Estimated time to complete this activity: 9 hours
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Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
➢ Outline the challenges and solutions for treating acute and chronic wounds with risk of infection. Including a wide range of methods from simple irrigation techniques, to wound debridement, and use of advanced wound care modalities like negative pressure wound therapy based on the status of the wounds encountered.
➢ Examine the evidence that shows that there are aspects of biofilm colonization that are associated with poor to no healing.
➢ Examine the evidence that immune response plays a role in controlling wound infection risk
➢ Explore novel ways of regaining improved oxygen tension at the wound; including local oxygen delivery systems and arterial compression systems
➢ Discuss the need for advanced technology integration to wound care workflows and devices pertaining to improving patient outcomes.
Faculty / Content Developers
Robert Diegelmann, PhD
Distinguished Career and Emeritus Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
VCU School of Medicine
Presentation: The Biology of Chronic Wounds
Gregory Schultz, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Florida
Presentation: Update on Biofilm Based Wound Card
Kane Genser, MD
Surgical Resident
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Presentation: Finding, and Fighting, Biofilms
Robert J. Snyder, DPM
Dean, School of Podiatric Medicine
Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine
Presentation: Demystifying Wound Infection: A Clinical Perspective on Biofilm
Bryan Markinson, DPM
Adjunct Professor, Department of Podiatric Medicine
Mount Sinai Orthopedics
Presentation: Biopsy Considerations for Non Healing Wounds
Alisha Oropallo, MD
Medical Director, Comprehensive Wound Healing Center and Hyperbarics
Northwell Health
Presentation: Bioburden Wound Management and Treatment
Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN
Wound and Skin Care Consultant
Founding Member and Senior Advisor, Coalition for At-Risk-Skin (CARS)
Presentation: At-Risk Skin: 21 Consensus Statements from the Coalition for At-Risk Skin (CARS)
Ravi Kamepalli, MD
Regional Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center, Inc.
Presentation: Infectious Disease Wound Care and Metabolic Health-Focused
Jayesh Shah, MD
South Texas Wound Associates
Presentation: Newer Technology for Wound Bed Assessment
Scott Gorenstein, MD
NYU Langone
Presentation: The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Limb Salvage
Jeffrey Niezgoda, MD
President and Chief Medical Officer, WebCME
President, American Professional Wound Care Association
Presentation Part I: Mitigation of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: The Physiologic Mechanism of Action for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Presentation Part II: HBOT and Ischemic-Reperfusion Brain Injury
Afsaneh Alavi, MD
Dermatologist, Mayo Clinic
Presentation: Hidradenitis Suppurativa” Which Treatment, Which Patient?
Louis Iannuzzi, DPT
Bellevue Hospital Center’s Department of Dermatology
NYU Kimmel Wound and Hyperbaric Center
Presentation: Management of the Insensitive Limb. “The Carville Approach”
(with an introduction by Frank L. Ross, MD, NYU Langone Health)
Robert Fridman, DPM
Foot Associates of New York
Columbia University Medical Center
Presentation: Biomechanically Intelligent Amputations
Bijan Najafi, PhD
Tenured Professor and Director of Clinical Research Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine
Director of NSF Center to Stream HealthCare in Place (C2SHIP)
Director, Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP)
Baylor College of Medicine
Presentation: The use of remote patient monitoring to empower patients in personalized care in place
William H. Tettelbach, MD
Wound & Hyperbaric Medicine Services, Mountain Division
Healthcare Corporation of America
Presentation: The Economics of Skin Substitutes Using Big Data
Catherine Milne, MSN APRN
Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates
Presentation: You Don’t Have to Marry Off Your Patients… You Just Have To Get Them Engaged!!
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Your CE Source designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Your CE Source is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing. Provider approved by California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #16031 for 9 contact hours.
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The following faculty, planner and/or content manager reported the following financial relationship with commercial interests whose products or services may be mentioned in this CE activity:
Name of Individual/Reported Financial Relationship
Robert Diegelmann, PhD
NIH / Grants/Research Support
Alisha Oropallo, MD
Organogenesis, MolecuLight, Spectral MD / Grants/Research Support
Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN
WoundSource, Medline, Molnlycke / Consulting Fees
WoundSource, Medline, Molnlycke / Speaker’s Bureau
Jayesh Shah, MD
Integra Life Sciences, Urgo Medical, VTail, Medline / Grants/Research Support
SAWC, Woundcon / Speaker’s Bureau
South Texas Wound Associates, PA; TIMEO2Healing Concepts, LLC / Owner/Employee
MR3 Health / Shareholder
Textbook of Chronic Wound Care: Wound Care Certification Guide / Royalty/Patent Holder
Afsaneh Alavi, MD
BI, Process / Grants/Research Support
Abbvie, BI, Novartis, UCB / Consulting Fees (e.g., Ad boards)
Board member of HSF / Other
Bijan Najafi, PhD
EO2 Concept, Medline, AVAZZIA, NeuroMetrix, LifeNet, BioSensics / Grants/Research Support
BioSensics, Mölnlycke / Consulting Fees
U of Arizona, EPFL, RFUMS / Royalty/Patent Holder
Catherine Milne, MSN APRN
Medline Post-Acute Advisory Board / Consulting Fees
3M, Convatec, Smith and Nephew, Medline / Speaker’s Bureau
Co-Chair WoundCon; Clinical Editor WoundSource / Other
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