• Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

• Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

Latest research on various roles of growth factors, cytokines/chemokines, cellular/humoral components of chronic wounds

• Immune-Epithelial Crosstalk in Tissue Regeneration
Shruti Naik, PhD, NYU Langone Health

• Macrophages in Wound Healing: Mechanisms and Biomarkers -
Kara Spiller, PhD, Drexler University

• Diabetes-Induced Non-Healing Wounds: Complications, Targets & Therapeutic Innovations
Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

• Moleculite for OE Diagnosis and Treatment
Wayne J. Caputo, DPM, Wound Care Center Clara Maass

Moderator: TBD

• Macrophage Plasticity and Role in Tissue Repair and Regeneration - Sashwati Roy, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine

Title (TBD) - Organogenesis, Inc.

• A Regenerative Dressing to Help Overcome Impaired Healing in Wounds - Guillermo A. Ameer, PhD, Northwestern University

•Moderator: Ira M. Herman, PhD

• Revascularization for CTLI: What’s On The Horizon?
John Rundback, MD, Holy Name Medical Center Physicians

• The Use of New Speciality Wires and Balloons to Improve Outcomes In Patients With Critical Limb Ischemia
Ramzan Zakir, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University

• Fluorescence Imaging to Localize High Bacterial Burden in Wounds: Evidence from Bench to Bedside
Monique Reiner, PhD, Moleculight, Inc

Moderator: Jayer Chung, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

David Armstrong, DPM, USCUniversity of Southern California

John Latis, MD, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Amy Law, MBA, Health Economics, Reimbursement and Evidence, 3M

Chris Morrison, MD, Mgroup Healthcare Strategies

Marcia Nusgart, R.Ph., Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders

Moderator: Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

• Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI
• Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

Implications of biofilms on chronic wound healing, assessment, diagnosis

• Implications of Biofilms in Wound Healing
Sashwati Roy, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine

• Assessment of Bioburden – Clinical, Laboratory & Adjunctive Tools
Aziz Ghahary, MD, PhD, University of British Columbia

Bacterial Bioburden Control in Chronic Wounds
Ammar Al Rubaiay, DPM, Northwell Health

• Management of Osteomyelitis – The State of Play 2021
Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, Rosalind Franklin University)

Moderator: TBD

Moderator: Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, Rosalind Franklin University

• Healing the Ischemic Wound
John C. Lantis, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital

• Title (TBD)
Alisha Oropallo, MD, Northwell Health

• Artificial Intelligence to Augment Decision-Making in Chronic Limb Ischemia
Jayer Chung, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine.

Engage with key opinion leaders sharing their vision of the next generation of solutions

• Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

• Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

Various patient-centered approaches to improving outcomes

• Role of Psychology for Patient Compliance
Randy Pardell, MD, (TBC) Riverview Psychiatric Medicine

• Nutrition & Wound Healing
Christopher K. Bromley, DPM, Premier Medical Group

• Title (TBD)

• What’s on the Horizon: Update on New Technologies for Diabetic Foot Management
Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

Moderator: TBD

• "WIFI": What Is It? And Is It Useful? Examples
Nicholas Salerno, DPM, Weill Cornell Medicine

• The Team Approach to Limb Salvage from a Podiatrist Point of View and Case Presentation
Deena Horn, DPM, Weill Cornell Medicine

• The Team Approach from a Vascular Surgeon Point of View and Case Presentation Christopher Agrusa, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine

Moderator: John J. Dolan, DPM, Weill Cornell Medicine

• Novel Small Molecules Antagonists of RAGE/DIAPH1 Improve Wound Healing in Diabetic Mouse - New Developments
Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, NYU Langone Health

• The Diverse Cellular Effects of Calreticulin Defines a Novel Topical Bio-Therapeutic for Tissue Repair - New Developments
Leslie Gold, PhD, New York University School of Medicine

• PROVIDING CLOSURE: A Schematic for the Proper Use of Cellular/Tissue-Based Products
Robert Fridman, DPM, Foot Associates of New York

Moderator: Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine

Complex scenarios such as chronic limb threatening ischemia and peripheral arterial calcification

• Management of Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
Zachary S. Pallister, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

• Timing Revascularization for the Non-Healing Infected Limb
Stephanie C. Wu, DPM, Rosalind Franklin University

• Detection and Treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease
John H. Rundback, MD, Holy Name Medical Center Physicians

• Difficult Cases – Treatment Options & Planning
Thomas Bernik, MD, Englewood Health

Moderator: TBD

• Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI

• Ira M. Herman, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Co-Chair, WHSI