Agenda

April 30-May 4, 2025 | Grapevine, TX

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Wednesday April 30, 2025

  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

    Pre-Conference Workshop

  • 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM

    WHS Welcome and Introduction

    • Moderator
      • Rivka StoneMD, PhD
      • Subhadip GhatakPhD
      • Sundeep KeswaniMD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
  • 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM

    WHS Session A: Thomas K. Hunt Honorary Lecture

    • Moderator
      • Sundeep KeswaniMD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
      • Susan VolkVMD, PhD, Dipl ACVS
    • Speaker
      • Fiona WattPhD
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    WHS Session C: Wound Immunology

    • Moderator
      • Brian EliceiriPhD
      • Irena PastarPhD
    • Speaker
      • Daniel KaplanMD, PhD
      • Esther MiddelkoopPhD
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

    WHS Session D: Mapping the Healing Landscape / Spatial Biology of the Wound (Stem Cell)

    • Moderator
      • Boris HinzPhD
      • Geoffrey GurtnerMD, FACS
    • Speaker
      • Mervin YoderPhD
      • Michael JanuszykPhD
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

    Innovation Theater Lunch (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM

    WoundShark Innovation Competition Lunch

    • Moderator
      • Carlos ZgheibPhD, MS
      • Mitchell SandersPhD
      • Vickie DriverDPM, MS, FACFAS
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    Pre-Conference Workshop

  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

    WHS Session E: When Healing Halts, Can We Jumpstart Regeneration

    • Moderator
      • Kellen ChenPhD
      • Traci WilgusPhD
    • Speaker
      • Kenneth LiechtyMD
      • Marjana Tomic-CanicPhD
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

    WHS Session F: Regenerative Resonance: The Biophysics of Tissue Renewal

    • Moderator
      • Amay BandodkarPhD
      • Kath BogieDPhil
    • Speaker
      • Daniel CohenPhD
      • Min ZhaoMD, PhD
  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

    WHS Session G: The Metabolic Blueprints of Wound Healing

    • Moderator
      • Aristidis VevesMD, DSc
      • Swathi BalajiPhD
    • Speaker
      • Ivan JozicPhD
      • Sashwati RoyPhD
  • 5:15 PM – 6:45 PM

    Innovation Theater Dinner (Non-Accredited/Non-Approved for CECH)

  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

    WHS SOCIAL EVENT (WHS Members Only)

Thursday May 01, 2025

  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

    WHS Committee Meetings

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

    Industry-Supported Symposium and Innovation Theater Breakfasts

  • 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM

    Opening Ceremony

    • Speaker
      • Dot WeirRN, CWON, CWS
      • Robert KirsnerMD, PhD, FAAD
  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

    Keynote Address

  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

    VLU: Compression in Venous and Mixed Disease

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Laura SwobodaDNP, APNP, FNP-C, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, WOCNF
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

    We Treat Patients: Holistic and Comprehensive Care for the Wound Patient

    • Co-Presenter
      • Elizabeth FaustMSN, MBA, ANP-BC
    • Moderator/Presenter
      • Charles AndersenMD
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

    Wounds as a Systemic Disease

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Scott ElmanMD
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM

    WHS Session H: International Session (EWMA-ETRS) Emerging Technologies to Reduce Scar Formation

    • Moderator
      • Marjana Tomic-CanicPhD
      • Susan VolkVMD, PhD, Dipl ACVS
    • Speaker
      • Adriana PanayiMD
      • Alexandra MarquesPhD
      • Heather PowellPhD
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

    Industry-Supported Symposium, Innovation Theater, and Innovation Spotlight Lunches

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

    Understanding the Science That Drives Care: Wound Biology, Inflammation and Infection

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Marjana Tomic-CanicPhD
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

    VLU Interventions

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • William MarstonMD
    • Speaker
      • Marc PassmanMD
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

    The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Wound Care Outcomes

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Maria GoddardMD, CWS, MAPWCA
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

    Healing in Patients with Cardiac and Other End Organ Disease

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Pamela ScarboroughPT, DPT, CWS, FAAWC
    • Speaker
      • Charles AndersenMD
  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM

    WHS Committee Meetings

  • 1:45 PM – 5:15 PM

    Comprehensive Venous Ulcer Management Mini-Symposium and Hands-On Workshop

  • 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM

    WHS Session I: Young Investigators Symposium

    • Moderator
      • Piul RabbaniPhD
      • Sundeep KeswaniMD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Topicals and Wound Microbiota

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Hadar Lev-TovMD, MAS
    • Speaker
      • Irena PastarPhD
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Pneumatic Compression

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
    • Speaker
      • Marzanna ZaleskaPhD
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Post Acute Care and Rehab for Wound Patients

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Jeanine MaguirePhD, MS, MPT, FAAC, CWS
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM

    Aging and Healing

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Adrian BarbulMD
    • Speaker
      • Lisa GouldMD, PhD, FACS
      • Tracey YapPhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    DFU: What's New and What To Do for Neuropathy

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Lee RogersDPM, FFPM RCPS(Glasg)
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    Lymphedema and Wound Care

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Suzie EhmannDPT, PhD, CWS, CLWT, CLT-LANA
    • Speaker
      • Linda MillerPT, DPT, CLT, CWT
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    Wound Care Outside the Clinic and Hospital

    • Co-Presenter
      • Jeanine MaguirePhD, MS, MPT, FAAC, CWS
    • Moderator/Presenter
      • Catherine MilneMSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    21st Century Approach to Obesity

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Daniel FedermanMD
    • Speaker
      • Jenna KlimovichMD
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM

    WHS Session J: Military Medicine: Wounds and Therapeutics

    • Moderator
      • Stephen DavisMD
    • Speaker
      • Candelaria DanielsPhD
  • 5:15 PM – 7:30 PM

    Grand Opening of Exhibit Hall and Cocktail Reception

Friday May 02, 2025

  • 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

    WHS Committee Meetings

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

    Innovation Theater Breakfasts (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

    WHS GENERAL SESSION - The Missing - Omics of Wound Healing

    • Moderator
      • Laura SwobodaDNP, APNP, FNP-C, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, WOCNF
      • Robert KirsnerMD, PhD, FAAD
    • Speaker
      • Chandan SenPhD
      • David ArmstrongDPM, MD/PhD
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    Industry-Supported Symposia (Accredited/Approved for CECH)

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

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

  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

    Lunch With Exhibitors (Lunch Served until 1:30 PM)

  • 12:15 PM – 1:45 PM

    WHS Meet the Mentors (Non-Accredited)

    • Moderator
      • Dorothy SuppPhD
      • Manuela Martins-GreenPhD
      • Rivkah (Roslyn) IsseroffMD
    • Speaker
      • Jaideep BanerjeePhD
      • Kanhaiya SinghPhD
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

    DFU: Offloading Soup to Nuts

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • James McGuireDPM, LPT, LPed
    • Speaker
      • Andrew MeyrDPM, FACFAS
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

    Plastic Surgery Approach to Healing

    • Co-Presenter
      • Kashyap TadisinaMD
    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Devinder SinghMD
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

    HBOT: What's New

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Jayesh ShahMD, UHM(ABPM), CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FUHM, FACP, FACHM
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

    Business of Wound Care: Wound Care Centers and Teams: How to Address the Growing Need with Shrinking Support

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Marcia Nusgart
    • Speaker
      • Kara CouchMS, CRNP, CWCN-AP, FAAWC
      • Matthew GaroufalisDPM, FASPS, FACFAOM, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)
      • Nicolas MouawadMD, MPH, MBA, DFSVS, FRCS, FACS, RPVI
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

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

  • 2:15 PM – 5:45 PM

    Hands-On Workshop

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

    Surgery for the Diabetic Foot

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Lawrence LaveryDPM, MPH
    • Speaker
      • Arthur TarriconeDPM, MPH, AACFAS
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

    AI: What's New

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Eric LulloveDPM CWSP DABLES FAPWH(c) FFPM RCPS(Glasg)
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

    HBOT: Topical vs. Systemic The Great Debate

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Caroline FifeMD
    • Speaker
      • Helen GellyMD
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM

    Business of Wound Care: Top 10 Reimbursement Tips For Getting Paid and Keeping Your Payment

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

    WHS Session M: NIH DFC Consortium Panel

    • Moderator
      • Teresa JonesMD
    • Speaker
      • Brian SchmidtDPM
      • Kara SpillerPhD
      • Lindsay KalanPhD
      • Monika NiewczasMD PhD MPH
      • Rivka StoneMD, PhD
      • Sashwati RoyPhD
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    Rapid Fire: Poster Talks

    • Moderator
      • Anthony TicknerDPM FRCPS, FACCWS,FAPWH
      • Emily GreensteinAPRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    Wearables and Sensors

    • Moderator
      • Jeanine MaguirePhD, MS, MPT, FAAC, CWS
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    Pressure Injury

  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    Business of Wound Care: Back to Basics: Documentation For The New LCD

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Eric LulloveDPM CWSP DABLES FAPWH(c) FFPM RCPS(Glasg)
  • 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM

    WHS Session N: Awardee Spotlight

    • Moderator
      • Daria NarmonevaPhD
      • Jordan YaronPhD
      • Sundeep KeswaniMD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
  • 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM

    Innovation Theater Dinner (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM

    WHS Session O: Rapid Fire Poster Presentations

    • Moderator
      • Kyle QuinnPhD
      • Laura SwobodaDNP, APNP, FNP-C, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, WOCNF
  • 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM

    WHS Business Meeting

  • 7:00 PM – 7:15 PM

    WHS Award Ceremony

  • 7:15 PM – 7:30 PM

    SAWC Founders and Marie Brown Etris Oral Abstract Award Ceremony

    • Moderator
      • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
  • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

    Poster Reception

Saturday May 03, 2025

  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM

    Innovation Theater Breakfasts (non-accredited/non-approved for CECH)

  • 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

    Poster Viewing

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

    WHS GENERAL SESSION - Machine Learning in Wound Healing

    • Moderator
      • Windy ColeDPM
    • Speaker
      • Deeptankar DeMazumderMD, PhD
      • Kyle QuinnPhD
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    Innovation Theater Workshops (non-accredited)

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

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

  • 11:30 AM – 2:00 PM

    Lunch With Exhibitors (Lunch Served until 1:30 PM)

  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM

    Advanced Clinical Practice and Emerging Research (SAWC Oral Abstracts)

    • Moderator
      • Oscar AlvarezPhD, CCT, FAPWCA
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM

    Pediatric Wound Prevention and Care

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Katie McKeownMSN, RNC-NIC, WTA
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM

    Greg Schultz Memorial Session: Wound Scene Investigation

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Dot WeirRN, CWON, CWS
    • Speaker
      • Lee RuotsiMD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM
      • Lisa GouldMD, PhD, FACS
      • Robert DiegelmannPhD
  • 2:10 PM – 3:10 PM

    Ostomy

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Erin Testerman MitraMSN, RN, CWOCN
  • 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM

    John A. Boswick Award and Lectureship: Collaboration and Integration: Physical Therapy as a Part of the Wound Care Team

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Joseph McCullochPT, PhD, FAPTA, CWS
    • Speaker
      • Edward MahoneyPT, DPT, EdD, CWS
  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Exercise and Healing

    • Moderator/Presenter
      • Stephanie WoelfelPT, DPT, CWS
  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Fat: Friend or Foe: Adipocytes in Wound Healing

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Karen HorsleyPhD
  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Pain Management

  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Jungle Wound Care: Getting Creative with Wound Treatments

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Paul KimDPM, MS, FACFAS
  • 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Business of Wound Care: Reimbursement Tips to Implement Results of Wound Management Advocacy: CTPs, PRP, and More. . .

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Marcia Nusgart
  • 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Understanding Angiosomes

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Amy BruggemannMSN, FNP-BC, CWS
  • 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Technology Update: Imaging

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Anthony TicknerDPM FRCPS, FACCWS,FAPWH
  • 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Off Label Treatments

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Lee RuotsiMD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM
  • 5:10 PM – 5:35 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Fistulas

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Mary Anne ObstRN, BSN, CCRN, CWON, CWS
  • 5:10 PM – 5:35 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Bioflims: What's True, What's Not

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Lindsay KalanPhD
  • 5:10 PM – 5:35 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Wounds Caused from Illicit Injections

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Barbara PieperPhD, CNS-BC, CWOCN, FAAN, WOCNF
  • 5:10 PM – 5:35 PM

    RAPID FIRE: Dermatology Consult

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Jose Jaller

Sunday May 04, 2025

  • 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM

    SAWC Plenary Session: Difference Makers

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    Wound Care Education: Taking the Gospel to the Streets

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Susan VolkVMD, PhD, Dipl ACVS
    • Speaker
      • Ira HermanPhD
      • Lisa GouldMD, PhD, FACS
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    Athletes in Action: Adaptive Wound Care

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Alton JohnsonDPM, CWSP
    • Speaker
      • Melissa TinneyMD
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

    Atypical Wounds

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Paolo RomanelliMD
    • Speaker
      • Ivan JozicPhD
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

    The Red Leg: 50 Shades of Red

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Karen BauerDNP, CWS, FAAWC
    • Speaker
      • Chris OwenNP
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

    Go Electric: Modalities for Healing

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Stanley McCallonPT, DPT, CWS
  • 11:45 AM – 12:45 PM

    NPWT: New Indications

    • Moderator/Speaker
      • Elizabeth FaustMSN, MBA, ANP-BC
    • Speaker
      • Randy PetersonDNP, APRN, CNP, CWCN