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APWCA 2017

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

7:50am EDT

Oral Abstract #1 Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

8:00am EDT

Changing the Current Mindset of Wound Care: Complementing Care Instead of Competing Care Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Steven Kavros, DPM, CWS, FACCWS, MAPWCA • Fr. Nicholas Mezacapa

9:00am EDT

Maximizing Outcomes by Working Together: How Many Disciplines Does It Take to Manage Arterial Wounds? Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS • Frank Tursi, DPM, FACFAS, AAPWCA • Craig M. Walker, MD, FACC, FACA, FACP, FSCAI • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM • Paul van Bemmelen, MD, PhD

10:45am EDT

Beyond Compression Therapy: The Team Approach to Venous Disease Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Frank Tursi, DPM, FACFAS, AAPWCA • Robert Coronado, MD, AAPWCA • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM • Gregory Bohn, MD, ABPM/UHM, MAPWCA

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Symposium (Sponsored by Milliken: NON-CME) Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

1:50pm EDT

Oral Abstract #2 Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

2:00pm EDT

Diabetic Foot Ulcerations: Working Together for a Functional Outcome in Today’s Environment Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Kathya Zinszer, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA • John C. Lantis, MD, FACS • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM • Charles Andersen, MD, FACS, MAPWCA

3:45pm EDT

Cellular and Tissue-Based Products and Grafts: State of the Union Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Steven Kavros, DPM, CWS, FACCWS, MAPWCA • Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC • Joseph Donnelly, DPM, FACFAS • John C. Lantis, MD, FACS • Tyson Green, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA, • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

5:30pm EDT

APWCA Business Meeting Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Steven Kavros, DPM, CWS, FACCWS, MAPWCA

7:00am EDT

Breakfast Symposium (Sponsored by Nestle Health Science: NON-CME) Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

7:50am EDT

Oral Abstract #3 Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

8:00am EDT

Wound Healing Science: From Bench to Bedside (WHS) Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Lisa Gould, MD, PhD, FACS • Randall Cook, MD, MAPWCA, FACS • Harvey Himel, MD • Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD

9:00am EDT

A Look Ahead: New Perspectives in Wound Healing Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Barbara Delmore, PhD, RN, CWCN, MAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU • Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS • Ravi K. Kamepalli, MD, FIDSA, CWS • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM • Lloyd Bowser, DPM, HBOT • Steven Kavros, DPM, CWS, FACCWS, MAPWCA • Cristina Acevedo, PhD

11:15am EDT

Biofilms and Wound Bed Prep: Working Together to Improve Healing in Acute and Chronic Ulcerations Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Tyson Green, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA, • Randall Cook, MD, MAPWCA, FACS • John P. Kennedy, RPh, PhD

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Symposium (Sponsored by Acelity / KCI: NON-CME) Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

1:50pm EDT

Oral Abstract #4 Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)

2:00pm EDT

Hyperbaric/Wounds: American College of Hyperbaric Medicine Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Jayesh Shah, MD, MHA, CWSP, FACHM, FUHM, FACP, FAPWCA, FACCWS • Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS • Rafael Rafols, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP, FACHM, CHT, FACCWS • Helen Gelly, MD, FAPWCA, FUHM, FACHM • E. Cuauhtémoc Sánchez, MD, MSc, MPH • E. George Wolf, MD, UHM

3:00pm EDT

Geriatric Wound Science: Dealing With the Ones That Helped Us Develop Into the People We Are Today Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Jeffrey Lehrman, DPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC • Anthony Balsamo, MD, AAPWCA • Jeffrey M. Levine, MD, CMD, CWSP • Cheryl Bongiovanni, PhD, RVT, CWS, FASA, FACCWS, MAPWCA

4:15pm EDT

Top Three Topics That Will Make You Think Twice Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Christine Shettel, RN, MAPWCA, BSN, CHWS, PWRC • Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN • Adrianne "Patti" Smith, MD, MAPWCA • Kathya Zinszer, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA

5:00pm EDT

The Main Event: The Great Debates in Wound Healing Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS • Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN • Caroline Fife, MD, MAPWCA, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM • Gregory Bohn, MD, ABPM/UHM, MAPWCA • Breda Cullen, PhD

5:50pm EDT

Closing Remarks/Door Prizes Commonwealth Hall BCD (Second Floor)Steven Kavros, DPM, CWS, FACCWS, MAPWCA