Agenda

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Pre-session

9:40 am - 10:50 am

Fast Forward: Stem Cells, miRNA and Personalized Medicine

This forward-thinking session, designed for the interdisciplinary wound care team, will focus on the future of wound healing including the emerging area of personalized medicine and what it means for the future of healthcare. Novel developments in stem cell biology and stem cell-based therapies that may help expedite wound closure, will be explored. The promise of miRNA-based therapies in the wound healing processes, specifically, angiogenesis, epithelialization and fibrosis will be examined.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Wound Care Pipeline: Ongoing Trials

This pipeline session will focus on current topics of pre-clinical and clinical wound healing studies.

 

Osteomyelitis: What Do I Do?

The diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis are common and complex topics faced by wound care professionals. This session will discuss the most important clinical aspects that lead to a proper diagnosis and goal-directed treatment plan, which are essential to successful patient-centered outcomes

 

Health Care Delivery: Affordable Care Act and Beyond

1:50 pm - 2:50 pm

I Didn't Know That: Things Your Skin Cells Didn't Tell You
Podiatric Surgery: When and Why?
How Do I Predict Who Will Heal?

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Wound Bacteria: When Should We Care?
Moisture-Associated Skin Damage
HBO Heals Ð Fact or Fancy?

4:10 pm - 5:10 pm

Molecular Medicine 101: What Do All the Terms Mean?
Society for Vascular Medicine 1: Compression: Am I doing it right?
Moving From Volume to Value: Quality Measures and the Future of Outpatient Wound Care

8:00 am - 9:00 am

AAWC Membership Meeting

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Debridement: Why and How
Pearls and Black Pearls: Truths and Fiction
Advanced Therapy for Pressure Ulcers
Critical Limb Ischemia: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

10:10 am - 11:10 am

Society for Vascular Medicine 2: Preventing Venous Ulcer RecurrenceÑThe Role of Vascular Intervention
Extracellular Matrices
Advanced Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Great Offloading and Beyond
Diagnostic Evaluation of Critical Limb Ischemia

11:20 am - 12:20 pm

NPUAP: Consensus on Suspected Deep Tissue Injury: An Ongoing Discussion
Cell and Tissue Therapy
Advanced Therapy for Venous Leg Ulcers
Percutaneous Management of Critical Limb Ischemia

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Diagnostics and Theranostics
Society for Vascular Medicine 3: Is There a Role for Open Surgery for Venous Disease?
What's New in Guidelines
Surgical Interventions for Critical Limb Ischemia

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Growth Factors
Organizing Wound Care: The Role of the ÒWoundistÓ and the Future of ÒWoundologyÓ
Rehabilitation Post-Amputation
Cell Therapy for Critical Limb Ischemia

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

AAWC Research Poster Grand Rounds
How to Organize and Present an Effective Oral Scientific Presentation

9:00 am - 10:00 am

New Concepts in Dressings
Behavior Modification: Dealing with the Non-Adherent Patient
Advanced Limb Salvage: What Does the Evidence Say?

10:10 am - 11:10 am

New Concepts in Skin Care
Pediatric and Neonatal Wound Care
Getting Paid: Reimbursement Pearls

11:20 am - 12:20 pm

Literature Review- Top Articles of the Past Year
AAWC Global Volunteers
When Enough is Enough: Palliative Care

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Scar Update: Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Wound Scene Investigation 1

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Negative Pressure
Wound Scene Investigation 2