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Industry-Supported Symposium
Innovation Theatre
New Speaker
Non-Accredited
Wound Healing Society
Wound Healing Foundation
Rapid-Fire
Debate
Additional Fee
Meal Session
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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, April 26, 2023
  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM
    WHS Welcome and Introduction
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Advances and Innovations in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Hands-On Workshop
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM
    WHS Session A: Wound Healing Foundation Thomas K. Hunt Lecturer (non-accredited)
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    WHS Session B: Direct Energy Therapeutics in Wound Care
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    WHS Session C: Confounding Variables in Wound Healing Response
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
    WHS Session D: International Session Sister Society- JSWH
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Innovation Theater Lunch (non-CME): DALVANCE® for the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI)
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
    WoundShark Innovation Competition Lunch (non-accredited, members only)
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Advanced Wound Care Hands-on Workshop: Integrating Sharp Debridement, Total Contact Casting and Advanced Therapies to Optimize Outcomes
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    WHS Session E: Exosomes in Tissue Repair
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    WHS Session F: Regeneration of Other Organs For Wounds/ Skin Healing
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    WHS Session G: 2023 WOUND HEALING FOUNDATION - 3M FELLOWSHIP LECTURE
  • 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM
    Innovation Theater Dinner (non-CME): The Short Path to Wound Closure: The Use of Placental Tissue Products, Case Studies and Outcomes
  • Thursday, April 27, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Industry-Supported Symposium Breakfast: Navigating Patient Selection to Optimize the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Skin Substitutes
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Advancing the Trajectory of Hard to Heal Wounds:Embedding Wound Hygiene into a Proactive Wound Healing Strategy
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Can Standardized Use of a Pure Hypochlorous Acid Preserved Cleanser (pHA) Improve Outcomes?
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    WHS Committee Meetings
  • 9:15 AM – 10:30 AM
    SAWC Plenary Session: Opening Ceremony
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
    Keynote Address: The Future of Healthcare: Where Can Technology Take Us?
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    Atypical Wounds: Diagnosis and Management
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    Great Debates and Updates: HBO vs. Topical Oxygen
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    Hidden in Plain Sight: Understanding Lymphedema and Lymphatic Function in Wound and Tissue Healing
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    SESSION I: Managing Complex Osteomyelitis in the Limb Salvage Patient

    Moderator: Christopher E. Attinger, MD, FACS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Moderator: John S. Steinberg, DPM – Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Mary Bessesen, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Speaker: Ho Kwong Li, MBBS, MRCP, DTMH – Imperial College London

    Speaker: Christopher Bibbo, DO, DPM, FACS, FAAOS, FACFAS – Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    Traumatic Wounds: A Therapy Guide for the Wound Care Clinician
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
    WHS Session H: WOUND HEALING FOUNDATION – WHF-MEDLINE CORIUS INNOVATION LECTURE - Inhibition of Pressure Ulcers Development with Nanosilk
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Addressing Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Leveraging Interdisciplinary Team Approaches and Therapeutic Advances
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Harnessing the Science and Clinical Application of Placental & Dermal Tissue to Accelerate Healing of Chronic Lower Extremity Ulcers
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Strategies and Techniques for Transitioning NPWT Across the Continuum
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Innovation Theater Lunch (non-CME): Supporting Chronic Wounds into Remission: Algorithms of Care
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Innovation Theater Lunch (non-CME): The Economics of Skin Substitutes in the Treatment of Chronic Wounds Using Big Data
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Innovation Theater Lunch (non-CME): TIME Principles of Wound Bed Preparation and the TIME Clinical Decision Support Tool
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
    Great Debates and Updates: How Important Are Biofilms?
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
    I Spy an Infection
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
    Let's get Physical! The Impact of Exercise on Wound Healing.
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
    SESSION II: Vascular Options When There Are No Options

    Speaker: Cameron Akbari, MD – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

    Speaker: Roberto F. Ferraresi, MD – San Carlo Clinic - Paderno Dugnano - Milano - Italy

    Speaker: Werner Lang, MD – Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
    So Your Patient Has an Ostomy: Caring for the Stoma AND the Patient!
  • 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM
    WHS Session I: Young Investigators Symposium (Non-Accredited)

    Moderator: Kenneth W. Liechty, MD – University of Arizona

    Moderator: Piul Rabbani, PhD – New York University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Willeke F. Daamen, PhD – Radboud university medical center

    WHS

  • 1:45 PM – 5:15 PM
    Comprehensive Management of Venous Leg Ulcers: A Hands-On Workshop
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Patient and Provider Wellness and Wound Care
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Principles of Enteric Fistula Care: How Hard Can it Be?
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    SESSION III: Surgical Offloading and Biomechanics: It’s Not Limb Salvage Without Them

    Speaker: Jayson N. Atves, DPM – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Speaker: Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH – UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    Speaker: Lew Schon, MD – Mercy Medical Center

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Social Determinants in Wound Management
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Wound Care on a Dime
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    International Wound Infection Institute Update
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    Malignant Wounds
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    Monitoring Devices for Wound Care
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    Obesity: Skin and Wounds
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    SESSION IV: Plastic Surgery Repair to Salvage Limb, Length, and Function

    Speaker: J.P. Hong, MD, PhD, MMM – Asan Medical Center University of Ulsan

    Speaker: Karen K. Evans, MD – Medstar Georgetown University Medical Center

    Speaker: John M. Felder, MD, FACS – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
    WHS Session J: Senescence and Tumor Biology In Wound Repair
  • 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM
    Grand Opening of Exhibits & Cocktail Reception
  • Friday, April 28, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Achieving Wound Closure: When Less is More
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Exudate Leakage Is a Common Issue: Can a Dressing Spread the Fluid Against Gravity?
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Understanding a Patient-Centric Compression Solution for Use with a Diverse Patient Population, Include Those with Lymphedema
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
    Poster Viewing
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 PM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): An Effective, Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic for the Treatment of ABSSSI in Adults
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    CTPs: Is there A Long Run and Short Slide
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    How to Keep Up to Date with the Literature: An Interdisciplinary Panel
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    NPWT
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    SESSION V: Amputations Done Correctly: Not Always a Failure

    Moderator/Speaker: Christopher E. Attinger, MD, FACS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

    Moderator/Speaker: John S. Steinberg, DPM – Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Grant Kleiber, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    Understanding Labs and Imaging for Wound Diagnosis and Management
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    WHS Session K: Concurrent Oral Abstracts I (Non-Accredited)

    WHS

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Industry-Supported Symposium: Leveraging the Use of Fish Skin for Atypical and Complex Wounds Across the Continuum: A Case-Based Approach
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Industry-Supported Symposium: Head to Toe Team Approach to Wound Management: Harnessing Innovations in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Industry-Supported Symposium: Leveraging Pure Hypochlorous Acid (pHA) Based Cleaners for Wound Bed Preparation in the In-Patient and Out-Patient Settings
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Industry-Supported Symposium: Pathways for Managing Thermal Burns: Leveraging Regenerative Medicine to Reduce Donor Site Complications
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    WHS Session L: Concurrent Oral Abstracts II (Non-Accredited)

    WHS

  • 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
    Compression for All
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Current and Emerging Treatment Landscape: Debridement
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    Does Diversity & Equity Play a Role in PI Prevention/Management Challenges (NPIAP)
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    SAWC Poster Grand Rounds
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    SESSION VI: Charcot Arthropathy…There’s More To It and More to Do About It!

    Speaker: Ali Rahnama, DPM – Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Venu Kavarthapu, MD – King's College Hospital, London

    Speaker: Dane K. Wukich, MD, MS – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Diabetic Limb Salvage

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
    WHS Session M: Biomaterials For Wound Healing
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Dermatology of Wound Care
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Nutrition and Wound Healing
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Pearls in Transitioning Patients Across Care Settings: A Cross Functional Panel Discussion
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    SESSION VII: Patient Panel Discussion - Turning the Tables!
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    WHS Session N: Non-Invasive Diagnostic Technologies
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Wound Busters
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
    WHS General Session: Diabetic Foot Consortium (DFC) Updates
  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    WHS Business Meeting
  • 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
    Innovation Theater Dinner (non-CME): Wound Healing Awaits! Exploring the Economic and Clinical Advantages of Early vs. Late Initiation of Instillation Therapy
  • 6:50 PM – 7:15 PM
    WHS Session O: Plenary Oral Abstracts (Non-Accredited)
  • 7:00 PM – 7:10 PM
    WHS Awards (Non-Accredited)
  • 7:10 PM – 7:25 PM
    WHF Awards (Non-Accredited)
  • 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
    Poster Reception and Awards Presentation
  • Saturday, April 29, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Advancing the Way to Manage Hard to Heal Wounds: New Indication and Strategies from the Clinical Experts
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Clinical Research Overview of EscharEx: An Innovative Enzymatic Solution for the Debridement of Hard To Heal Wounds
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
    Innovation Theater Breakfast (non-CME): Unlocking Your Patients’ Potential to Heal - The Use of an Evidence-Based Multilayered Autologous Patch for Patients with Diabetes and Chronic Wounds
  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM
    Poster Viewing
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    WHS General Session: FDA and Wound Healing Prospective
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Innovation Theater Workshop (non-CME): Integra LifeSciences presents, TCC-EZ®: A Total Contact Casting Workshop
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Innovation Theater Workshop (non-CME): Symphony Launch Symposium
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Innovation Theater Workshop (non-CME): Understanding True Pathophysiology: The First Step to Managing Wounds Through the Inflammatory and Proliferative Phases
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    WHS Session P: Concurrent Oral Abstracts III (Non-Accredited)

    WHS

  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
    Lunch with Exhibitors
  • 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM
    Business of Wound Care: Regulation Updates You Need to Know
  • 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Burns
  • 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Pain Management: From Soup to Nuts
  • 2:15 PM – 2:40 PM
    RAPID FIRE: The Worst Disease You’ve Never Heard Of: Latest Research in Epidermolysis Bullosa Treatment
  • 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM
    Business of Wound Care: Coding and Compliance for New Technologies
  • 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Biopsy
  • 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Current and Future trends in Vascular and Wound Care
  • 2:50 PM – 3:15 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Personalized Medicine: Big Data and AI
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    John A. Boswick Award & Lectureship: Achieving a Functional Limb is the Key to Limb Salvage
  • 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM
    Business of Wound Care: Washington and its Impact on Wound Care: Coding, Coverage & Payment Policies Through a Wound Care Lens
  • 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Offloading
  • 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Venous Intervention
  • 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM
    Young Investigators
  • 5:20 PM – 5:45 PM
    Advanced Clinical Practice and Emerging Research (SAWC Oral Abstracts)
  • 5:20 PM – 5:45 PM
    Improving Prevention (NPIAP)
  • 5:20 PM – 5:45 PM
    RAPID FIRE: Scar Wars
  • 5:20 PM – 5:45 PM
    Washington and its Impact on Wound Care: Legislation Through a Wound Care Lens
  • Sunday, April 30, 2023
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    2023 Coding and Payment for Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products for Skin Wounds (CTPs)
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    Postoperative Care of Gender Affirming Surgeries
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    Venous Ulcers: Top Tips
  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
    Wound Surgery
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Acute Wounds Treatment Consensus Panel
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Book 'Em Dano- Avoiding Arrest and Litigation
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
    Technology Meets Health Care: Telehealth and Remote Monitoring
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM
    SAWC Plenary Session: Difference Makers