• 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

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

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

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

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

• Challenges and Novel Solutions for Treating Complicated Chronic Wounds
Aziz Ghahary, MD, PhD, University of British Columbia-Surgery

Discussion Panel - Q&A

Moderator: Jayer Chung, MD - Baylor College of Medicine

• 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

Advancing Treatment of Chronic Wounds: Supporting Limb Salvage with NovoSorb(R) BTM Technology
Tim Barker, PhD, PolyNovo, Ltd.

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

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

Discussion Panel - Q&A

•Moderator: John C. Lantis, MD
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Moderator: David Armstrong, DPM, Keck Medicine of USCUniversity of Southern California

• Advanced Concepts in Revascularization and Prevention
Christopher Shackles, DO, MPH, Holy Name Medical Center

• The Use of New Specialty Wires and Balloons to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia
Ramzan Zakir, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas University Hospital - Heart and Vascular Institute of Central Jersey

• Utilizing Wound Imaging to Overcome Challenges in Diagnosing and Treating Wound-Associated Cellulitis
Charles Andersen, MD, Madigan Army Medical Center

• Advances in Combination Therapy in Wound Care
Alisha Oropallo, MD, Northwell Health

• Healing the Ischemic Wound
John C. Lantis, MD, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

Discussion Panel - Q&A

Moderator: Miguel Montero-Baker, MD - Baylor's St. Luke's Medical Center

How will the shift towards the delivery of at-home healthcare influence wound care stakeholders: payers, providers, and patients.

Panelists:

• David Armstrong, DPM - USCUniversity of Southern California

• John C. Lantis, MD - Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai

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

• Chris Morrison, MD - Telehealth Services for Sanara MedTech

• 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

• Novel Approaches to Combat Wound Healing Infection
Sashwati Roy, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine

• MolecuLight for Diagnosis and Treatment
Wayne J. Caputo, DPM, Wound Care Center at Clara Maas

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

• Illuminating Insights into Wound Bioburden - Implication of Biofilm and Inflammation on Wound Chronicity
Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD, AZH Wound and Vascular Center

• Wound Biofilms: Not Guilty, Your Honour!
Brian Kunimoto, MD, The Skin Center - BC's Center for Dermatologic Science

Discussion Panel - Q&A
Moderator: Ira Herman, PhD
Tufts University School of Medicine

• "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 to Limb Salvage from a Vascular Surgeon Point of View and Case Presentation
Christopher Agrusa, MD, Weill Cornell Medicine

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

• Theranostics - Exosome Mediated Healing of Ischemic Wounds
Atta Behfar, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic

• Alternative Thinking for Wound Healing - Root Causing Nutrition in Wound Healing. Is it Time for Personalizing Nutritional Solutions in Wound Care?
Ravi Kamepalli, MD, Regional Infectious Disease and Infusion Center, Inc.

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

Discussion Panel - Q&A

Moderator: Ira Herman, PhD - Tufts University School of Medicine

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

• CLI Success and Failures: How To and Not To
Lawrence Garcia, MD, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

• Strength and Pitfalls of Using the various Atherectomy Devices for the Treatment of Limb Threatening Ischemia
James McKinsey, MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

• Drug Coated Balloon in Complex Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia Patients
Zachary S. Pallister, MD, Baylor College of Medicine

• Management of No Option Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia
Miguel Montero-Baker, MD, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

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

Discussion Panel - Q&A

Moderator: Stephanie C. Wu, DPM - Rosalind Franklin University of Medecine and Science

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

This special private networking is only available to registered attendees. You will be provided 15 minutes one-to-one private discussions and relationship building. Availability will be limited to a first-come first-served basis.