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2007 Annual Meeting

Preliminary Program

Saturday, April 28, 2007
Pre-Conference
7:30 - 11:30 am Principles of Wound Care – 4 hour short course
Moderator: Linda Cowen, RN
Speaker: Lisa Gould, MD, PhD; Lynne Grant, MS, RN, CWOCN; Brian Reaksecker, DPT, CWS, FCCWS; Nancy Stotts, RN, EdD; and Robert Warriner, MD
11:30 am- 1:30 pm LUNCH/EDUCATIONAL SATELLITES
1:30 - 2:30 pm OPENING CEREMONY
2:30 - 4:00 pm

Remember the Past - Focus on the Future!
Evolution of Wound Technologies:
1) The evolution of wound science  (WHS Perspective)
2) Wound Technologies: Past
3) Wound Technologies: Present
4) Wound Technologies: Future

4:00 - 4:15 pm Break
4:15 - 5:45 pm

WHS Research Track:  Cell Biology of Wound Healing
Moderator: Bob Diegelmann, PhD
Speaker: Luisa Di Pietro, DDS, PhD; H. Paul Ehrlich, PhD; and Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD

Genetic Approaches and Models in Wound Healing
Moderator: Mike Dipersio, PhD
Speaker(s): Hannu Larjava, DDS, PhD; Livingston Van De Water, PhD; William G. Carter, PhD; and Mike Dipersio, PhD

5:45 - 6:00 pm Break
6:00 - 8:30 pm GRAND OPENING OF EXHIBITS/COCKTAIL RECEPTION
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm WHS Welcome Reception
 

Sunday, April 29, 2007

7:00 - 8:30 am SAWC/WHS POSTER SESSION
7:30 - 8:30 am

“Meet the Mentors”
A Roundtable Discussion

8:30 - 10:00 am

Effect of Age on Wound Healing
Moderator: Karin Scharffetter, Professor
Speaker(s): Jeremy Walston, MD; John Papaconstantinou, PhD; and Mary Kay Francis, PhD

10:00 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 - 11:45 am

WHS Research Track: Strategies to Provide Evidence-Based Wound Care for the Medically Underserved
Moderator: John MacDonald, MD, FACS
Speaker: Professor Henning Grossman, MD; and Scott Norton, MD 

Healing of Other Tissues
Moderator:  Pat Hebda, PhD
Speaker(s): Jeff Hollinger, DDS, PhD – Bone Healing,
TBA – Nerve Healing
Nicholas Frangogiannis, MD - Cardiac Healing

11:45 am - 12:00 pm Break
11:45 am - 2:45 pm EXHIBITS OPEN WITH LUNCH PROVIDED
2:45 - 3:45 pm

WHS GENERAL SESSION:  Healing the Wounds of War
Moderator: Dave Hobson, PhD, DABT
Speaker(s): Basil Pruitt, MD and Barbara Boyan, PhD; and Jon Mogford, PhD

3:45 - 5:00 pm

General Session: The Value of Healing

5:00 - 5:15 pm Break
5:15 - 7:15 pm

WHS Research Abstracts - Session 1
Room 1:            Acute/Burns
Room 2:            ECM/Bioengineering
Room 3:            Fibrosis/Scars

7:30 - 10:00 pm PARTY at Channelside (All invited, Badges required)
9:30 pm President’s Reception (invitation only)
 
Monday, April 30, 2007
7:00 - 8:30 am SAWC/WHS POSTER SESSION
7:30 - 8:30 am

“Meet the Mentors”
A Roundtable Discussion

8:30 - 9:45 am

GENERAL SESSION:
The 6th Annual John Boswick Memorial Award & Lectureship
Moderator: Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD
Recipient: William H. Eaglstein, MD
Speaker: William H. Eaglstein, MD; Patricia M. Mertz, BA; Vincent Falanga, MD; and Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD

9:45 - 10:15 am

GENERAL SESSION: The Wound Healing Foundation's 3M Scholarship Award Lecture and Presentation
Moderator: Adrian Barbul, MD
Speaker:

10:15 - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Moderator: Bill Tawil, PhD
Speaker(s): Anthony Atala, MD – Bladder
Chandan K. Sen, PhD - Laser Capture Microdissection

11:45 am - 2:30 pm EXHIBITS OPEN WITH LUNCH PROVIDED
2:15 - 4:15 pm WHF Young Investigator Award Presentations
4:00 - 4:15 pm Break
4:15 - 6:15 pm

WHS Research Abstracts - Session  2
Room 1:            Gene Therapy
Room 2:            Chronic Wounds
Room 3:            Oxygen/Epithelization

6:15 pm

WHS Reception/Membership Meeting with Awards Presentation
Heavy Hors D’Oeurves and cocktails served

 
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
7:30 - 9:30 am

WHS Research Abstracts - Session  3
Room 1:            Angiogenesis
Room 2:             Inflammation
Room 3:             Stem Cells

9:30 - 9:45 am Break
9:45 - 11:15 am

WHS Research Track - Tissue Repair Through Biomechanical Modulation
Moderator: Lisa Gould, MD, PhD
Speaker(s): A. Lee Dellon, MD, Peripheral Nerve surgery for Diabetics; Wolfgang Schaden, MD, Shockwave therapy for wound healing; Chris Attinger, MD, Biomechanics of VAC therapy

Skin Equivalent Products – Industry Perspective
Moderator: Jonathan Mansbridge, PhD
Will include products from Genzyme, Organogenesis, Life Cell, Ortec, Healthpoint, and Intercytex

11:15 - 11:30 am Break
11:30 am - 1:00 pm

General Session: What is the Best Practice? Translation of Guidelines into Clinical Practice
Moderator: Evonne Fowler, RN, CNS, CWOCN
Speaker: Heather L. Orsted, IA, BN, ET, MSc; and Nancy Stotts, EdD, MN, BSN

1:00 - 1:15 pm CLOSING REMARKS
1:15 - 2:15 pm Lunch on your own