• 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

• Title (TBD) - Moleculight, Inc

Moderator: Jayer Chung, MD, Baylor College 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

• 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

• New Innovative Ideas in PAD Device Design and Development
Furqan Tejani, MD, (TBC)

• 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

• The Importance of the Multidisciplinary Team Approach
Nicholas D. Salerno, DPM, Weill Cornell Medicine

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

Moderator: TBD

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

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