Agenda

Tuesday May 14, 2024

• 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

  Pre-Conference Workshop

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

  WHS Welcome and Introduction

  • Moderator
    • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
    • Traci WilgusPhD
    • Timothy KohPhD
• 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

  WHS SESSION A: Thomas K. Hunt Honorary Lecture

  • Moderator
    • Sundeep KeswaniMD, FACS, FAAP
    • Traci WilgusPhD
  • Speaker
    • Michael LongakerMD, MBA, DSc (hon) FACS
• 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  WHS SESSION B: Fibroblast Heterogeneity and ECM

  • Moderator
    • Mateusz WietechaDMD, PhD
    • Timothy KingMD, PhD, MSBE, FAAP, FACS
  • Speaker
    • Brett ShookPhD
    • Maksim PilkusPhD
    • Maksim PilkusPhD
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  WHS SESSION C: Tissue Regeneration

  • Moderator
    • Min ZhaoMD, PhD
    • Subhadip GhatakPhD
  • Speaker
    • Jeff BiernaskiePhD
    • Sundeep KeswaniMD, FACS, FAAP
• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

  WHS SESSION D: Wacky Wounds

  • Moderator
    • Carlos ZgheibPhD, MS
    • Rivka StoneMD, PhD
  • Speaker
    • Benjamin LeviMD
    • Hadar Lev-TovMD, MAS
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

  Innovation Theater Lunch

• 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM

  WoundShark Innovation Competition Lunch (non-accredited, members only)

  • Moderator
    • Mitchell SandersPhD
    • Praveen AranyBDS, MDS, MMSc, PhD
    • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
    • Timothy KohPhD
    • Vickie DriverDPM, MS, FACFAS
• 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

  Pre-Conference Workshop

• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

  WHS SESSION E: Infection and Microbiome

  • Moderator
    • Irena PastarPhD
    • Lindsay KalanPhD
  • Speaker
    • Melanie Spero
    • Paul BollykyMD, PhD
    • Sasha ShafikhaniPhD
• 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

  WHS SESSION F: Wound Inflammation

  • Moderator
    • Jordan YaronPhD
    • Luisa DiPietroDDS, PhD
  • Speaker
    • Boris HinzPhD
    • Kara SpillerPhD
• 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

  WHS SESSION G: International Session - Global Challenges in Wound Education

  • Moderator
    • Ira HermanPhD
    • Lisa GouldMD, PhD, FACS
    • Susan VolkVMD, PhD, Dipl ACVS
  • Speaker
    • Gary SibbaldBSc, MD, FRCPC (med, Derm), MACP, FAAD, Med, FAPWCA, D.Sc (Hons)
    • Keith HardingMD
    • Kirsi IsoherranenMD
• 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM

  Innovation Theater Dinner

• 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

  WHS SOCIAL EVENT (WHS Members Only)

Wednesday May 15, 2024

• 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

  WHS Committee Meetings

• 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

  Industry-Supported Symposium & Innovation Theater Breakfasts

• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM

  Opening Ceremony

• 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

  Keynote Address

• 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

  WHS SESSION H: Health Disparities in Wound Healing

  • Moderator
    • Laura SwobodaDNP, APNP, FNP-C, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, WOCNF
    • Sashwati RoyPhD
  • Speaker
    • Maya FayfmanMD
    • Samantha MincMD, MPH
• 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

  Infection: Probiotics , Antibiotics, and the Microbiome

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Irena PastarPhD
  • Speaker
    • Hadar Lev-TovMD, MAS
• 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

  Assessing the Patient and the Wound: What Every Wound Care Clinician Should be Doing

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Susie SeamanNP, MSN, CWCN, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Dot WeirRN, CWON, CWS
• 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

  Innovations in Offloading Modalities for Diabetic Foot Ulcerations: Practical Approaches for Exceptional Wound Care

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Anthony TicknerDPM, FRCPS, FASPS, FACCWS, FAPWH
  • Speaker
    • Elizabeth AnsertDPM, MBA, MA
• 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

  Top Clinical Articles of 23-24

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Robert KirsnerMD, PhD, FAAD
• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

  WHS Committee Meetings

• 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

  Industry-Supported Symposium & Innovation Theater Lunches

• 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM

  WHS SESSION I: Young Investigators Symposium

  • Moderator
    • Piul RabbaniPhD
    • Traci WilgusPhD
    • Willeke DaamenPhD
• 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

  The Impact of Having a Chronic Wound on Health and Disease

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Caroline FifeMD
  • Speaker
    • Marissa CarterPhD MA
• 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

  VLU: Take Your Care to the Next Level

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Karen BauerDNP, CWS, FAAWC
  • Speaker
    • John LantisMD
    • Nicolas MouawadMD, MPH, MBA, FSVS, FRCS, FACS, RPVI
• 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

  DFU: Best Care Standard Care

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Lauren SmithDPM
• 1:45 PM – 5:15 PM

  Hands-On Workshop

• 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

  Pressure Injury Prevention and Detection in Patients with Darker Skin Tones (NPIAP)

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Lee RuotsiMD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Ostomy: From Start to Finish

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Erin Testerman MitraRN-MSN, CWOCN
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Bandaging Brilliance: Top Tips for Compression Application

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Catherine MilneAPRN, MSN, ANP/ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP
  • Speaker
    • Stephanie WoelfelPT, DPT, CWS
    • Brandy McKeownOTR/L, CLT-LANA, CLWT
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  A Multifaceted Examination of Midfoot Ulcers in Charcot Foot: Exploring the Challenges and Advances in Wound Healing

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Philip WrotslavskyDPM
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

  Expert Panel Discussion on Wound Technology: What is Fiction or Future and What Will Influence Care

  • Moderator
    • David ArmstrongDPM, MD, PhD
  • Speaker
    • Alisha OropalloMD
    • Bijan NajafiPhD, MSc
    • Geoffrey GurtnerMD, FACS
    • Robert KirsnerMD, PhD, FAAD
    • Wei GaoPhD
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

  Fistula Fun for All!

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Mary Anne ObstRN, BSN, CCRN, CWON, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Adam ZiebolBAN
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

  Surgical Intervention for the Foot Ulcer: I Can Fix That, But Should I?

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Alton JohnsonDPM, CWSP
  • Speaker
    • Shahzad GhoriDPM
    • Thomas OwolabiDPM
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

  WHS SESSION J: AI Approaches in Wound Healing

  • Moderator
    • Kyle QuinnPhD
  • Speaker
    • Amit GefenPhD
    • Marcella GomezPhD
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

  What’s Hiding Beneath: The Relationship Between Autoimmune Conditions and Chronic Wounds

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Andrea MaderalMD
• 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

  Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Session

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Marcia NusgartRPh
• 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM

  Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall & Cocktail Reception

Thursday May 16, 2024

• 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

  WHS Committee Meetings

• 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

  Innovation Theater Breakfasts

• 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

  Poster Viewing

• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  WHS Session K: Concurrent Oral Abstracts I (Non-Accredited)

• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  HS: Medical and Surgical Treatment Approaches

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Hadar Lev-TovMD, MAS
  • Speaker
    • Irena PastarPhD
    • Sara DankerMD
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Drugs You Need To Know As a Wound Care Provider

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Lee RuotsiMD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Healing Wounds in Neonates and Kids

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Sundeep KeswaniMD, FACS, FAAP
  • Speaker
    • Raegan HuntMD, PhD
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Burns: For the Non Burn Clinician

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Susan SmithPhD, APRN-BC
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Business of Wound Care: No Such Thing As An “Office Visit”: Evaluation and Management Coding & Documentation

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Jeffrey LehrmanDPM, FASPS, MAPWCA, CPC, CPMA
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Industry-Supported Symposia

• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  WHS Session L: Concurrent Oral Abstracts II (Non-Accredited)

• 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

  Lunch with Exhibitors

• 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM

  WHS Meet the Mentors (Non-Accredited)

• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  WHS SESSION M: Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

  • Moderator
    • Daria NarmonevaPhD
    • Heather PowellPhD
  • Speaker
    • Jamal LewisPhD
    • Willeke DaamenPhD
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Advanced Clinical Practice and Emerging Research (SAWC Oral Abstracts)

  • Moderator
    • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  The Mind and Emotion: Depression and the Wound Care Patient

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Katlein Paola De FrancaMD, PhD
  • Speaker
    • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Treatment of Soft Tissue and Bone Infections

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Brian MyerMD
  • Speaker
    • Ronald BeaulieuMD
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Biofilms and Wound Healing: The Great Debate on Mitigation Panel

  • Moderator
    • Greg SchultzPhD
  • Speaker
    • Paul KimDPM, MS, FACFAS
    • Thomas BjarnsholtMSc, PhD, DMSc
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

  Business of Wound Care: CTPs/Skin Substitutes: Reimbursement Facts, and Nothing But the Facts!

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Kathleen SchaumMS
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  Bench Research in Wound Healing: A Primer on How This Affects Clinical Care of Patients

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
  • Speaker
    • Marjana Tomic-CanicPhD
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  WHS SESSION N: Awardee Spotlight

  • Moderator
    • Kenneth LiechtyMD
    • Traci WilgusPhD
  • Speaker
    • Georgios Theocharidis
    • Helena ZomerDVM, PhD
    • Lisa GouldMD, PhD, FACS
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  Rapid Fire: Poster Talks

  • Moderator
    • Anthony TicknerDPM, FRCPS, FASPS, FACCWS, FAPWH
    • Emily GreensteinAPRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  CTPs: Current Available Data and When to Use

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Alisha OropalloMD
  • Speaker
    • John LantisMD
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  The Hostile Wound Environment: How to Assess and Change

  • Moderator
    • Dot WeirRN, CWON, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Ira HermanPhD
• 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

  Business of Wound Care: Starting Something New - Focus on Outpatient and Mobile Programs

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Beatriz Coccaro-WordDNP, APRN, ANP-BC, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Martha KelsoRN, CHWS, HBOT
• 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

  WHS General Session: Cellular Adhesion and Drug Delivery

  • Moderator
    • Swathi Balaji
    • Timothy KohPhD
  • Speaker
    • Lola Eniola-Adefoso PhD
• 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

  Innovation Theater Dinner

• 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

  WHS SESSION O: Rapid Fire Poster Presentations (Non-Accredited)

  • Moderator
    • Rivka StoneMD, PhD
    • Subhadip GhatakPhD
• 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM

  WHS Business Meeting

• 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM

  WHS Awards (Non-Accredited)

• 7:15 PM – 7:30 PM

  SAWC Awards Presentation

• 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

  Poster Reception

Friday May 17, 2024

• 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

  Innovation Theater Breakfast

• 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

  Poster Viewing

• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  WHS General Session: Inflammation in Tissue Repair and Regeneration

  • Moderator
    • Marjana Tomic-CanicPhD
    • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
  • Speaker
    • Paul MartinBSc, PhD
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  WHS Session P: Concurrent Oral Abstracts III (Non-Accredited)

• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Innovation Theater Workshops

• 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

  Lunch with Exhibitors

• 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Atypical Wounds: Pyoderma Gangrenosum

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Tracey VlahovicDPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
• 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Bringing Clinical Research To Your Practice

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Shawn CazzellDPM
• 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Why You Should Be Documenting and Coding Social Determinants of Health

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Denise NemethMPAS, PA-C, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Monique AbnerMD
• 2:15 PM – 4:25 PM

  Advanced Wound Care Therapy for the Lower Extremity: Hands-On Skills Lab

• 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Atypical Wounds: Cancer

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Andrea MaderalMD
• 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Revolutionizing Wound Care: Harnessing AI Wearables and Sensors

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • David ArmstrongDPM, MD, PhD
• 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Mattresses and Support Surfaces 101

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Jeanine MaguirePhD, MPT, CWS
• 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Disparities in Care in Chronic Wound Patients

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Maria GoddardMD, CWS, FAPWCA
• 3:25 PM – 3:50 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Obesity and Wound Healing

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Adrian BarbulMD
• 3:25 PM – 3:50 PM

  RAPID FIRE: 10 Critical Pain Management Pearls

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Jill Eysaman-WalkerDO, CWSP, ABWMS
• 3:25 PM – 3:50 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Surgical Intervention for Pressure Injury

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Christie BialowasMD
• 3:25 PM – 3:50 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Debridement: What the Future Holds

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Stephen Davis
• 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Shifting from Compliance to Adherence: Smoking Cessation as a Model

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
• 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Implementing Wound Care in the VA Setting

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Aimee GarciaMD, CWS, FACCWS
• 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

  RAPID FIRE: WCCC

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Vickie DriverDPM, MS, FACFAS
• 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

  RAPID FIRE: Arthritis: Impact on Healing

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Nezam AltorokMD
• 4:35 PM – 5:35 PM

  John A. Boswick Award & Lectureship

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
  • Speaker
    • Mark GranickMD
    • Randy SchwartzNA

Saturday May 18, 2024

• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  HBO: What’s New in HBO

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Jayesh ShahMD, UHM(ABPM), CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FUHM, FACP, FACHM
  • Speaker
    • Helen GellyMD, FUHM, FACCWS, UHM/ABPM
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Wound Wheel of Fortune

  • Moderator
    • Eric LulloveDPM, CWSP, FAPWH(c), DABLES
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Wound Management: Palliation and Patient Centered Care: Success Isn’t Always a Healed Wound: A Case Based Panel

  • Moderator
    • Denise NemethMPAS, PA-C, CWS
  • Speaker
    • Daniel TamezSc.D., MPAS, PA-C, CWS, FACHE
    • Karen BauerDNP, CWS, FAAWC
    • Patricia StevensonMSN
• 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

  Optimal Nutrition For the Wounded Patient

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Samuel NwaforMD, FACP, FAPWCA
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Unlocking the Hidden Impact: Exploring Lymphatic Impairment Beyond the Swollen Leg

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Suzie EhmannDPT, PhD(c), CWS, CLT-LANA
  • Speaker
    • M. MelinMD, FACS, RPVI, FACCWS
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Late Breaking Abstracts: Bringing New Evidence to Light

  • Moderator
    • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Great Debates and Updates: NPWT: Does the Device Matter

  • Moderator
    • Michael DesvigneMD, FACS, CWS, FACCWS
  • Speaker
    • Elizabeth FaustMSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA
    • Krista BauerRN, WCC, OMS
• 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

  Scars and Fibrosis: A Practical Approach

  • Moderator/Speaker
    • Jeffrey DavidsonMS, PhD
• 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

  SAWC Plenary Session: Difference Makers