Thursday, November 19, 2026
AM Scan in: 7:00 a.m. 4.5 CECH
PM Scan in: 1:00 p.m. 3.5 CECH
Total day: 8.0 CECH
Speaker assignments and times may be subject to change pending final confirmations.
6:45 - 8:15 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Wound Care Session
7:00 - 8:00 am Wound Care: An Infectious Disease Specialist’s Perspective Casey Smiley, MD
8:00 - 8:30 am Duration of Systemic Antibiotics for Orthopedic Infections Treated with Local Antibiotic Carriers Bryan Caldwell, MD, DPM
8:30 - 9:00 am Managing documentation risk in the age of AI: The clinical “How To” and the Legal “Watch Out Eric Lullove, DPM
9:00 - 9:30 am BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
9:30 - 10:00 am Goal Based Dressing Decisions Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
10:00 - 11:30 am It’s Not Healing, Now What? Eric Lullove, DPM & Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
11:30 - 12:00 pm The Non-compliant/Non-Adherent Patient: Bad Patient/Bad Treatment Plan or both? Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch and Learn (Non-CECH Activity)
Wound Care Session: Continued
1:00 - 2:00 pm Wound Scene Investigation Eric Lullove, DPM & Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
2:00 - 2:30 pm Wound management tech for 2027 and beyond Eric Lullove, DPM
2:30 - 3:00 pm BREAK WITH EXHIBITORS
3:00 - 5:00 pm Forefoot Surgery Panel: From the First Ray to the Lesser Digits A series of expertly moderated panel debates, rapid fire cases, audience case discussion and Q/A sessions with one hour dedicated to the First Ray & one hour dedicated to Lesser Forefoot pathology
Mark Hardy, DPM, FACFAS
Allan Boike, DPM, FACFAS
James Connors, DPM, FACFAS
Molly Judge, DPM, FACFAS
3:00 – 4:00 pm The First Ray
Hallux valgus: Evaluation and procedure selection
Hallux rigidus: Joint Preservation vs. Fusion vs. Implant vs. Synthetic cartilage
Metatarsus primus elevatus: Fact, artifact, or consequence
First ray complications and salvage
4:00 – 5:00 pm Lesser Forefoot
Lesser MPJ instability and plantar plate pathology
Lesser digit deformities and metatarsalgia
Neuromas, tailor's bunion, and sesamoid disorders
Lesser forefoot complications and closing Q&A
