Hands-On Rotating Workshops

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The Live In-Person Desert Foot Multi-Disciplinary Limb Salvage and Wound Care Conference returns to Phoenix, Arizona at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, October 30 - November 2, 2024. The most unique part of the conference is the rotating interactive hands-on workshops. These workshops focus on advanced technologies that provide our attendees with hands-on practical experience and training on surgical procedures, advanced wound care, and new techniques in healing the lower extremity that you will bring back to your offices to begin using on Monday morning.

Attending the 2024 Desert Foot Conference will provide access to the rotating workshop sessions taking place each of the first three days. Times TBD.

Below are the sponsors providing these workshops and the topics to be covered with more to follow:

Wednesday, October 30

DF Wkshops
Methods for Applying the New Novel Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) Dressing
Learn step-by-step instructions on the proper techniques for application ensuring optimal wound healing and patient outcomes
Amy Kemp, BSN, RN, CWCN, WCC & Marie Clarke, MSN, RN, CWCN

Encanto B

DF Wkshops
Irrisept Antimicrobial Wound Lavage: Irrigation with Evidence
Understand the benefits of an antimicrobial wound irrigation and review best practices in wound management.
Paul Naylor, MD, PhD

Camelback B

DF Wkshops
A Step Into the Future of Documentation: Athelas AI Scribe
Explore how Athelas' AI-powered Scribe can transform podiatry practices by streamlining documentation, improving accuracy, and freeing up time to focus on patient care and clinical outcomes.
Jordan Tunnell & Rishi Bhuwaneswara

Alehambra

DF Wkshops
Post Operative & Chronic Wound Care
Enhance the post operative and chronic wound healing process by delivering a Type 1 Bovine Collagen kit directly to patients at-home. Learn how our full-service program with DME, Billing, Physician Portal and patient tracking improves your practice and patient outcomes.
Blake Miles

North Mountain

DF Wkshops
mVASC®; Microvascular Tissue: A New Approach to Improve Blood Flow, Wound Healing, and Neuropathy
Get acquainted with mVASC® microvascular tissue, which improved DFU healing and neuropathy in a Level-1 RCT, and in substudies increased perfusion and sensation in neuropathic patients with and without wounds.
Kerry Zang, DPM, FACFAS

Paradise Valley

DF Wkshops
Innovations in Wound Healing: A NATROX O2 Continuous Topical Oxygen Therapy Hands-On Workshop
Discover the groundbreaking, wearable NATROX® 02 continuous Topical Oxygen Therapy, its application in wound healing, and review real-life case studies. Experience its simplicity firsthand.
Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP, FFPM RCPS (Glasg)

Deer Valley

Thursday, October 31

DF Wkshops
Hydrozid: The Next Generation of Cryosurgery
In this workshop we will review the science and application steps for Hydrozid, a new portable cryosurgery device that is the perfect blend of clinical outcomes and healthcare economics.
Matt Etheridge, VP of Business Development

Encanto B

DF Wkshops
Unique Evidence-Based Therapies that Durably Heal DFUs Resulting in Reduce Hospitalizations and Amputations
This session will review the growing body of RCT and Real-World Evidence supporting multi-modality Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) adjunctive therapy in durably healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs), resulting in a reduction in hospitalizations and amputations over 12 months. The unique NEXA NPWT system will also be showcased. A hands-on workshop will follow demonstrating how TWO2 therapy and NEXA NPWT are easily used at home, thereby improving both access to care and advancing health equity.
Matthew G Garoufalis, DPM, FASPS, FACPM, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg), FRSM & Mike Griffiths, DProf, DMS, CRT, FRSM, FCMI

Camelback A

DF Wkshops
Delivering Multi-Layer Compression While Managing Skin Conditions
It has been noted that 82.7% of patients with Chronic Venous Insufficiency experience at least one skin condition. CoFlex TLC Calamine and CoFlex TLC Zinc help in the reduction of symptoms related to these skin conditions while applying compression.
Katie Fischer, BSN, RN, CWCN

Camelback B

DF Wkshops
Heal My Wounds With My Cells, Please!
PRP Concepts is a Regenerative Biologics company focusing on Wound Care with a Proprietary PRP product known as "Cascade®"
Learn about the benefits of using an autologous Platelet Rich Fibrin Membrane for patients with hard to heal chronic wounds and how the field of regenerative medicine is boosting patient care.
Christopher Bromley, DPM, FACFAS

Alhambra

DF Wkshops
Reprieve by Regenesis: Energy for an Active Life
Learn to use Reprieve by Regenesis. A non-invasive, drug-free, pain management device that treats painful foot conditions with pulsed short wave diathermy.
Jeffrey Page, DPM, Erica Tassone, PhD, Randy Chavez, MS & Heidi Skidmore, RN, BSN

North Mountain

DF Wkshops
Healing with Fish Skin
Learn about the benefits of fish skin grafts in chronic wounds including DFUs with exposed deep structures. Participants will have the opportunity to practice hands-on techniques for applying fish skin grafts.
Christopher Winters, DPM

Paradise Valley

DF Wkshops
Bringing Shockwave to Life in Your Practice
This workshop will introduce Storz Medical Radial Pressure Wave, Focus Shockwave and Extracoporeal Magnetotransduction Therapy (EMTT) from Principle to evidence based applications and how to integrate it into your practice.
Kyle Lee O.T. Reg

Deer Valley

Friday, November 1

DF Wkshops
Casting in the Desert: Support for Early Intervention and Implementation
The advantage of early intervention casting along with hands-on TCC® EZ casting application experience.
Jeffrey Jensen, DPM, FACFAS

Encanto B

DF Wkshops
New Morton’s Extension Orthotic from PowerStep
Innovation is at the core of what PowerStep offers so come find out about the new PowerStep Morton’s Extension orthotic and how to make it work in your practice.
Sarah E Haller, DPM, FACFAS

Camelback A

DF Wkshops
A New Frontier in Healing Cutaneous Wounds -- Dermacyte® Subcutaneous Injection Therapy
This hands-on workshop and didactic presentation will discuss a novel injectable treatment for lower extremity ulcers. Results of our pilot phase 2a IND study.
Sean O’Connell, BS, PhD

Alhambra

DF Wkshops
Wound Imaging Informatics with SnapshotNIR
Explore the clinical applications of SnapshotNIR for data-driven decision making. Discover how near-infrared technology can help document and assess wound healing progression, helping to reduce complications and improve outcomes.
Matthew Davis, BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN

North Mountain

DF Wkshops
Convatec Solutions for Hard to Heal Wounds
In this hands-on workshop you will experience InnovaMatrix, an innovative next generation ECM for wound management. Practice application techniques and learn about the complete ConvaTec wound care portfolio.
Nancy Saintz CPB & Sarah Sullivan MS, CPB, CPMA

Paradise Valley

Contact Info

Exhibit Sales

Michael Shore, DPM
Director of Medical Education
Mobile: (954) 298-7000
Office: (561) 998-7556
[email protected]

Conference Information Contact

Daryl Ehrentreu, RPh, MBA, CMP, HMCC
VP, Meetings and Event Management
Mobile: (201) 723-1066
Office: (561) 998-7556

[email protected]