2023 Southeast National Conference Schedule

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Sign-In Schedule

  • Morning sign-In:  4.5 Category I CECH
  • Afternoon sign-In: 4.5 Category I CECH
    • Included in afternoon sign-in: (1) Risk Management CECH (Insurance Premium 10% Discount Qualification 
  • Total Day: 9.0 Category I CECH
  • Continental Breakfast: 6:45 - 8:15 AM

Wound Care Tract

7:00 - 8:00 AM.         Radionuclide imaging and infection -  update           Larry Osher, DPM

8:00 - 9:00 AM.         Diabetic Foot Radiography Pedal Infections       Mark Schweitzer, MD

9:00 - 9:30 AM.          Break with Exhibitors

9:30 - 10:00 AM.        Charcot Foot Imaging         Mark Schweitzer, MD

10:00 - 10:30 AM        How to Document for Wound Care          Eric Lullove, DPM

10:30 - 11:00 AM        Emerging Technologies for Wounds          Eric Lullove, DPM

11:00 - 11:30 AM        Decision-support models for empmiric antiobiotic selection          Bryan Caldwell, DPM, MD

11:30 - 12:00 PM        Cellular Tissue Products - What to Use and Why?          Eric Lullove, DPM

12:00 - 1:15 PM         Lunch - AM Sign-In Sheets Removed at Start of Lunch

Surgical tract - Foot & Ankle Hot Topics

1:15 - 1:55 PM            Post-op Ankle and Foot MRI           Mark Schweitzer, MD

1:55 - 2:15 PM           Ankle Arthrodesis        Mark Hardy, DPM

2:15 - 2:30 PM          5th Metatarsal Fracture Management        Mark Hardy, DPM

2:30 - 2:45 PM           Treatment of Non-Unions        James Connors, DPM

2:45 - 3:00 PM           1st MTP Implant vs. Fusion        Josh Moore, DPM

3:00 - 3:15 PM           Split Thickness Skin Grafts        James Connors, DPM

3:15 - 3:30 PM           Bunions: The good, bad and ugly        Josh Moore, DPM

3:30 - 4:00 PM           Break with Exhibitors (PM Sign-In Sheets Removed Following PM Break)

Case Controversies 

4:00 - 4:20 PM        Case Presentation        Mark Hardy, DPM

4:20 - 4:40 PM        Case Presentation        Josh Moore, DPM

4:40 - 5:00 PM        Case Presentation        James Connors, DPM

5:00 - 5:15 PM        Q&A        Panel

Risk management 

(1) Risk Management CECH - Qualifies for 10% Insurance Premium Discount 

5:15 - 6:15 PM          Risk Management / Insurance Discount Lecture: The Doctor's View: The Claim you Don't See Coming. What Happens When Your Patient Dies?         Gene Pascarella, DPM ; Michael R. Lowe, Esp


Friday, November 17, 2023

Sign-In Schedule

  • Morning sign-In:  4.5 Category I CECH (sign-in sheets removed at 12 PM)

  • Afternoon sign-In: 3.75 Category I CECH (sign-in sheets removed at 3:30 PM following the afternoon break)
  • Total Day: 8.5 Category I CECH
  • Continental Breakfast: 6:45 - 8:15 AM

Arthritis Track 1

7:00 - 8:00 AM.         Raview Radiology of Pedal Arthritis with Case Studies         Larry Osher, DPM

Keynote Speaker.         Brian Mandell, MD 

8:00 - 9:00 AM.         Overview of Gout         Brian Mandell, MD, PhD

9:00 - 9:30 AM.         Case Discussions - Arthropathies (It ain't all gout)         Brian Mandell, MD, PhD

9:30 - 10:00 AM          Break with Exhibitors

LIMB SALVAGE - CLEVELAND CLINIC PART I

10:00 - 10:15 AM         Purported overuse of revascularization for patients with PAD- New York Times, ProPublica           Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA

10:15 - 10:35 AM         Wound, Vascular Anatomy and patient substrate- How I make decisions           David Hardy, MD

10:35 - 10:45 AM         Q&A           

10:45 - 11:05 AM         Novel Research in PAD- An update           SAmir Shah, MD, MS

11:05 - 11:15 AM         Q&A           

11:15 - 11:35 AM         Balloon it, cut it, stent it, crush it: Explaining the NY Times atherectomy controversy           Edgar Guzman, MD

11:35 - 11:45 AM         Q&A   

11:45 - 12:05 PM         I saved the leg but the patient died of a heart attack. Optimizing perioperative and long term survival with GDM           Jason Wheeler, MD  

12:05 - 12:15 PM         Q&A           

12:15 - 1:15 PM          Lunch (AM sign-in sheets removed at start of lunch)

LIMB SALVAGE - CLEVELAND CLINIC PART II

1:15 - 1:35 PM             Outstanding saves and some misses: A podiatrist perspective        Jeffrey Shook, DPM

1:35 - 1:50 PM             Procedural fatigue in limb salvage: Fish or cut bait        Samir Shah, MD

1:50 - 2:00 PM             Q&A

2:00 - 2:15 PM             Chronic anticoagulation in PAD: Sorting through the clutter to understand the appropriate therapy        Jason Wheeler, MD

2:15 - 2:25 PM             Q&A

2:25 - 2:45 PM             Chronic venous disease: options for intervention        Lina Vargas, MD

2:45 - 3:00 PM             Q&A

3:00 - 3:30 PM             Break with Exhibitors (PM Sign-in sheets removed following break)     

3:30 - 3:45 PM             PAD communication - using standard language        David Hardy, MD

3:45 - 4:00 PM             Q&A

4:00 - 4:20 PM             Complex Cases Panel - Discussion Multidisciplinary        

  • Case 1: PAD. ESRD and heel ulceration - the challenging triad.    David Hardy, MD ; Samir Shah, MD ; Edgar Guzman, MD ; Jason Wheeler, MD

4:20 - 4:30 PM        Case 1: Q&A        Panel

4:30 - 4:50 PM        Incentivizing Quality and Appropriateness in PAD care        Lee Kirksey MD, MBA

4:50 - 5:00 PM             Q&A

5:00 - 5:20 PM             Complex Cases Panel Discussion   

  • Case 2: Multilevel occlusive PAD, rest pain and no vein... is amputation inevitable?     Samir Shah, MD; Edgar Guzman, MD ; Jason Wheeler, MD 

5:20 - 5:30 PM.        Case 2: Q&A     Panel


Saturday, November 18, 2023

Sign-In Schedule

All Attendees:

  • Morning sign-In:  4.0 Category I CECH
    • Included in Total: (2) CECH Medical Errors ; (1) CECH Risk Management ; (1) CECH HIV Update

Florida Licensed Attendees:

  • AM sign-in II: 1.0 Category I CECH
    • Included in Total: (1) CECH Florida State Rules and Regulations

Full Breakfast Buffet: 6:30 - 8:00AM


MEDICAL ERRORS - DIAGNOSING & TREATING INFECTION 

7:00 - 7:30 AM.         MSK Imaging Case Studies in Medical Errors         Larry Osher, DPM

7:30 - 8:00 AM.         Peri-Operative Considerations in Foot and Ankle Surgery         Panel 

8:00 - 9:00 AM         Medical Errors in Infectious Disease         Cody Chastain, MD

RISK MANAGEMENT 

9:00 - 10:00 AM.        Risk Management in Dermatology           Bryan Caldwell, MD, DPM

10:00 AM        Morning Sign-In Sheets Removed

HIV UPDATE

10:00 - 11:00 AM        HIV/AIDS and Vial Hepatitis in 2023: A Primer for Podiatrists         Cody Chastain, MD

11:00            End of Day for Non-Florida Licensed Attendees        

11:00 - 11:15 AM           Second Sign-In for Florida Licensed Attendees Only

FLORIDA STATE RULES & REGULATIONS - FLORIDA LICENSED ATTENDEES ONLY

11:15 - 12:15 PM           Florida Legislative Update.         Norris Cunningham, Esq.


Sunday, November 19, 2023

Sign-In Schedule

  • Morning sign-in:  4.0 Category I CECH

  • Total Day sign-in: 4.0 Category I CECH 
  • Continental Breakfast: 6:30 - 8:10 AM

RESIDENCY SYMPOSIUM 

Organized and Moderated by Dr. Brian Pekarek, Dr. Larry Osher and Dr. Mark Hardy

PARTICIPATING RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL

Bay Pines VA Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL 

7:00 - 8:00 AM.        Panel Discussion: Preparing for Life after Residency.    James Connors, DPM ; Josh Moore, DPM ; Mark Hardy, DPM

8:00 - 11:00 AM          Residency Symposium.    Larry Osher, DPM ; Brian Pekarek, DPM ; Mark Hardy, DPM

 

Resident Presenters:


Orlando VA Medical Center, Orlando, FL

  • Jaclyn Marino, DPM - Section chief of Orlando Podiatry
    • Quality of Life in Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients
  • Nathaniel Hamm, DPM
    • Nanoscope assisted revisional STJ arthrodesis.
  • Dominick Casciato, DPM
    • Geriatric Limb Salvage
  • Colton Hansen, DPM PGY-3
    • Surgical Treatment Options for Retrocalcaneal Exostosis and Bursitis
  • Nigel Morris, DPM PGY-2
    • Arthroscopic Evaluation of the First Metatarsophalangeal Joint
  • Danielle Pesavento, DPM PGY-1
    • Kaposi’s Sarcoma Treatment Avoiding Chemotherapeutic Agents

Bay pines VA Hospital, St. Petersburgh, FL.​​​​​​​

  • Stetson DeMartino, PGY3
    • DVTs.  
  • Chinn Pusri, PGY2
    • MIS surgery-bunions.  
  • Adam Shurtliff, PGY1
    • Gas gangrene management

11:00 AM         Program Conclusion