Pre-Conference

Advanced Wound Care Hands-on Workshop: Integrating Sharp Debridement, Total Contact Casting and Advanced Therapies to Optimize Outcomes

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Speaker(s)

Peter Bondurant Arnold, MD, PhD, FACS

Professor and Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Ridgeland, MS
Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Professor, Medical Director
University of Texas Southwestern
University of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, TX
John C. Lantis, II, MD

Chief and Professor of Surgery
Mount Sinai West and the Icahn School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine
New York, New York
Erin Testerman Mitra, RN-BSN, CWOCN

Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse
NewYork-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, UHM(ABPM), CWSP, FAPWCA, FCCWS, FUHM, FACP, FACHM

Asst. Professor, Division of Community and Family Medicine
South Texas Wound Associates, PA DBA Wounddoctors
UT Health, San Antonio, TX
San Antonio, TX

Disclosure(s):

Peter Bondurant Arnold, MD, PhD, FACS: No relevant disclosure to display

Chronic lower extremity ulcers are those that do not progress through the healing process in a timely manner and have become a major challenge to healthcare systems worldwide. Led by an interdisciplinary team of wound healing educators, this hands-on course will provide strategies and best practice approaches for managing lower extremity wounds integrating sharp debridement, total contact casting and the application of dermal regeneration technologies.

Supported by an educational grant from Integra LifeSciences.

A maximum of 4 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hours are offered through this pre-conference workshop. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Examine the role of sharp debridement, total contact casting and dermal regeneration technologies in the management of complex wounds
Recognize the role of offloading as an integral part of the comprehensive algorithm to heal a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) and the effectiveness of total contact cast (TCC) as the most optimal modality
Examine the science of skin substitutes and determine when to initiate
Explore illustrative cases on the management of complex wounds leveraging TCC and dermal regeneration technologies