2025 Desert Foot Conference Agenda

Time zone: Eastern time


Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
06:00 AM 07:00 AM

Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors

06:30 AM 07:30 AM

Cases From the High Risk Foot Clinic

Robert G Frykberg, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA, FRSM, FFPM(Glasg)

07:30 AM 08:00 AM

Limb Preservation the Army Way

Charles Andersen, MD, FACS, FSVS, MAPWCA

08:00 AM 08:30 AM

Native American Challenges for Limb Salvage

08:30 AM 08:45 AM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

08:45 AM 09:00 AM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Lessons From India- Managing the Diabetic Foot in the World's Largest Diabetic Population

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

10:00 AM 01:00 PM

Workshops

01:00 PM 02:00 PM

Lunch & Visit Exhibitors

02:00 PM 02:30 PM

Neuropathy - the Common Denominator for the Diabetic Foot Syndrome

02:30 PM 03:00 PM

The Growing Incidence of PAD: If You look for It You Will Find It

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Protocols for Managing Neuroischemic Infected Foot Wounds

03:30 PM 03:45 PM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

03:45 PM 04:00 PM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

04:00 PM 04:30 PM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

04:30 PM 05:00 PM

Enhancing Wound Healing - Recommendations From the IWGDF 2023

05:00 PM 05:30 PM

What's New and Exciting in Wound Research? What Can We Look Forward to?

05:30 PM 06:00 PM

Meet the Experts - Q&A Session

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
06:00 AM 07:00 AM

Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors

06:30 AM 07:00 AM

Offloading the Diabetic Foot - What Works and What Doesn't?

07:00 AM 07:30 AM

Deep Venous Arterialization - Indications, Technique, and Experiences

07:30 AM 08:00 AM

PAD and Tibial Transcortical Transposition - Hope for The No Option Patient

08:00 AM 08:15 AM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

08:15 AM 08:30 AM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

08:30 AM 09:00 AM

Revisiting the San Elian Approach to the Diabetic Foot

09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Promotional Symposium (Non-CECH)

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Paul Brand Award Lecture: The Journey Towards Data Driven Wound Care

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

10:30 AM 01:30 PM

Workshops

01:30 PM 02:30 PM

Lunch & Visit Exhibitors

02:30 PM 03:00 PM

Why Can't Wound Practitioners Do What They're Supposed to Do?

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Promotional Symposium (Non-CECH)

03:30 PM 04:00 PM

Understanding and Managing Lymphedema - Making a Difference

04:00 PM 04:30 PM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

04:30 PM 05:00 PM

Diabetic Foot Infections - Surgery First!

05:00 PM 05:30 PM

Osteomyelitis: Surgery vs Conservative Treatment? What Does the Literature Tell Us?

06:00 PM 06:30 PM

Meet the Experts - Q&A Session

Friday, December 12, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
06:00 AM 07:00 AM

Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors

07:00 AM 07:30 AM

Limb Salvage in the UK - Lessons from Kings

07:30 AM 08:00 AM

Plastic Surgical Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Japanese Perspective

08:00 AM 08:30 AM

Neuropathic Ankle Fractures - Caution is Necessary

08:30 AM 09:00 AM

Promotional Symposium (Non-CECH)

09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Charcot Foot Surgery - Predicting Success

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Topical Oxygen or HBO? What Does the Evidence Tell Us?

Robert G Frykberg, DPM, MPH, MAPWCA, FRSM, FFPM(Glasg)

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

10:30 AM 01:30 PM

Workshops

01:30 PM 02:30 PM

Lunch & Visit Exhibitors

02:30 PM 03:00 PM

Transmetatarsal Amputations - The Chennai Experience

03:00 PM 03:30 PM

Promotional Symposium (Non-CECH)

03:30 PM 04:00 PM

External Fixation Applications for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction

04:00 PM 04:15 PM

Promotional Lecture (Non-CECH)

04:15 PM 04:30 PM

Why Certify?

04:30 PM 05:00 PM

Promotional Symposium (Non-CECH)

05:00 PM 05:30 PM

Break & Visit Exhibitors / Stand by Your Poster Session

05:30 PM 06:00 PM

Limb Salvage is Our Passion, But When is Primary Amputation the Best Option?

06:00 PM 06:15 PM

Abstract Poster Winners

06:15 PM 07:15 PM

IADFS General Assembly Meeting

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Start Time End Time Lecture Faculty
07:30 AM 08:00 AM

Breakfast & Visit Exhibitors

08:00 AM 08:30 AM

Assessing Your Mobile Wound Care Patients- Impediments to Healing

08:30 AM 09:00 AM

Plastic Surgeon's Role in Mobile Wound Care

09:00 AM 09:30 AM

Let's Stop Tip-Toeing Around the Issue: The Need for Active Collaboration Between Podiatry, Lower Extremity Providers and the WOCNB Certified Foot Care RN

E. Lynette Gunn, APRN, GCNS-BC, CWCN, CFCN

09:30 AM 10:00 AM

Tips, Tricks and Techniques for Preventing Heel Pressure Injuries

Cathy Harmon, DNP, MSN Nrg Ed, FNP-BC, CWOCN

10:00 AM 10:30 AM

Break & Visit Exhibitors

10:30 AM 11:00 AM

Developing a Mobile Wound Registry: Data Driven Wound Care

11:00 AM 11:30 AM

Chronic Venous Insufficiency - The Other Vascular Disease

11:30 AM 12:00 PM

Pharmacological Therapies For the Charcot Foot - Hope and Despair

12:00 PM 12:30 PM

Key Role for Surgery in Managing Forefoot Ulcers

12:30 PM 01:00 PM

Calcaneal Osteomyelitis - Clinical Evidence and Practical Experience

01:00 PM 01:30 PM

Burns 101: Incidence, Common Causes, and Management Pearls

01:30 PM 02:00 PM

The Fungus Among Us - The Widespread Infection That Is Undertreated

02:00 PM 02:30 PM

ByPass or Balloon? Lessons from the Literature and My OR

02:30 PM 03:30 PM

Federal Services Meeting