APWCA2010 - Schedule of Events (Proposed)

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 9, 2010
Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

General Sessions (G1)

7:00 AM – 6:30 PM

 
   7:00 AM -  7:50 AM

Breakfast Symposium: Anti-Microbial Dressings - New Concepts
Gene Graham, DPM, FAPWCA; James McGuire, DPM, PT, FAPWCA

 7:50 AM -  8:00 AM

Opening of General Sessions: Welcoming Comments
Steven Kravitz, DPM, FAPWCA

   8:00 AM -  9:00 AM Navigating the Imaging Highway - When, What and How to Image the Wound for Maximal Benefit
Adrianne Smith, MD, MAPWCA
   9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Nutrition Assessment and Treatment Techniques for Improving Wound Healing
Nancy Collins, PhD, FAPWCA
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
SELECT: Evaluation and Implementation of Clinical Practice Guidelines
A Guidance Document from the American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA)
Sharon Baranoski, MSN, DAPWCA, FAAN with Panel:
Diane Krasner, RN, MAPWCA; Steve R Kravitz, DPM, FAPWCA; Elizabeth Ayello, RN, MAPWCA; Gary Sibbald, MD, MAPWCA and Adrianne Smith, MD, MAPWCA;
  11:00 AM - 12:00 PM FEATURE PRESENTATION: Comparative Effectiveness and Implications to Patient Care
William Li, MD
  12:00 PM -  12:30 PM Annual Meeting of the Membership, Introducing Masters Designation, CMS Update
David Brotman, MD, FAPWCA; Steven Kravitz, DPM, FAPWCA; Marcia Nusgart, RPh, AAPWCA, Board of Directors , APWCA Members (all registrants invited)
  12:00 PM -  2:00 PM Exhibit Hall and Lunch
    2:00 PM -  3:00 PM Improving Diabetic Foot Ulcer Care: An Integrated Interprofessional Model for Developed and Developing Countries
Gary Sibbald, MD, FAPWCA
    3:00 PM -  4:00 PM Regenerative Medicine: Molecules you should know about,
Skin repair & regeneration, Stem Cell Research and Implications
William Li, MD
    4:00 PM -  4:30 PM Break in Exhibit Hall
    4:30 PM -  5:00 PM

From War's Devastation - Advances in Wound Care - A Surgeon's Story
Michael Weingarten, MD, FAPWCA

    5:00 PM -  5:30 PM Skin Cancers: Key Markers to Look For - Making the Diagnosis
Tracey Vlahovic, DPM, FAPWCA
    5:30 PM -  6:30 PM Skin Disease Hardball
10 minute Lectures followed by 10 minute Interactive Discussion
Mopderator, Bradley Bakotic, DPM, DO,  FAPWCA
Panelists: Lawrence Harkless, DPM, FAPWCA; Tracey Vlahovic, DPM, FAPWCA; Allen Jacobs, DPM, FAPWCA

  1. Diabetic Dermopathy
  2. Atypical Skin Lesions
  3. Recognizing & biopsy of skin cancers
    6:30 PM -  7:30 PM

Poster Reception

Thursday, April 8, 2010
Pre Conference Courses
  Opening Exhibit Hall
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Post Conference Course