Physicians: $495/695 before/after April 7, 2018. Daily rate for physicians: $200.

Non-physicians: $295/$395 before/after April 7, 2018.

Nurses: $199.

Physical Therapists: $199.

5% discount applied during registration by using discount code QxMWCM05 . *Pricing in USD

Embassy Suites 319 SW Pine Street, Portland, Oregon, 97204, USA 503-279-9000

Registration & Breakfast

6:30 AM  –  7:30 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
6:45 AM  –  7:30 AM	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium: TBD
7:30 AM  –  7:35 AM	Welcome and Introduction Speaker: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA
7:35 AM  –  7:50 AM	Patient Story: “My Life with venus stasis ulcers…”

The Wound “Opening Half: Kick Off”

7:50 AM  –  10:00 AM	– Home Team Coach: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA
7:50 AM  –  8:10 AM	Chronic wounds in the United States: burden translated to cost Speaker: Jayer Chung, MD, MSc
8:10 AM  –  8:30 AM	Defining ERAS and the data behind improving limb salvage with an interdisciplinary team Speakers: Matthew Koopman
8:30 AM  –  8:50 AM	Where do designer genes fit into your wound care wardrobe? Speaker: Roger Schechter, MD
8:50 AM  –  9:10 AM	Costs versus benefits: what does and does not make sense in a wound center Speakers: Jaime Wise, MD
9:10 AM  –  9:30 AM	Community outreach in wound care: clinical practice and foundation experiences Speakers: Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS
9:30 AM  –  10:00 AM	Panel Discussion/Audience Participation: What Do We Want the Opening Kick Off to Look Like? Players: Jayer Chung, MD, MSc, Matthew Koopman, Roger Schechter, MD, Jaime Wise, MD

Coffee Break

10:00 AM  –  10:30 AM

Sideline Consult – Break & Visit the Exhibits

The Wound “Second Half: Kick Off”

10:30 AM  –  12:15 PM	– Away Team Coach: Jayer Chung, MD
10:30 AM  –  11:00 AM	Case presentation: “I got a yellow card” Speakers: Alex Ortega, MD
11:00 AM  –  11:15 AM	Update on “If the shoe fits… Donate it!” Joining the Mission of MWCM Speakers: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA
11:15 AM  –  12:15 PM	Keynote : The mighty microbiome: implications in health and wound care Speakers: Karston Zengler, PhD

12:15 PM  –  1:00 PM

Sponsored Lunch Symposium: TBD

Overlapping Learning Huddles

1:00 PM  –  3:15 PM	Tract I: Rotating Breakout Workshop Sessions (45 min each and switch) Total Contact Casting Home Team Captain: Joseph Fiorito, DPM Compression Options Away Team Captains: Shannon Lang, RN, MBA, Eric Shraibman Understanding and Performing Basic Vascular Lab Ultrasound Referees: Chuck Anderson, MD, Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA Team: Chuck Anderson, MD, Joseph Fiorito, DPM, Shannon Lang, RN, MBA, Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA, Eric Shraibman
2:00 PM  –  3:15 PM	Tract II: Endovascular 101 An endovascular primer for wound specialists needing more understanding of the language of endovasular procedures to heal lower extremity arterial and venous wounds. Endovascular Case I – Arterial: Amir Azarbal, MD Endovascular Case II – Venous: Bill Marston, MD Endovascular Case III – Arterial: Enjae Jung, MD Team: Amir Azarbal, MD, Jayer Chung, MD, MSc, Enjae Jung, MD, Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA Referee: Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS

3:15 PM  –  3:30 PM

Sideline Consult – Break & Visit the Exhibits

The Infection/Inflammation “Offsides!”

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3:30 PM  –  5:30 PM	Sideline Referee: Bill Marston
3:30 PM  –  4:00 PM	Case Presentation: “I Got a Red Card!” Speakers: Jaime Wise, MD
4:00 PM  –  4:15 PM	Latest theories on bio-film and its role in chronic inflammation and wound healing Speakers: Roger Schechter, MD
4:15 PM  –  4:30 PM	Colonization, resistance, and bio-film: understanding the evidence behind the best treatments
4:30 PM  –  4:45 PM	Understanding and treating chronic inflammatory ulcers Speakers: Alex Ortega, MD
4:45 PM  –  5:00 PM	Things I put on skin conditions that actually help: a dermatologist’s perspective Speakers: David Adelson, MD
5:00 PM  –  5:25 PM	Panel Discussion/Audience Participation: Attacking the debates in infection treatment Players: David Adelson, MD, Roger Schechter, MD, Jaime Wise, MD
5:25 PM  –  5:30 PM	Wrap-up and Raffle (Must be present to win) Speakers: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA
5:30 PM  –  8:00 PM	Sponsored Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall “If the Shoe Fits…SING IT!” – Score a goal and slide into Karaoke. Donate $5 to sing your song! “If the Shoe Fits…PHOTO IT!” – Score another goal with a wacky photo-booth. Donate $5 to create the funniest photos with your wound team!
8:00 PM  –  11:59 PM	Free Evening

Saturday, June 2, 2018

American Diabetes Assoc. 5k Run/Walk Fundraiser

6:30 AM  –  7:00 AM

If the Shoe Fits…Walk It, Jog It or Sprint It! Meet us in the Hotel lobby for this fun event. All proceeds from the Fun Run/Walk will go to the American Diabetes Association.

Registration & Breakfast

7:00 AM  –  7:15 AM	Continental Breakfast/Visit the Exhibits
7:15 AM  –  7:55 AM	Industry-Sponsored Breakfast Session: TBD
7:55 AM  –  8:00 AM	Welcome and Updates Speaker: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA

The Podiatric “Throw In”

8:00 AM  –  10:00 AM	– Session Coach: Desmond Bell
8:00 AM  –  8:20 AM	Case Presentation: “The Penalty Kick” Speakers: Victor Quijano, DPM, PhD
8:20 AM  –  8:50 AM	Debate: 12 min each player “The Charcot foot is best treated with operativemanagement” – **** Mah, DPM “The Charcot foot is best treated with non-operativemanagement” – Joseph Fiorito, DPM Players: Joseph Fiorito, DPM, Clifford Mah, DPM
8:50 AM  –  9:05 AM	Understanding the metabolic syndrome and how it contributes to lack of wound healing
9:05 AM  –  9:20 AM	Understanding the role of a certified pedorthist and maximizing the skills they can offer Speakers: Meredith Crary-Johanson, C. Ped
9:20 AM  –  10:00 AM	Panel Discussion: Harnessing the Power of the Podiatrist Players: Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS, Meredith Crary-Johanson, C. Ped, Joseph Fiorito, DPM, Clifford Mah, DPM, Victor Quijano, DPM, PhD

Coffee Break

10:00 AM  –  10:30 AM

Sideline Consult – Break & Visit the Exhibits

“The World Cup” Wound Game

10:30 AM  –  11:55 AM

Pearls, Tips, Tricks and Cost-Savers for Better Wound Care Our 4 All Stars will present their “best” pearls, tips, tricks and cost-savers for better wound care. A panel discussion will follow and audience vote tabulation for “best” pearls, tips, tricks and cost-savers. All Stars: Enoch Huang, MD, Shannon Lang, RN, MBA, Jessica Pierce, MD, Elizabeth Foy White-Chu, MD Commentator: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA

Lunch

12:00 PM  –  1:00 PM

Sponsored Lunch Symposium: TBD

The Arterial and Venous: “Corner Kicks”

1:00 PM  –  3:00 PM	– Session Coach: Jayer Chung, MD
1:00 PM  –  1:15 PM	New frontiers and techniques in revascularization of the foot Speakers: Jed Peterson, MD
1:15 PM  –  1:30 PM	Exhausting all options to maintain laimb salvage in CLI after revascularization is not an option Exhausting all other possible options to maintain limb salvage in CLI after revascularization is no longer an option Speakers: Enjae Jung, MD
1:30 PM  –  1:45 PM	New insights on DFUs in combination with CLI Speakers: Amir Azarbal, MD
1:45 PM  –  2:00 PM	Understanding angiosomes with immunofluorescence angiography to improve foot amputation outcomes Understanding angiosomes with the use of immunofluorescence angiography to improve outcomes of minor foot amputations Speakers: Chuck Anderson, MD
2:00 PM  –  2:15 PM	What every wound care center should be doing for the VLU besides compression? How to Get Your Vascular Specialists Involved with Your Wound Center!
2:15 PM  –  3:00 PM	Panel Discussion/Audience Participation: How to better partner with your vascular specialists! Players: Chuck Anderson, MD, Amir Azarbal, MD, Jayer Chung, MD, MSc, Enjae Jung, MD, Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA, Jed Peterson, MD

Coffee Break

3:00 PM  –  3:30 PM

Break/Networking/Visit the Exhibits

The Hyperbaric Oxygen “Header”

3:30 PM  –  4:45 PM	– Session Coach: Jaime Wise
3:30 PM  –  3:45 PM	The “Goal Kick” Player: MWCM Invited Attendee
3:45 PM  –  4:00 PM	Update on evidence to support HBO treatment of the DFU Speakers: Enoch Huang, MD
4:00 PM  –  4:15 PM	Challenges facing emergency departments: why is urgent and emergent HBO needed?
4:15 PM  –  4:45 PM	Panel Discussion/Audience Participation: How to maximize the benefits of HBO in wound care practice Players: Enoch Huang, MD, Shannon Lang, RN, MBA, Jaime Wise, MD

4:45 PM  –  6:00 PM	Visit the Exhibits
6:00 PM  –  11:59 PM	Free Evening

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Registration & Breakfast

7:00 AM  –  7:15 AM	Visit Industry Exhibit Hall
7:15 AM  –  8:00 AM	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium: TBD
8:00 AM  –  8:05 AM	Welcome and Updates Speaker: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA

MWCM “Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllll!!!”

8:05 AM  –  9:20 AM	– Session Coach: Robert McLafferty
8:05 AM  –  8:20 AM	Attendee Live Submission of Questions Defining best practices and how to incorporate them into a wound center.
8:20 AM  –  9:20 AM	Special Discussion/Attendee Participation Defining best practices and how to incorporate them into a wound center. Player: Enoch Huang, MD, Jessica Pierce, MD, Roger Schechter, MD, Elizabeth Foy White-Chu, MD

Coffee Break

9:20 AM  –  9:50 AM

Break/Networking/Visit the Exhibits

MWCM “Gooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllll!!!”

9:50 AM  –  11:00 AM	– Session Coach: Robert McLafferty
9:50 AM  –  10:05 AM	The “All Out Frontal Attack” Speakers: Jessica Pierce, MD
10:05 AM  –  10:20 AM	Understanding the LGBTQ community health care challenges and needs in a wound care center Speakers: Jess Guerriero, MA, MSW
10:20 AM  –  10:35 AM	Understanding how to incorporate industry-based research and innovation into your wound center Speaker: Roger Schechter, MD
10:35 AM  –  10:50 AM	How to best serve the geriatric patient who has a wound that may not heal Speakers: Elizabeth Foy White-Chu, MD
10:50 AM  –  11:00 AM	Wrap-up and Raffle (Must be present to win) Speaker: Robert McLafferty, MD, MBA