APWCA2010 - Schedule of Events (Proposed)

Schedule of Events

Saturday, April 10, 2010
Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

General Sessions (G2)

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
   7:00 AM -  7:50 AM Breakfast Symposium
Diabetes:The Silent Cancer
Kathya Zinszer, DPM, FAPWCA
   8:00 AM -  10:00 AM Infection: -European-American Collaborative – Presented by iLegX & APWCA
     8:00 AM -  8:30 AM Recognizing the Infected Wound vs Biofilms
Dieter Mayer, MD, FAPWCA
   8:30 AM -  9:00 AM

Diabetic Foot Infections & Osteomyelitis
Michael Edmonds, MD, FAPWCA

     9:00 AM -  9:30 AM Antimicrobials, What's new and is newer better than older less costly drugs?
David Loughran, DO, FAPWCA
     9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Panel Discussion: Is this wound infected?
Panel Chair: Robert Frykberg, DPM, FAPWCA;
Moderator: Steven Kravitz DPM FAPWCA
Panelists: Michael Edmonds, MD, FAPWCA; Allen Jacobs, DPM, FAPWCA; David Loughran, DO, FAPWCA; Dieter Mayer, MD, FAPWCA; Gary Sibbald, MD, MAPWCA; Adrianne Smith, MD, MAPWCA

 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break in Exhibit Hall
    10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Neuropathy: Evaluation and Management of Small Fiber Disease; It's the little things that count
Allen Jacobs, DPM, FAPWCA

   11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Lunch Symposium
Weighing the Value of Different Types of Medical Evidence
Harold Brem, MD, FAPWCA
   10:30 PM - 12:30 PM AM Saturday Alternative: Oral Abstracts (No registration required)
10 minute presentations with 5 minute Q&A for each. Rapid fire session of winning abstracts
Abstracts General Chair: Mary Ellen Dobson, RN, DAPWCA
Oral Abstracts Chair: James Stavosky, DPM, FAPWCA
Committee: Anthony Iorio, DPM, FAPWCA; Michael Weingarten, MD, FAPWCA
   12:30 PM -  2:00 PM Lunch in Exhibit Hall
    Scientific Session Resumes
    2:00 PM - 3:00PM

Annual Scientific Address - Can We Slow Skin Aging Process? How does that Effect Disease
Moderator: Darlene McCord, PhD, FAPWCA; Speaker: Steven Kravitz, DPM, FAPWCA

    3:00 PM -  4:00 PM

Science of New Technologies

      3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Truth about Silver, Rates/Interactions: Temporal and Spatial Release of Growth Factors
Michael Edmonds, MD, FAPWCA
      3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

CPI and PRFE - Cell Proliferation & Protein Synthesis
Robert Frykberg, DPM, FAPWCA

    4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Navigating the Quagmire of Pressure Ulcers - How to Document to Protect Yourself and Get Paid
Diane Krasner, RN, PhD, MAPWCA; Elizabeth Ayello, RN, MAPWCA
    5:00 PM - 6:30 PM American College of Hyperbaric Medicine (ACHM)
Super session Hyperbaric Medicine and the Diabetic Foot – How and When to Utilize, Pro and Con
Moderator: Robert Bartlett, MD, FAPWCA
Faculty: Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD, FAPWCA, Thomas Serena, MD, FAPWCA, Adrianne Smith, MD, MAPWCA
    6:30 PM Adjourn---An Evening to Enjoy Philadelphia!!!---Or Some Quiet R & R --  See Sunday AM Post-Con Course "Business of Wound Care"
    6:30 PM -  8:30 PM ACHM Reception
    7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Faculty and Board of Directors Dinner
Limited Number Tickets Available to all Registrants - Separate Registration Required
  • Salute to Past President Dr. Robert Gunther!
  • Hail to the New Master Designees!
 
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