Industry-Supported Symposium

Industry-Supported Symposium: Leveraging the Use of Fish Skin for Atypical and Complex Wounds Across the Continuum: A Case-Based Approach

Friday, April 28, 2023

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Speaker(s)

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA

CRNP, WOCN
Reading Hospital
Leesport, PA
Paula Pons, MD, CWSP

Medical Director
St. Joseph's Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Manlius, NY
Thea P. Price, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Wound Care
Rush University Medical Center
Department of Surgery, Rush Medical College
CHICAGO, IL

Disclosure(s):

Paula Pons, MD, CWSP: No relevant disclosure to display

Supported by an educational grant from Kerecis.

A maximum of 1.0 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hour is offered through this Industry Supported Symposium. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Examine the clinical and economic outcomes for the use of fish skin in the in-patient and operating room setting for patients who present with Pyoderma Gangrenosum
Explore clinical outcomes for the use fish skin in the out-patient wound care setting for the treatment of large complex wounds
Review the epidemiology of Hidradenitis Suppurativa and the improved outcomes with utilization of fish skin for this etiology