| Desert Foot Speakers |
| 0 | Cameron Akbari MD |
| Chuck Andersen MD After Graduating from Utah State University, Charles Andersen, earned his medical degree at the University of Utah where he also completed an internship and one year of Surgical Training. He then entered the military where he completed his surgical residency at Madigan Army Medical Center and a Vascular Surgery fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He remained in the military where his positions included program director in General Surgery and Chief of the Department of Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center for 20 years. After retirement from the Army he remained at Madigan Army Medical Center as a Civilian Physician. He has spoken nationally and internationally on Vascular Surgery and Wound Care. He has 100 peer reviewed publications. Currently he is Chief of the Vascular/Endovascular/Limb preservation Service and Medical Director of the Wound Care Clinic at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma Washington. | |
| Andrew Boulton Professor Professor Boulton graduated (with honors) from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Medical School. He was subsequently a research fellow under Professor JD Ward in Sheffield, and Visiting Professor at the University of Miami prior to accepting an appointment at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Professor Boulton has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, mainly on diabetic neuropathy and foot complications. He was the principal invited lecturer at the launch of the American Diabetes Association's Foot Care Council in 1987. Among his many awards, his contribution to worldwide care of the diabetic foot was honored by receiving the American Diabetes Association's Roger Pecoraro Lectureship, the EASD Camillo Golgi prize and was the first recipient of the international award on diabetic foot research. He was the 2008 winner of the ADA’s Harold Rifkin award for distinguished international service in the field of diabetes. Most recently he was awarded the O’Meara prize lectureship of the Irish College of Physicians, Dublin, February 2011. He is a previous editor of Diabetic Medicine and is currently an associate editor of Diabetes Care. He was the founding Chairman of the Diabetic Foot Study Group was previously Chairman of Postgraduate Education and then program chair for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). He is currently President of the EASD. | |
| Harold Brem MD Dr. Harold Brem assumed the role of Chief of the Division of Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine in June of 2011. As Division Chief, he continues to work within his capacity as a world class wound surgeon, while mentoring junior faculty, growing an outpatient clinic, and continuing groundbreaking wound research, yielding awards from the National Institute of Health (NIH) as well as the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). | |
| Stephen Brigido DPM Dr. Brigido is faculty at the foot and ankle center at Coordinated Health. Coordinated Health is a large multi-specialty musculo-skeletal group in Bethlehem, Pa. He is the director of the fellowship for foot and ankle reconstruction at Coordinated Health and is teaching faculty at the St. Lukes hospital podiatric residency. | |
| David Davidson DPM Chief of the Podiatry Section of the Department of Orthopedics of The Kaleida Health System, Medical Staff, Center for Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine, Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, NY, Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopedics, SUNY@Buffalo School of Medicine Staff, Sports Medicine Institute, SUNY@Buffalo. Dr. Davidson has been a member of a group podiatry practice in Buffalo, New York, since 1968, Podiatry Affiliates, PC. | |
| 0 | Dr. John Farris |
| Randolph C. Fish DPM Attending Staff, The Wound Healing Center at Grays Harbor Community Hospital, Aberdeen, Washington and Attending Staff, Franciscan Health System Wound Healing Center, St Joseph's Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington. Dr. Fish is certified in Wound Management, Council on Medical Education and Testing and a Certified Wound Specialist, American Academy of Wound Management | |
| Ryan Fitzgerald DPM A graduate of Barry University in Miami Florida, completed a 3 year residency at the Washington Hospital Center, in Washington DC, and is currently in private practice at Hess Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine in Harrisonburg, Virginia. | |
| Cynthia Ann Fleck RN, BSN, MBA Co-Chair Cynthia Ann Fleck - Co Chair - RN, BSN, MBA, ET/WOCN, CWS, DNC, CFCN is a board certified wound specialist and dermatology advanced practice nurse who has presented over 400 seminars and programs throughout the world. She has written 200 articles and chapters for various peer reviewed and clinical publications and texts and authors the “Frequently Asked Question”. In addition, she writes for numerous industry publications and journals as well as serving on several editorial advisory boards.She serves as the Past President and Chairman of the Board of the American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM), Past Director of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC), Diplomat of the American Professional Wound Care Association where she serves on the Medical Advisory Board, a Fellow of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists and the Vice President of Clinical Marketing for Medline Advanced Skin and Wound Care. | |
| 0 | Jeffrey Frenchman DPM Jeffrey A. Frenchman, DPM is a staff podiatrist at the Atlanta VAMC since 2001. He is also the Director of Limb Preservation Atlanta VAMC. Dr. Frenchman is a Recipient of the Podiatric Medicine Academic Merit Scholarship and on the Dean’s List of Academic Achievement. |
| Christian Frye MD Dr. Frye works as a medical director for AOTI since 2009. Dr. Frye completed his medical degree in 1994 and worked as a surgeon at the University hospital in Essen. In 2001 Dr. Frye received his Diploma as a Master of Public Health and worked 5 years as an epidemiologist before he started working for the industry. There Dr. Frye held various senior marketing and clinical management positions for a number of companies institutions, including; The Linde Group, a subsidiary company of Munich Re, the world's second largest reinsurance company, and the German Research Center for the Environmental Health. Dr. Frye has two twin boys and lives in Unterhachng, near Munich, Germany. | |
| Robert Frykberg DPM, MPH Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH, received his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from the California College of Podiatric Medicine in 1976 prior to completing his residency in podiatric surgery at the New England Deaconess Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston in 1978. In 1994 he received his Master of Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health with a concentration in quantitative methods. Dr. Frykberg currently holds the position of Chief of the Podiatry section and Podiatric Residency Director at the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona and is an Adjunct Professor, Midwestern University Program in Podiatric Medicine. | |
| Michael Graham DPM Dr. Michael E. Graham, a 1994 graduate of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, completed his podiatric surgical residency at Kern Hospital for Special Surgery in 1996. He started private practice in Maryland then moved to Michigan where he practices today. He is a pioneer and innovator in the field of subtalar arthroereisis surgery. Dr. Graham lectures extensively nationally and internationally on subtalar arthroereisis. He has trained hundreds of surgeons on how to successfully perform a subtalar arthroereisis procedure. | |
| Charlie Hart Ph.D Charles E. Hart, Ph.D. is Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at Advanced BioHealing, Inc., a Shire company. In this role, he is responsible for directing a science-driven strategic plan to support the use of Dermagraft in existing clinical applications and expand its use into new therapeutic areas. Prior to joining Advanced BioHealing in 2009, Dr. Hart served as Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer at BioMimetic Therapeutics, and held several positions at ZymoGenetics, Inc. Dr. Hart received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington, his M.S. from Oregon State University and his B.S. from the University of California at Davis. | |
| Richard Herman MD | |
| Allen Jacobs DPM | |
| Warren Joseph DPM Dr. Warren S. Joseph is a podiatric and infectious diseases attending at Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. He is also a nationally recognized specialist in the treatment of lower extremity infectious diseases. He received his podiatric degree, magna cum laude, from W.M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine in Chicago. Dr Joseph completed his postgraduate training in podiatric medicine/surgery at St. Joseph’s Hospital, and a fellowship in infectious diseases at Hahnemann University School of Medicine, both in Philadelphia. Dr Joseph is a fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and sits on the IDSA Diabetic Foot Infection Guidelines Committee. He is also certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine, and currently serves as Editor of the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association. Dr Joseph lectures extensively and his presentations have focused on the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections of the lower extremity. He has authored a number of papers and book chapters in the field of lower extremity infections and is the author of the Handbook of Lower Extremity Infections, now in its third edition. | |
| Steven Kavros DPM | |
| Michael Kerzner DPM | |
| Robert Kirsner MD Dr. Kirsner is Vice Chairman, Professor and is the endowed Stiefel Laboratories Chair in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. Dr. Kirsner is past president of the Florida Society of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery, sits on the board of the Wound Healing Society and is a founding member and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). He is co-directs of the largest multi-disciplinary wound care meeting in the United States, the Symposium for Advanced Wound Care (SAWC).
Dr. Kirsner has received awards for his research, teaching and clinical activities. Author of over 300 peer reviewed papers, his research interests in have been funded by a variety of federal agencies and foundations and he currently is funded by the NIH and NCI for work in wound healing. He also is co-editor of the comprehensive book, “Wound Healing”.
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| 0 | Judy LaJoie MS, RN, CWS |
| Adam Landsman DPM Dr. Landsman is a graduate of the Temple school of Podiatric Medicine, and also holds a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. After completing residency in Podiatric Surgery at HealthSouth Larkin in Miami, he served as the Director of Research at Scholl College for 8 years. He was also in private practice with the Weil Foot and Ankle Institute. Currently, Dr. Landsman serves as the Chief of the Division of Podiatric Surgery for the Cambridge Health Alliance, and is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He also is the Director of Research for the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University. He has published close to 100 papers, and lectured around the world. | |
| Guido LaPorta DPM Guido LaPorta is Chief of Foot and Ankle Surgery and Director of Podiatric Medical Education of the Community Medical Center in Scranton, PA. Director, Podiatric Medical Education of Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Binghamton, NY | |
| Tory McJunkin MD | |
| John Moffett PhD | |
| Norman Murphy PhD Dr. Norman Murphy has an MSc in Rehabilitation (1988), a PhD in Biomechanics and Post-Doctoral Research (1994). His expertise and specialty resides in clinical and fundamental foot, gait, seating and postural physiological dysfunctions and patho-biomechanics. | |
| Jeffrey Robbins DPM Director, Podiatry Service VACO Jeffrey M. Robbins, DPM is the Director of the Veterans Health Administration Headquarters Podiatry Services and Chief of the Podiatry Section at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. He is a graduate of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Cleveland Ohio where he also holds the faculty stature of Professor of Podiatric Medicine. In addition he is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine and the American Board of Podiatric Public Health, and is a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine | |
| Lee Rogers DPM Dr. Lee Rogers is the co-director of the Amputation Prevention Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital. He is the immediate past-chair of the Foot Care Council of the American Diabetes Association. He also happens to be a candidate for US Congress in California's 25th district. | |
| 0 | Karin Schara MD |
| 0 | Tom Serena MD |
| 0 | Patricia Stevenson APRN Patricia Stevenson, APRN, ACNS, MSN, CWS, has a masters in nursing administration and leadership from Aspen University in Denver Colorado and is a graduate of University of Detroit Mercy clinical nurse specialist program in adult health. Focusing on advanced wound care, she is certified by the American Academy of Wound Management and has worked extensively in program development, training and ongoing case consultation for the past several years for the Oklahoma City Area Indian Health Service. |
| MIchael Strauss MD Dr. Michael Strauss is an orthopaedic surgeon focusing on problem wound management. He is the recognized authority on hyperbaric oxygen applications for orthopaedics and has published over 100 articles and abstracts on these subjects. His MasterMinding Wounds text was just published in 2010. Dr. Strauss is the Orthopaedic Consultant for the PACT Clinic at the Long Beach, California VAHC facility | |
| Rodney Stuck DPM Rodney Stuck, DPM FACFAS, FACFAOM - 1985 Graduate--Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine - Residency: Hines VA Hospital and Loyola University Medical Center Section Chief, Podiatry--Edward Hines VA Hospital, Hines, IL Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL | |
| Tracey Vlahovic DPM Dr Tracey Vlahovic is currently an Associate Professor at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia, PA and is board certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery. She was the first podiatrist in the US to complete a fellowship in podiatric dermatology from St. Luke’s Hospital in Allentown, PA and currently teaches the Dermatology course at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine. She has lectured across the US, has authored several articles in peer-reviewed journals, and is involved in multiple clinical research trials for various dermatological therapies and devices. | |
| George Vuturo RPh, PhD Dr. Vuturo is the Managing Partner of Professional Education Services Group (PESG). Professional Education Services Group is a medical education company that specializes in evidence-based educational programming for health care professionals. PESG’s core business is the provision of all aspects of continuing medical education program planning, administration and implementation. PESG is assisting in continuing education program planning and development and will provide continuing medical education credit for physicians and nurses. Dr. Vuturo has been an innovator in developing high impact CME platforms for health professionals that positively influence practitioner behavior and improve patient outcomes. As a pioneer in outcomes assessment he has guided the development of comprehensive assessment mechanisms and data management utilities linking outcomes and changes in practice patterns. | |
| Bruce Werber DPM | |
| 0 | Laurel Wiersema-Bryant APRN, BC |
| Dane Wukich MD Chief, Division of Foot and Ankle Surgery Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Assistant Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Director, UPMC Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center | |
