By now, the titles of DFCon meetings have taken on a life of their own and have been repeated at countless other symposia throughout the world. What's your favorite (or least) this year (session titles count, too)? Feel free to tweet your choice including the hashtag #DFCon12 or post it on facebook (or the blog). We'll do the tallying. Here's the list:
Thursday 15 March
A Global EuTOEpia? Towards a More Perfect Union to Prevent Diabetes-Related Amputation
Moderators: George Andros, MD and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD
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8:00 – 8:20
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The Diabetic Foot: A View from the StraTOEsphere
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, DSc |
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8:20 – 8:40
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Demography, Destiny, and Diabetes: The Future Is Now
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH |
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8:40 – 9:00
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SIGNs of the Times: How the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Are Keeping Things on Kilt-er
Graham Leese, MD |
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9:00 – 9:20
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The Toes are Alive, with the Sound of Teamwork:
The Diabetic Foot in Switzerland Dieter Mayer, MD |
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9:20 – 9:40
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The Thames They Are a Changin': High Tea(m) at Kings College
Michael Edmonds, MD |
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9:40 – 10:10
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Break
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10:10 – 10:30
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Let's Gogh Dutch: Sharing Evidence, Policy and Enthusiasm at the International Working Group
Karel Bakker, MD, PhD |
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10:30 – 10:50
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The Japanese Interdisciplinary Clinic: An Iron Chef Knows What Roles Go in the Roll
Shigeo Kono, MD PhD |
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10:50 – 11:10
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The Man Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest: The Swedish Model for Prevention Behind the Bestseller
Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD |
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11:10 – 11:30
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Vaya con Dedos: Do We Need a New Pan-American NAFTA? (North American Free Toes Alliance)
Rocío Jiménez Godínez, MD |
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11:30 – 12:00
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Panel Discussion:
Boulton, Leese, Mayer, Edmonds, Bakker, Kono, Apelqvist, and Jiménez Godínez |
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch Symposium
The Science Behind Tissue Regeneration
George Andros, MD; David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD; Lee C. Rogers, DPM; Ronald P. Silverman, MD
Location: Grand Ballroom
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch on your own
Secretaries of Stent: Fostering Interprofessional Diplomacy Amongst Interventionalists
Moderator: Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD
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1:30 – 1:50
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Machiavellian Hemodynamics: In-line Flow Justifies the Means
Jim A. Reekers, MD, PhD |
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1:50 – 2:10
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While Extremism in the Defense of Pulsatile Flow is No Vice, Moderation May Be More Virtuous
Frank B. Pomposelli, MD |
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2:10 – 2:30
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A Pax Flowmana: Creating an Interdisciplinary Interventional Empire without Acting Like a Barbarian
Robert J. Hinchliffe, MD |
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2:30 – 2:50
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Waxing Gibbons: The Rise and Fall of the Open Vascular Empire Gary W. Gibbons, MD |
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2:50 – 3:10
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Panel Discussion: Reekers, Pomposelli, Hinchliffe, and Gibbons
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3:10 – 3:40
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Granita Break
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Wound Healing: Promise, Pragmatism and PODtification
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD
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3:40 – 4:00
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Wound Healing Advances: Super for Us or Superfluous? Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD |
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4:00 – 4:20
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Should We Debride Wounds like We Debride Skin Cancer? (or Immaculate Reception: How Identifying Receptive Receptors Will Change the Way We Debride and Heal Wounds) Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD |
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4:20 – 4:40
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“Moh's Surgery” for Wounds: Data from One Tomic-Canic to Another Toe Mechanic Prof. Alberto Piaggesi |
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4:40 – 5:00
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Hands On vs. Eyes On: Leveraging Expertise Via Camera Phone (or: FaceTime for Feet) Mark S. Granick, MD |
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5:00 – 5:20
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RAGE Against the Dying of the Foot (How Receptors for Advanced Glycosylation End Products Will Enter our Diagnostic Vernacular) or: Do Not Toe Gently into that Good Night Michael Edmonds, MD |
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5:20 – 5:40
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Pure Inspiration or High Pressure Sales Pitch? Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD |
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5:40 – 6:00
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Panel Discussion: Kirsner, Tomic-Canic, Piaggesi, Granick, Edmonds, and Apelqvist |
6:00 – 7:30
Welcome to Hollywood Red Carpet Reception with Exhibitors
Wolfgang Puck Catered Food • Open Bar • Exhibits • Hollywood Entertainment
Friday 16 March
7:00 – 7:45 Breakfast Symposium
Are All Advanced Wound Care Products Created Equal?
Gary W. Gibbons, MD
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studios A & B
This non-CME accredited activity is supported by Organogenesis.
7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast
8:00 – 10:00 Hands-On Workshop
Reconstructing the Deconstructed: From Skin to Bone
Advances in Charcot Care and Reconstruction
Lee C. Rogers, DPM and Daniel J. Tucker, DPM
Location: Solano
This non-CME accredited activity is supported by Integra LifeSciences.
Common Complexifications and Caring Commentary: Keeping it Simple Even When it Isn't
Moderator: George Andros, MD
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8:00 – 8:20
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Last Charcot in Paris: Tango with the Task Force
Lee C. Rogers, DPM |
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8:20 – 8:40
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TOEmerular Filtration Rate and End Stage Heel Disease: Diabetes and Dialysis Wound All Heels
Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, DSc |
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8:40 – 9:00
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We've Got You Covered: Flaps, Grafts, Biologics
Mark S. Granick, MD |
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9:00 – 9:15
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Panel Discussion:
Rogers, Boulton, and Granick |
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9:15 – 10:00
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Pacific Break / Exhibits
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Diabetic Foot Infections: Special Toelivery from the US PUStal Service
Moderator: Lee C. Rogers, DPM
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10:00 – 10:20
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Osteomyelitis in Diabetes: A Marrowing Experience No Longer? (or: When Diabetes Gives You a Bone Infection, Make Osso Bucco) Javier Aragón Sánchez, MD, PhD |
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10:20 – 10:40
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IDSA Guidelines for the Diabetic Foot: Dispelling Infectious Conspiracy Theories with the DFCon Warren Commission Warren S. Joseph, DPM |
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10:40 – 11:00
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Understanding Bad Bacterial Neighborhoods: It's the Community, Not Just the Hoodlums Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD |
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11:00 – 11:20
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Closing Arguments: Does the Presence of a Wound (in and of itself) Make the Case for Antibiotic Therapy? Wound Germ-Us-Prudence. Michael Edmonds, MD |
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11:20 – 11:45
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Panel Discussion: Aragón Sánchez, Joseph, Lipsky, and Edmonds |
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11:45 – 12:15
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The 9th Annual Edward James Olmos Award For Advocacy in Amputation Prevention Honoree: Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD |
12:15 – 1:45 Lunch/Exhibits
Replacement Parts: Can Cutting Our Losses Lead to An Improvement on the Original?
Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD
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1:45 – 2:05
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Lend Us a Hand: What Diabetic Limb Salvage Can Learn from Hand Transplant Surgery Warren C. Breidenbach III, MD |
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2:05 – 2:25
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When Should We Amputate? Measurement and Management to Mitigate Morbidity Nicolaas C. Schaper, MD |
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2:25 – 2:45
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When is a BKA A-OK? Magdiel Trinidad-Hernandez, MD |
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2:45 – 3:05
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Amputees Need More to Stand on Than a Prosthesis: Starting a Support Group in Your Community John S. Steinberg, DPM |
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3:05 – 3:30
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Panel Discussion: Breidenbach, Schaper, Trinidad-Hernandez, and Steinberg |
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3:30 – 4:15
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Break/Exhibits |
4:15 – 5:30 CADAVER WORKSHOP
Improving Healing with Advanced Technology
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
Location: Hollywood Ballroom, Studio C
This non-CME accredited activity is supported by Smith & Nephew.
Views of the Vascular Flowstra Knowstra: Recanalizing the Odds in Your Favor
Moderator: George Andros, MD
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4:15 – 4:35
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The Cutting Edge in Atherectomy Technology: Debulk or Debunk? Frank B. Pomposelli, MD |
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4:35 – 4:55
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Interventional Accounting and Major Tissue Loss: Can Supply Meet Demand? Jim A. Reekers, MD, PhD |
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4:55 – 5:15
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The Calculus of Revascularization: Should I Change My Numerator or Denominator? Joeseph L. Mills Sr., MD |
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5:15 – 5:45
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Overcoming Performance Anxiety: A New Songbook for Old Standards Michael S. Conte, MD |
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5:45 – 6:15
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Panel Discussion: Pomposelli, Reekers, Mills, Conte, Hinchliffe, and Gibbons |
Saturday 17 March
6:30 – 7:00 Breakfast
Hands-On Workshops
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7:00 – 10:00
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Coordinators: Ronald J. Belczyk, DPM and Lee C. Rogers, DPM Concurrent workshops: Each one-hour workshop is presented three times. You can attend three different workshops. Workshops are non-CME activities |
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Workshop I
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Bioengineered Tissues John S. Steinberg, DPM Location: Studio B |
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Workshop II
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Discovering Dressings and Diagnostics Lee C. Rogers, DPM Location: Studio E |
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Workshop III
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Offloading Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc Location: Studio A |
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Workshop IV
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Wound Healing Devices Ronald Belczyk, DPM Location: Studio D |
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Workshop V
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VAC to Basics Prof. Alberto Piaggesi and Mark S. Granick, MD Location: Echo Park, 3rd Level of Hotel |
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10:00 – 11:00
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Break/Exhibits |
10:00 – 11:00 WOUND CARE IN ONE TOOL BOX
Dressings, Debridement, and NPWT
Terry Coggins, MSN, RN, WOCN, CWCN; Caroline Currie, MBA, RN
Location: Mount Olympus, 3rd level of hotel
This non-CME accredited activity is presented by Smith & Nephew.
Who's Keeping Score? Measuring What We Manage and Counting What Counts
Moderator: Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD
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11:00 – 11:20
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Amputation Reductions in the Developing World: A Day at the Beach or Calm before the Next Big Wave? Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc |
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11:20 – 11:40
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How Do ID Doctors ID Success? Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD |
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11:40 – 12:00
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Pyrrhic Vascular Victories: How Do We Win a Race that Has No Finish Line? Robert J. Hinchliffe, MD |
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12:00 – 12:20
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Prepare to be Stunned by our Phasers: New Technology for the Diabetic Foot Lee C. Rogers, DPM |
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12:20 – 12:40
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Panel Discussion: Cavanagh, Hinchliffe, Rogers, and Bakker |
12:40 – 1:40 Lunch/Exhibits
11:00 – 12:30
THE SCIENCE OF REGENERATIVE TISSUE MATRICES:
Graftjacket® Regenerative TIssue Matrix and Graftjacket® Xpress Flowable Soft Tissue Scaffold
Lee C. Rogers, DOM
Location: Solano
This non-CME accredited activity is supported by KCI.
Do-It-Yourself Outpatient Improvement:
Getting the Lowes-down on Creating a Home Depot for Home Care
Moderator: Lee C. Rogers, DPM
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1:40 – 2:00
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Team and Technology to Reduce Length of Stay (a Small Step for Technology, a Giant Leap for Cost Savings) Lee C. Rogers, DPM |
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2:00 – 2:20
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How to Set Up an Outpatient Clinic: The View from the PoTOEmac at Georgetown John S. Steinberg, DPM |
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2:20 – 2:40
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Missing Links: Crossing the Great Rift with Next Generation Home Monitoring (Lessons from the Diabetes Technology Society) David C. Klonoff, MD |
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2:40 – 3:00
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A Comprehensive Medical/Surgical Clinic: Easy Peasy in Pisa? Prof. Alberto Piaggesi |
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3:00 – 3:20
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Panel Discussion: Steinberg, Klonoff, and Piaggesi |
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3:20 – 3:35
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Fresh Air Coffee Break |
In the End, It's Outcomes that Matter: The Optimist's ManifesTOE
Moderators: George Andros, MD and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD
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3:35 – 3:55
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The Economic Case for Amputation Prevention: Messages for the Moneychangers in Your Temple Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD |
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3:55 – 4:15
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Charting a Course for Success: Seaworthy Screening Forms to Keep Your Clinic Afloat (and Not Adrift) Graham Leese, MD |
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4:15 – 4:35
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¡Toe-readores, Toe-le'! Taking the Foot by the Horns in the Operating Room (While Avoiding Bull) Javier Aragón Sánchez, MD, PhD |
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4:35 – 5:05
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The Long and Winding Road that Leads to Your Ward: Don't Just Let It Be, Here Are the Take Home Messages for Monday Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, MSc |
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5:05 – 5:30
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Panel Discussion: Apelqvist, Leese, Aragón Sánchez, and Boulton |
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