP

 



Take Home Messages to Use on Monday Morning

Wound Healing From Gauze to Bioengineered Tissue
Where We Have Come From and Where We Are Going
Keith Harding, MD
Advances in the Pharmacotherapy of Diabetic Neuropathy
Are We Nearing an Era of Neuropathy Prevention?
Arthur Vinik, MD
Panel Discussion: Drs. Cavanagh, Harding, Vinik
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD

 

 

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