The Wound Care Collaborative Community Driving Innovation Summit

May 2, 2025 | Grapevine, TX

Will You Be Joining Us?

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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About the Wound Care Collaborative Community (WCCC)

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. 

Agenda & Speakers

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    • What Topics Will be Covered?

      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

Speakers

    • Who Will Be Speaking?

      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

       

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