April 30-May 4, 2025 | Grapevine, TX |
This May, co-located with SAWC Spring | WHS, the Wound Care Collaborative Community (WCCC) will host its second invite-only event, the Wound Care Collaborative Community Driving Innovation Summit, bringing together thought leaders from the WCCC, FDA, and CMS along with key opinion leaders, researchers, and representatives from industry, health systems, and payers to evaluate the barriers to wound care innovation and learn how we can overcome those barriers together. Our goal is to foster the development and availability of innovative and effective wound-healing therapies to drive advancement and outcomes.
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The Wound Care Collaborative Community (WCCC) is an FDA-approved and recognized Collaborative Community focused on stimulating wound care innovation to improve product safety and patient access to cutting-edge medical technology while reducing cost and time to market. The WCCC acts as a focal point for collaboration between various segments of the wound care community and works closely together with the FDA and CMS on medical device, drug, and biologic challenges to achieve common objectives and outcomes that are squarely focused on removing the barriers to innovation for patients.
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM
Registration and Light Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
Opening Remarks: Coming Together as a Community
Speaker: Dr. Vickie R. Driver, Chair Board of Directors
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Keynote Address
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Tarver, Center Director, FDA CDRH
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote Address Q&A
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Tarver
9:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Overview and Update of Current WCC Projects
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Natural History Project (RWE)
Speakers: Dr. Luc Vlad & Dr. Caroline Fife
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Diagnostics: Tools for Wound Healing
Speakers: Dr. Alisha Oropallo & Dr. Holly Kovzendorfer
10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Improving Clinical Trial Design and Reporting
Speakers: Dr. Marissa Carter & Dr. Marjana Tomic-Canic
10:40 AM - 10:55 AM
Break
10:55 AM - 11:40 AM
Panel Discussion and Q&A: Wound Care Projects and Subject Matter Experts
Chair: Dr. Alisha Oropallo
Panel: Dr. Bill Ennis, Dr. Bill Tettelbach, Emma Wright, Cynthia Chang FDA CDRH, and Dr. K. Dev Verma-FDA CDER, Dr Oscar Alvarez
11:40 AM - 11:55 AM
Enhancing Patient Care Through Advanced Wound Care and Dressing Standards: Intro and Update
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Griffiths
11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
Defining Standard of Care: Intro and Update
Speaker: Dr. Maribel Henao
12:10 PM - 12:25 PM
Recommendations for Chronic Wounds: FDA Guidance Update on Clinical Trial Design
Speakers: Dr. Windy Cole & Dr. Mitch Sanders
12:25 PM - 12:45 PM
New Initiatives: ICD-10 DFU and 10-Year DFU Wound Registry
Speakers: Donna Cartwright & Dr. Vickie Driver
12:45 PM - 1:20 PM
Lunch
1:20 PM - 2:20 PM
Panel Discussion and Q&A: Current Projects and Forward-Thinking Topics in Wound Management
Chair: Dr. Windy Cole
Panel: Dr. Bill Ennis, Dr. Bill Tettelbach, Emma Wright, Cynthia Chang FDA CDRH and Dr. K. Dev Verma-FDA CDER, Dr. Dheeredra Kommala
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
AI, Should We Plan and What Do We Know
Speakers: Patrick Chang, Karen Cross, Dr. Beate Hanson
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Decentralized Clinical Trials and Remote Patient Monitoring
Speakers: Dr. Rob Snyder, Dr. Cynthia Chang, Dr.Emma Wright
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Health Equity
Speakers: Dr. Yu-Chieh Chiu -FDA CDRH, Dr. Caroline Fife, USWR, Dr. David Alper ADA
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Engagement with FDA, NIH, and WCCC for Start-Up Companies
Co-Chairs: Joe Rolley & Dr. Vickie Driver
Panel: Dr. K. Dev Verma-FDA CDER, Dr. Yu-Chieh Chiu -FDA CDRH, Dr. Marjana Tomic-Canic, Dr. Marissa Carter, , Howard Walthall, Dr Teresa Jones, CMS member?
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Supporting Innovation: Round Table Discussion with FDA and CMS
Co-Chairs: Howard Walthall & Joe Rolley
Panel: Ms. Syrek-Jensen- CMS, Dr. Cynthia Chang, Dr. Dheerendra Kommala, Beate Hanson, Dr. Windy Cole, Dr Vickie Driver
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Q&A and Closing Remarks
Speaker: Dr. Vickie Driver
Program Chair
Dr Vickie R. Driver
Keynote Speaker
Dr Michelle Tarver
Speakers / Panelists
Dr David Alper
Dr Oscar Alvarez
Dr Marissa Carter
Donna Cartwright
Dr Cynthia Chang
Dr Yu-Chieh Chiu
Dr Windy Cole
Karen Cross
Dr Holly Franzen-Korzendorfer
Dr Caroline Fife
Dr Sarah Griffiths
Dr Beate Hanson
Dr Maribel Henao
Dr Teresa Jones
Dr Julia Ju
Dr. Dheerendra Kommala
Dr Alisha Oropallo
Joe Rolley
Dr Rob Snyder
Dr David Sommers
Dr Bill Tettelbach
Dr Marjana Tomic-Canic
Dr K. Dev Verma
Dr Lucian Vlad
Howard Walthall
Dr Emma Wright