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Session Information
SYM S042
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Wounds & Ulcers: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Subject:
Date:
Monday, March 04
CME Credits:
3.00
Location:
Room C225/226
Time:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Director:
Tania J. Phillips, MD, FAAD
Speakers:
- R. Rox Anderson, MD, FAAD
- Vincent Falanga, MD, FAAD
- Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD, FAAD
- Oliver Fred Miller, III, MD, FAAD
- Daniel D. Miller, MD, FAAD
- Laurel Morton, MD - Handout
- Jennifer G. Powers, MD, FAAD
- Robert A. Weiss, MD, FAAD
Learning Objectives:
Following this course, the attendee should be able to:
- Discuss venous ulcers and new therapeutic options for management
- Recognize and treat diabetic foot ulcers
- Discuss the role of lasers in wound management
Description:
This session will cover practical management of wounds commonly seen in dermatologic practice. New approaches to wound management including advances in dressings and skin substitutes, endovenous laser ablation for venous disease, and stem cell therapy will be discussed.
Schedule:
| Monday, March 04 |
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| 9:00 AM | Introduction / Dr. Phillips |
| 9:05 AM | Venous Leg Ulcers; Diagnosis and Management / Dr. Kirsner |
| 9:30 AM | Laser Treatments for Venous disease / Dr. Weiss |
| 9:55 AM | Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic foot ulcers / Dr. Miller |
| 10:20 AM | Vasculitis and Vasculopathic Ulcers / Dr. Miller |
| 10:45 AM | ABCs of wound dressings / Dr. Powers and Dr. Morton |
| 11:10 AM | What's new: Exciting developments in Lasers and wound healing / Dr. Anderson |
| 11:35 AM | Stem cell therapy: the magic bullet for difficult wounds? / Dr. Falanga |