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Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society (SAWC Spring/WHS) meeting is the premier interdisciplinary wound care program in this clinical field and is the largest annual gathering of wound care clinicians in the United States. More than 2,000 physicians, podiatrists, nurses, therapists, and researchers are expected to attend the 2012 SAWC Spring/WHS meeting.

No other wound care conference offers the level of education, number of quality sessions, or renowned educators from around the country who speak at this program each year.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This conference is designed for the interdisciplinary teams of physicians, nurses, physical therapists, researchers, podiatrists, and dietitians involved in wound healing or wound care issues. The SAWC Spring/WHS provides state-of-the-art reviews of clinical problems and research information to attendees from all practice settings who study and treat wounds.

Extremely reasonable registration fees make SAWC Spring/WHS the industry’s most economical meeting for attendees.

Highlighted Sessions                                                        View the Complete Session Agenda »

  • SESSION 18: Core Clinical

    Hot Topics in Pressure Ulcers: Perioperative Pressure Ulcers, Deep-Tissue Injury and Beyond
    Moderator/Speaker: Mona Baharestani, PhD, APN, CWON, CWS
    Speakers: Joyce M. Black, PhD, RN, CPSN, SWCN, FAAN; Ann Marie Nie, MSN, CNP, CWOCN

  • SESSION 8: Wound Therapeutics

    Nutrition and Wound Healing for Overweight and Obese Patients
    Moderator/Speaker: Liz Friedrich, MPH, RD, CSG, LDN

  • SESSION 45: Wound Therapeutics

    Therapeutic Considerations for the Spinal Cord Injury Patient
    Moderator/Speaker: Barbara Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, FAAN
    Speaker: Barry Goldstein, MD, PhD

  • WHS Program: Session D

    International Session —Organized by the European Tissue Repair Society
    Tissue Repair: From Basic Science to Translational Medicine
    Moderator: Sabine Eming, MD
    Speakers: Jean-Jacques Lataillade, MD, PhD; Tanya J. Shaw, MD; Sabine Werner, PhD

  • SESSION 12: Core Clinical

    An Ounce of Prevention Equals More Than a Pound of Cure
    Moderator/Speaker: Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN
    Speaker: Catherine Ratliff, PhD, APRN-BC, CWOCN, CFCN

  • SESSION 11: Research to Practice

    "Hot Off the Press" Clinic Trials in Wound Healing
    Moderator/Speaker: William Marston, MD
    Speakers: Due to the late-breaking nature of this session, speakers will be identified closer to the meeting date.

  • SESSION 46: Limb Preservation

    Plastic Surgical Repair of Chronic Wounds
    Moderator/Speaker: Christopher Attinger, MD, FACS
    Speaker: Karen Kim Evans, MD, FACS

  • SESSION 13: Advanced Clinical

    Violence and Wounds: The Impact of Combat Wounds and Gang Violence
    Moderator/Speaker: Michel Aboutanos, MD, MPH, FACS

  • SESSION 36: Wound Therapeutics

    Cell Therapy Today and Tomorrow
    Moderator/Speaker: Vincent Falanga, MD, FACP

  • SESSION 47: Delivery of Wound Care

    Special Circumstances in Wound Care: Pediatric and Geriatric Wound Care
    Moderator/Speaker: Teri Robinson, RN, BSN, CWON
    Speaker: Marco Romanelli, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 14: Wound Therapeutics

    Dressings 2012: What Does the Future Hold for Wound Dressings?
    Moderator/Speaker: Professor Patricia M. Mertz
    Speakers: Gregory Bohn, MS, MD, FACS; Tom Alan Wolvos, MD, FACS

  • SESSION 10: Delivery of Wound Care

    Providing Wound Care Under Parallel Reimbursement Programs: Traditional Medicare and ACOs
    Moderator/Speaker: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

  • SESSION 48: Research to Practice

    What to Use and When: Comparative Effectiveness Research
    Moderator/Speaker: Susan D. Horn, PhD
    Speaker: Caroline Fife, MD

  • SESSION 55: Core Clinical

    Complex Wounds in the Acute Care Setting
    Moderator/Speaker: C. Tod Brindle, BSN, RN, ET, CWOCN, CLIN IV
    Speaker: Jacob Swenson, MSN, RN, CCRN

  • SESSION 15: Limb Preservation

    Is This Osteomyelitis? Now What?
    Moderator/Speaker: John H. Samies, MD, FSHEA, CWS

  • SESSION 19: Advanced Clinical

    The Role of Bacteria in Wound Healing
    Moderator/Speaker: Gerald S. Lazarus, MD, FACP, FAAD
    Speaker: Jonathan M. Zenilman, MD

  • SESSION 21: Limb Preservation

    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Science to Practice
    Moderator/Speaker: Tania Phillips, MD
    Speakers: Lee J. Goldstein, MD; Magnus Löndahl, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 25: Advanced Clinical

    Practical Burn Treatment for the Non-Burn Clinician
    Moderator/Speaker: Paul Silverstein, MD
    Speaker: David G. Greenhalgh, MD, FACS

  • SESSION 43: Core Clinical

    Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Can Everyone Be Wrong?
    Moderator/Speaker: Laura Bolton, PhD
    Speaker: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 23: Research to Practice

    Omics Technology: Hypothesis-Generating Technology
    Moderator/Speaker: Sashwati Roy, PhD
    Speakers: Christopher J. Lengner, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD; Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD

  • WHS Program: Session C

    Young Investigators’ Symposium
    Moderators: Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD; Harriet W. Hopf, MD

  • SESSION 28: Delivery of Wound Care

    Healthcare Reform — What Does the Future Hold?
    Moderator/Speaker: Marcia Nusgart, RPh

  • SESSION 29: Research to Practice

    Emerging Insights on Scarring and Scar Treatment
    Moderator/Speaker: Thomas Mustoe, MD
    Speaker: Bernard Coulomb, PhD

  • SESSION 53: Delivery of Wound Care

    Beyond PowerPoint: Modern Techniques in Wound Care Education
    Moderator/Speaker: Lia van Rijswijk, RN, MSN, CWCN
    Speaker: Janice M. Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN, CRNP

  • SESSION 17: Research to Practice

    Angiogenesis: What Starts, Maintains and Reverses Blood Vessel Growth
    Moderator/Speaker: Jeffrey M. Davidson, PhD

  • WHS Program: Session F

    Inducible Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology
    Moderators: Jeffrey M. Davidson, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD
    Speakers: Christopher J. Lengner, PhD; Tongbiao Zhao, PhD

  • SESSION 54: Research to Practice

    Design and Assessment of Functional Biomaterial Based Wound Healing Therapies and Imaging
    Moderator/Speaker: Abhay Pandit, PhD
    Speaker: Kishore Bhakoo, PhD

  • SESSION 20: Wound Therapeutics

    Wheelchairs: Biomechanics Put to Practice
    Moderator/Speaker: Stephen Sprigle, PhD, PT
    Speaker: Thomas J. Whelan

  • WHS Program: Session G

    Vascular Biology
    Moderators: Paul Liu, MD; Aamir Siddiqui, MD
    Speakers: Christopher Attinger, MD, FACS; Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD; Elof Eriksson, MD

  • SESSION 51: Wound Therapeutics

    Wound Scene Investigation 1
    Moderator/Speaker: Dot Weir, RN, CWOCN, CWS
    Speakers: Robert Diegelmann, PhD; Lisa Gould, MD, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD; Gregory Schultz, PhD

  • SESSION 52: Limb Preservation

    Functional Impairments: Impact on Wounding and Healing
    Moderator /Speaker: Heather Hettrick PT, PhD, CWS, FACCWS, MLT, DAPWCA
    Speaker: Rose Hamm, DPT, CWS

  • SESSION 34: Core Clinical

    Moisture Associated Skin Damage: If It Is on the Butt, What Is It?
    Moderator/Speaker: Evonne Fowler, RN, CNS, CWON
    Speaker: Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, FNP, APRN-BC

  • SESSION 57: Wound Therapeutics

    Wound Scene Investigation 2
    Moderator/Speaker: Dot Weir, RN, CWOCN, CWS
    Speakers: Robert Diegelmann, PhD; Lisa Gould, MD, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD; Gregory Schultz, PhD

  • SESSION 56: Advanced Clinical

    Highlights from Recent Wound Literature
    Moderator: Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD
    Speakers: Prof. Alexis Desmoulière; Sabine Werner, PhD

  • SESSION 27: Limb Preservation

    Endovascular Approaches to Limb Salvage
    Moderator/Speaker: Subodh Arora, MD
    Speaker: Shawn Sarin, MD

  • SESSION 24: Core Clinical

    Pressure Ulcers and Surgical Site Infections: Are They Never Events, and How Best to Deal With Them?
    Moderator/Speaker: Harriet W. Hopf, MD
    Speaker: Margie Fortino, MSN, RN

  • SESSION 22: Delivery of Wound Care

    Criminalization of Adverse Events: What Healthcare Providers Need to Know
    Moderator/Speaker: Caroline E. Fife, MD
    Speakers: Joy Schank, RN, MSN, ANP, CWOCN; Kevin W. Yankowsky, JD

  • WHS Program: Session B

    Infection and Biofilms
    Moderators: Thomas Mustoe, MD; Randall D. Wolcott, MD
    Speakers: Randall D. Wolcott, MD, PhD; Gregory Schultz, PhD; Daniel Wozniak, PhD

  • SESSION 16: Delivery of Wound Care

    The Wounded Psyche: The Brain-Wound Continuum
    Moderator/Speaker: Renee Cordrey, PT, MSPT, MPH, CWS
    Speaker: Kathi L. Heffner, PhD

  • SESSION 58: Limb Preservation

    Life Post Amputation: Implications for Care
    Moderator/Speaker: Robert Gailey, PhD, PT
    Speaker: John R. Fergason, CPO

  • SESSION 6: Core Clinical

    Demography and Epidemiology of Wounds: The Epidemic Continues
    Moderator/Speaker: David J. Margolis, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 9: Limb Preservation

    Medical Approaches to Peripheral Arterial Disease
    Moderator/Speaker: Dan Federman, MD
    Speaker: Alan Dardik, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 35: Advanced Clinical

    The Foot: Gait Analysis and Offloading
    Moderator/Speaker: Jim McGuire, DPM, PT, CPed, FAPWCA
    Speakers: Gregory Bohn, MD, FACS; Kendrick Whitney, DPM, FAPWCA

  • SESSION 39: Research to Practice

    Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Cutting-Edge Science Leading To Clinical Application
    Moderator/Speaker: Geoffrey C. Gurtner, MD, FACS
    Speaker: William J. Ennis, DO, MBA, FACOS

  • SESSION 44: Advanced Clinical

    AAWC Global Volunteers
    Moderator/Speaker: Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS, MAPWCA, FACHM
    Speakers: Terry Treadwell, MD, FACS; TBD

  • SESSION 38: Delivery of Wound Care

    Creating the Future of Wound Care: Building Future Leaders
    Moderator/Speaker: William H. Eaglstein, MD
    Speakers: Elof Eriksson, MD; Thomas K. Hunt, MD, FACS, DMHC, FRCS; Katherine F. Jeter, EdD, ET

  • SESSION 50: Advanced Clinical

    Understanding Geriatric Skin and Wounds of the Elderly
    Moderator/Speaker: Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, CS, FNP
    Speaker: Olivera Stojadinovic, MD

  • WHS Program: Session J

    Yin-Yang of Wound Healing: Understanding the Differences to Arrive at a Common Good
    Joint session with the Veterinary Society for Wound Management
    Moderators: Bonnie Grambow Campbell, DVM, PhD; Laura K.S. Parnell, BSc, MSc, CWS
    Speakers: Mark W. Bohling, DVM, PhD; Christine Theoret, DMV, PhD; Susan Volk, VMD, PhD

  • SESSION 7: Advanced Clinical

    Advanced Pearls: Rapid-Fire Clinically Relevant Information
    Moderator/Speaker: Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWOCN
    Speakers: Gerit Mulder, DPM, MS, PhD(c), FRCST, FAPWCA; Tania Phillips, MD; Pamela Scarborough, PT, MS, CDE, CWS, FACCWS; Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS, MAPWCA, FACHM

  • SESSION 37: Limb Preservation

    Podiatric Surgery: Understanding Why and How
    Moderator/Speaker: John S. Steinberg, DPM, FACFAS
    Speaker: Paul Kim, DPM

  • SESSION 60: Research to Practice

    Stem Cells for Wound Therapy
    Moderator/Speaker: Evangelos V. Badiavas, MD, PhD

  • SESSION 49: Core Clinical

    Venous Ulcers: What's New
    Moderator/Speaker: Sabine Eming, MD
    Speakers: Magnus Agren, PhD; Karin Scharffetter-Kochanek, MD

  • SESSION 26: Wound Therapeutics

    Biomatrices: Evidence and Theory
    Moderator/Speaker: Gerit Mulder, DPM, MS, PhD(c), FRCST, FAPWCA
    Speaker: Chandra Nataraj, PhD
 

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