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

The educational program is led by globally recognized educators who lead sessions that inspire and educate. You will leave with new ideas, strategies, and techniques that will strengthen your clinical skills, invigorate your approach, positively impact your organization's ability to care for patients and improve outcomes.

Abstracts

SAWC | WHS invites you to submit an abstract for consideration to be presented as a poster at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, April 30-May 4, 2025. This is your opportunity to share your cutting-edge research with the best-in-class audience of experts in the field.

CE Information

This conference is designed for physicians, nursing professionals, physical therapists, researchers, scientists, podiatrists, and dietitians across all practice settings involved in wound healing or wound care issues. SAWC Spring | WHS provides attendees who study and treat wounds with state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information.