Surgery and Advanced Wound Care Summit for Podiatrists and Residents Agenda

Time zone: Eastern time


Saturday, August 16, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
08:50 AM 09:00 AM

Welcome and Platform Introduction

Harold Schoenhaus, DPM, FACFAS

09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Post-Operative Orthotic Control

Robert D Phillips, DPM

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Biomechanics and Surgical Planning: Pes Planus

Samantha Landau, DPM, MPH, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

An Orthosis Blueprint for Plantar Heel Pain

Jeffrey Cusack, DPM, DABPO

10:30 AM 11:00 AM

MIS Techniques that Work

Maryellen Brucato, DPM, FACFAS

11:00 AM 11:30 AM

Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Infection, Osteomyelitis: The "Surgical Cure" - NO - Minimal Amputation

Lawrence A DiDomenico, DPM, FACFAS

11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Metatarsalgia: Treatments That Work for Our Athletes

Michael Donato, DPM, FFAPSM, CAQ-SM, FACFAS, FAPWCA

12:30 PM 01:00 PM

Live Q&A Session - Meet the Experts

Robert D Phillips, DPM

Michael Donato, DPM, FFAPSM, CAQ-SM, FACFAS, FAPWCA

Samantha Landau, DPM, MPH, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

01:00 PM 01:30 PM

Break

01:30 PM 02:00 PM

The Pathomechanics of the Recurrent Bunion: What You Missed on the Biomechanical Examination Evaluation

Samantha Landau, DPM, MPH, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

02:00 PM 02:30 PM

First MTP Joint Fusions: Biomechanical Considerations

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM, FACFAS, FACPM

02:30 PM 03:00 PM

Ankle Arthrodesis vs Arthroplasty

Michael Troiano, DPM, FACFAS

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Common Foot Fractures

Nicholas J Bevilacqua, DPM, FACFAS

03:30 PM 04:00 PM

Rheumatoid Reconstruction

Daniel S Yaeger, DPM

04:00 PM 04:30 PM

Etiology and Treatment of Peripheral Neuropathies

Ronald Guberman, DPM

04:30 PM 05:30 PM

Emergency Medications

Robert G Smith, DPM, MSc, RPh, SrFNAP

05:30 PM 06:00 PM

Live Q&A Session - Meet the Experts

Jarrod Shapiro, DPM, FACFAS, FACPM

Robert G Smith, DPM, MSc, RPh, SrFNAP

Samantha Landau, DPM, MPH, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

Sunday, August 17, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Indications, Effectiveness and Recommendations

Reem Sheikh, DPM, DABFAS

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Kidney Disease, Diabetes and Its Effect on Wound Care

Marie L Williams, DPM, DABFAS, DHL

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

Building a Better Choparts Amputation

Daniel S Yaeger, DPM

10:30 AM 11:00 AM

Vascular Assessments for Care Planning of Lower Extremity Wounds

Charles Andersen, MD, FACS, MAPWCA

11:00 AM 11:30 AM

Recognition and Treatment of the Neuroischemic Diabetic Foot - My Perspective

Mario Ponticello, DPM, DABFAS, MAPWCA

11:30 AM 12:00 PM

The Un-Offloadable Patient

James McGuire, DPM, PT, FAPWHc

12:00 PM 12:30 PM

Live Q&A Session - Meet the Experts

James McGuire, DPM, PT, FAPWHc

Robert G Frykberg, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA, FRSM, FFPM (Glasg)

Mario Ponticello, DPM, DABFAS, MAPWCA

12:30 PM 01:00 PM

Break

01:00 PM 01:30 PM

Diabetic Foot Infections & the IDSA/IWGDF Guidelines

Warren S Joseph, DPM, FIDSA

01:30 PM 02:00 PM

Role for Surgery in Managing Foot Infections

Ronald Guberman, DPM

02:00 PM 02:30 PM

Advances in Wound Care and Off Loading with Total Contact Casting

Christopher Bromley, DPM, FACFAS

02:30 PM 03:00 PM

Wound Healing: Standard of Care - Advanced Options

Matthew John Regulski, DPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), DABMSP

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Flexor Tenotomy for Atypical Toe Ulcers Easy Solution to a Chronic Problem

Jessica Randolph, DPM

03:30 PM 04:00 PM

What's New in Advanced Wound Care?

Cyaandi Dove, DPM

04:00 PM 04:30 PM

Charcot Foot - Principles for Management

Nicholas J Bevilacqua, DPM, FACFAS

04:30 PM 05:00 PM

Complimentary Fixation in Charcot Foot and Ankle Reconstruction

Guido A LaPorta, DPM, MS, FACFAS

05:00 PM 05:30 PM

Live Q&A Session - Meet the Experts

Robert G Frykberg, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA, FRSM, FFPM (Glasg)

Guido A LaPorta, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Matthew John Regulski, DPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), DABMSP

Jessica Randolph, DPM