New York's Premier Multidisciplinary Limb Salvage Conference.
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A one-day program designed to educate physicians and health care professionals on the challenges encountered when treating patients with lower extremity wounds and critical limb ischemia. The course will showcase the advantages that a multidisciplinary team approach can offer to a patient with non-healing lower extremity arterial, venous, and diabetic ulcers. The symposium will highlight the latest medications, wound management strategies, and endovascular advancements that are making a dramatic difference in the field of amputation prevention and wound healing. The program offers a wonderful opportunity to interact with local and national experts in the evolving field of lower extremity wound management and to earn CME credits.
Staten Island University Hospital is accredited by The Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Staten Island University Hospital designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME Activity.
Registration • Coffee and Continental Breakfast
Welcome Address - Jonathan Deitch, MD, FACS
Kuldeep Singh , MD
Venous ulcers and the burden on health care - Kuldeep Singh, MD
Catheter directed management of acute DVT: where’s the evidence? - Kane L. Chang MD
Indications for saphenous vein ablation – Honesto M. Poblete, MD
Latest advances in venous ulcer management- Luis Santini, MD
Compression therapy and compliance – Anil P. Hingorani, MD
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Jeffery Rothman, MD
Benefits of statin therapy in patients with PAD - Darshan P. Godkar, MD
Best strategies for smoking cessation - Kerry Gillespie, MS
Can A1c predict rate of healing in diabetic wounds- Jeffery Rothman, MD
Predictors of contrast induced nephropathy - Susan El-Sayegh, MD
Mechanism of PAD development in diabetics – Philip Otterbeck, MD
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
Jonathan Deitch, MD, FACS
Best strategies to manage in-stent restenosis – Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD
Bare metal vs covered stents for SFA disease – Jonathan Deitch, MD
Radial access for lower extremity arterial interventions – Kuldeep Singh, MD
Optimal treatment of CLI: update on the BEST trial - Jonathan Schor, MD
Common femoral artery stenting, what’s the big deal? - Nilesh Balar, MD
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Saqib Zia, MD, RPVI
Lunch
Keynote Speaker – Arnold R. Eiser, MD, MACP - Physician Burnout: How Did We Get Here, How Do We Get Better
Opiate addiction in patients with painful wounds - Wayne Caputo, DPM
Biologic Dressings: when to choose the right product - Marilyn Ng, MD
When is hyperbaric oxygen therapy most helpful? - Alisha Oropallo, MD
Surgical Solutions: When skin graft and locoregional flaps solve the problem – Alfred T. Culliford IV, MD
Microvascular reconstruction for limb salvage: When there is no other option- Victor Moon, MD
Advances and techniques in skin grafting – Michael Cooper, MD
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
Luis Mora, DPM
Charcot Foot Overview – Luis H. Mora, DPM
Radiographic Findings: What am I looking at? – Marlena Jabara, MD
Offloading and Pressure Reduction – Anthony R. Iorio, DPM
Charcot foot reconstruction: who meets the criteria? - John Haight, DMP
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Jonathan Schor, MD
Outcomes after lower extremity bypass in the endovascular era - Marcus Dyala, MD
Rehab after amputation: challenges encountered - Mark Mendez, PT
Prevention and Management of Lower Extremity Pressure Ulcers in the Bedbound Patient: A Nurse’s Perspective – Delphia Hator, FNP, Wound specialist
Prosthetic Advancement and What to Expect in the Future – William Goldberg, Certified Prosthetist
Questions, Answers, and Panel Discussion
Announcements and Closing Remarks – Kuldeep Singh, MD
Adjourn