Agenda

Diabetic Foot Update 2025
Agenda

Conference Chairs – Lee C. Rogers, DPM, Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
2025 Guest Chair – Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
7:30 – 8:30 AMSponsor Breakfast Symposium
New Horizon Medical Solutions | A New Horizon in Wound Care
Dr Dallas Patterson (DPM), Dr Tharesh Udupa (DPM), and Christine Grogan (DHA MS)
08:30 – 08:40 AM WELCOME TO DFU 2025
Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH
08:40 – 09:00 AM Pathophysiology of Charcot Foot
Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
09:00 – 09:20 AM Incidence and Natural History of Charcot Foot
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
09:20 – 09:40 AM Diagnosis of Charcot Foot
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
09:40 – 10:00 AM Risk of CAD and Mortality
Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH
10:00 – 10:50 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:50 – 11:10 AM Facebook and Social Media Impact on Patient Perceptions of Charcot Foot
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
11:10 – 11:30 AM Offloading the Charcot Foot
Brian Lepow, DPM
11:30 – 12:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION
12:00 – 1:30 PM LUNCH
12:15 – 1:15 PMSponsor Lunch Symposium
Kerecis | Intact Fish Skin Graft in the Diabetic Foot: Advances and Insight
Brian Lepow (DPM) and Ian Barron (DPM)
01:30 – 02:10 PM KEYNOTE: The Impact of La Salpetriere
and the Life and Work of Professor J-M
Charcot
Georges Ha Van, MD
02:10 – 02:30 PM A snapshot of Charcot Foot Research
Arthur Tarricone, DPM
2:30 – 2:50 PM Orthotic and Prosthetic Options
Noel Vega, CPO
2:50 – 3:10 PM 3-D Printing to Augment Surgical Planning
Collin Pehde, DPM
3:10 – 4:00 PM COFFEE BREAK
4:00 – 4:20 PM Deforming Forces and Balancing
Collin Pehde, DPM
4:20 – 4:40 PM An ALPS Clinical Practice Pathway: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
4:40 – 5:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION
5:00 – 6:00 PMCharcot Toast - Champagne & Cake
6:30 PMTASTE OF ICELAND - THE ALAMO
7:30 – 8:30 AM Sponsor Breakfast Symposium
Vertex Pharmaceuticals | An Oral Nonopioid Therapy for Treating Moderate-to-Severe Acute Pain
Dr Alan Rechter (MD)
8:30 – 8:50 AM Technology in Monitoring and Risk Assessment
Bijan Najafi, PhD
8:50 – 9:10 AM Management of the Ulcerated Charcot Foot
Ian Barron, DPM
9:10 – 9:30 AM Vascular Diagnosis in Charcot Foot
Kevin Engledow, MD
9:30 – 9:50 AM Concomitant Osteomyelitis
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
9:50 – 10:10 AM Does Charcot Foot Reconstruction Work?
Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH
10:10 – 11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:40 AM HARKLESS AWARD: Two Decades of Inflammatory Markers and Targeted Pharmacotherapies
Edward Jude, MD
11:40 – 12:00 PM Flap Options for Closure
Oriana Haran, MD
12:15 – 1:15 PM Sponsor Lunch Symposium
Encoll | Redefining Evidence: Why Helicoll Outperforms Amniotic Membranes & PMA Products

Dr Subramanian Gunasekaran, PhD
1:30 – 1:50 PM Principles of Charcot Foot Reconstruction
Dane Wukich, MD
1:50 – 2:10 PM When is Amputation a Better Outcome?
Dane Wukich, MD
2:10 – 2:30 PM Bionics for Amputees: A Step Closer to Luke Skywalker
Joseph Alderete, MD
2:30 – 2:50 PM Supporting Our Patients
Lawrence Harkless, DPM
2:50 – 3:00 PM CLOSING
Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH