Kinetic Concepts, Inc. (KCI) will sponsor a CME-accredited panel discussion, “The Role of NPWT in the Team Approach to Limb Salvage: Case Studies,” at the 3rd Annual Georgetown Diabetic Limb Salvage conference September 24-26. At the symposium, experts from among the largest and most renowned limb preservation centers across the United States will host a panel discussion on the interaction of specialists and surgical techniques used for limb salvage, including the utilization of KCI’s V.A.C.® Therapy. The lunch symposium will be held Thursday, September 24, 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the JW Marriott Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel in Washington, D.C.
“This conference serves as an opportunity to discuss an issue that is so critically important in patient care: diabetic-related amputations,” said John Steinberg, D.P.M., conference co-chairman and Co-Director of the Wound Healing Center, Georgetown University Hospital. “Approximately 600,000 diabetics develop foot ulcers each year. More than 100,000 diabetics had a foot amputation in 2007. In this symposium, we’ll be discussing successful ways to reduce the number of patients requiring amputations through the use of V.A.C.® Therapy.”
The panel discussion will be co-moderated by Christopher E. Attinger, M.D., co-chairman of the conference and Division Chief of the Wound Healing Center at Georgetown University Hospital and Bauer E. Sumpio, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Vascular Surgery at Yale New Haven Hospital. Featured panelists include:
- Peter A. Blume, D.P.M., Director of Diabetic Foot Surgery, Yale New Haven Hospital
- Vickie R. Driver, D.P.M., M.S., Director of Clinical Research, Endovascular and Vascular and Foot Care Specialists, Boston Medical Center
- Francis X. McGuigan, M.D., Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Georgetown University Hospital
- John S. Steinberg, D.P.M., conference co-chairman and Co-Director of the Wound Healing Center, Georgetown University Hospital
The symposium will cover the role of V.A.C.® Therapy in wound bed preparation, limb preservation for traumatic wounds and wound closure using multiple techniques including skin graft, flap and non-biologic collagen matrices. The Council on Podiatric Medical Education Participants is offering one CME credit to attendees.