Summer Series Detailed Schedule

10:00–10:10 a.m.
President’s Address (Non-CECH)
APMA President Seth A. Rubenstein, DPM

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10:10–10:30 a.m.
Orientation to the Learning Management System Platform and Obtaining Your CECH (Non-CECH)
TBD

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10:30–11:30 a.m.
Wounds That Kill
APMA has designated an unrestricted educational grant from Bako Diagnostics to support this program.
Tracey C. Vlahovic, DPM

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11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Global Vascular Guidelines on Critical Limb-Threatening Ischemia
APMA has designated an unrestricted educational grant from Organogenesis Inc. to support this program.
CO-CHAIRS AND PANEL MODERATORS: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, and Joseph L. Mills, MD
PANELISTS: Michael S. Conte, MD; Lee C. Rogers, DPM; and Laura Shin, DPM, PhD†

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1:00–2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

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2:00–4:00 p.m.
Limb Preservation
APMA has designated an unrestricted educational grant from Organogenesis Inc. to support this program.
LEADERS/MODERATORS: Emily A. Cook, DPM, MPH, CPH, and Jeremy J. Cook, DPM, MPH, CPH

Diabetic Dilemmas and Disasters
Jeremy J. Cook, DPM, MPH, CPH

Surgical Intervention for Non-Healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Emily A. Cook, DPM, MPH, CPH

How to Know if There’s Flow to the Toes?
Allen D. Hamdan, MD

Timing of Surgical Interventions for the Diabetic Foot with Peripheral Arterial Disease: Who Goes First?
Andrew J. Meyr, DPM

Revascularization Options for Foot and Ankle Ischemia
Allen D. Hamdan, MD

Panel Discussion: Top Publications in Podiatric and Vascular Surgery
Drs. E. Cook, J. Cook, Hamdan, and Meyr

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4:00–4:30 p.m.
Break

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4:30–6:00 p.m.
The Diabetic Foot and Osteomyelitis
APMA has designated an unrestricted educational grant from Organogenesis Inc. to support this program.
LEADER/MODERATOR: John M. Giurini, DPM

Accuracy/Consistency of Pathologic Diagnosis of Osteomyelitis
Andrew J. Meyr, DPM

Laboratory/Radiologic Diagnosis of Osteomyelitis
John M. Giurini, DPM

Treatment of Osteomyelitis in the Diabetic Foot: Are IV Antibiotics Always Necessary?
Mary T. LaSalvia, MD

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6:00–7:00 p.m.
Update on the Opioid Crisis and Podiatric Pain Management
Gina Painter, DPM

10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Risk Management Program—My Life is Over! The Anatomy of a Malpractice Case
APMA has designated an unrestricted educational grant from PICA to support this program.
Dominic A. DeLaurentis Jr., JD, and Stephen Shannon, DPM

PICA policyholders attending the APMA Online CECH Summer Series risk management program are eligible for up to a 15-percent premium discount for attending the risk management programming. Those attendees who have participated in other meetings or the home study and received a 10-percent discount can receive an additional 5-percent discount for attending the risk management programming at the APMA Online CECH Summer Series.

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12:00–1:00 p.m.
New Technologies in Patient Monitoring
David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

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1:00–1:30 p.m.
Lunch Break

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1:30–3:00 p.m.
Oral Abstracts

De-Mystifying Research
Rachel H. Albright, DPM, MPH†

ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
Avoiding the Deep Plantar Arterial Arch in Transmetatarsal Amputations: A Cadaver Study
James H. Whelan, DPM†

Relationship Between pH Shifts and Rate of Healing in Chronic Non-Healing Venous Stasis Lower Extremity Wounds
Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH†

The Role of Home-Based Thermal Imaging Devices in Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Than Thao Thuy Nguyen

Conservative versus Surgical Management of Fifth Metatarsal Diaphyseal Fractures: A Retrospective Review
Marc D. Jones, DPM†

Association Between Hemoglobin A1c, Vitamin C, and Microbiome in Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Intact Diabetic Skin, and Intact Non-Diabetic Skin
Khanh Phuong Tong

Validation of the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score for Use in Infracalcaneal Heel Pain
Alisha P. Joshi

Questions and Answers

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3:00–4:30 p.m.
Surgical Blitz

Ankle Fractures: When to Repair the Syndesmosis
Nicholas A. Campitelli, DPM

Fixation Options for Hammertoe Repair
Michelle L. Butterworth, DPM

Transmetatarsal Amputation Closure
Kelsey J. Millonig, DPM, MPH†

A Simplistic Approach to Skin Plasties
David A. Sipala, DPM†

Postmarket, Prospective Evaluation of Human Placental Membrane Tissue Used as an Adjunct for Foot  and Ankle Tendon Surgery in Patients with Chronic Tendinopathy
Thomas S. Nordquist, DPM†

Total Ankle Replacement: Pearls
David C. Hatch Jr., DPM†

Tendon Transfer Techniques
Elizabeth A. Sanders, DPM†

Plantar Plate Repair
Rebecca A. Sundling, DPM, MPH†

Questions and Answers

10:00–11:30 a.m.
Fixation Techniques
Patrick R. Burns, DPM, and Kimberlee B. Hobizal, DPM, MHA

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11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Surgical Blitz

Neuromas—Inject, Decompress, or Excise
Louis J. Ciliberti Jr., DPM, MS

Indications for Foot and Ankle Surgery for Connective Tissue Disorders
Richard R. Bruno, DPM†

Risk Factors for the Early Failure of Fourth-Generation Total Ankle Arthroplasty Prostheses
Calvin J. Rushing, DPM†

Medial Column Arthrodesis: Indications and Surgical Pearls
Ellianne M. Nasser, DPM

Pediatric Congenital Toe Deformities
Hummira H. Abawi, DPM

Partial Calcanectomy: An Underutilized Tool in Limb Salvage
David V. Tran, DPM†

Surgical Pearls
Kimberlee B. Hobizal, DPM, MHA

Latest Trends in First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Implant Arthroplasty
Jacob Wynes, DPM, MS

Questions and Answers

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1:00–2:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

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2:00–4:00 p.m.
Sports Medicine/Biomechanics

Successful Orthotic Prescription Writing
Karen A. Langone, DPM

Advancing Healing in Pediatric Athletes
Nicholas J. Pagano, DPM

Regenerative Treatments for Heel Pain
Marlene Reid, DPM

Identifying Weaknesses Leading to Lower Extremity Injuries: The Role of Strengthening/Dynamic Stretching
Jay E. Spector, DPM

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4:00–6:00 p.m.
Trauma
LEADER/MODERATOR: Keith D. Cook, DPM

Metatarsal Fractures
Elizabeth A. Sanders, DPM†

Open Fractures
George F. Wallace, DPM, MBA

External Fixation in Foot and Ankle Trauma
Louis J. Ciliberti Jr., DPM, MS

Foot and Ankle Trauma and the Diabetic Patient
Keith D. Cook, DPM

Acute Talus Injuries
Elizabeth A. Sanders, DPM†

Compartment Syndrome
George F. Wallace, DPM, MBA

Common Ankle Fractures—Don’t Forget the Syndesmosis
Louis J. Ciliberti Jr., DPM, MS

Questions and Answers

10:00–11:30 a.m.
MIPS Update
Jeffrey D. Lehrman, DPM, and Dyane E. Tower, DPM, MPH, MS

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11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
The APMA Summer Series Coding Seminar

2021 Evaluation and Management Changes; Questions and Answers
David J. Freedman, DPM, and Jeffrey D. Lehrman, DPM

Ethics in Opioid Prescribing
P. David Charles, MD

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1:30–2:00 p.m.
Break

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2:00–3:30 p.m.
The APMA Summer Series Coding Seminar

Let’s Solve the 25 Modifier Problem Together; Questions and Answers
David J. Freedman, DPM, and Jeffrey D. Lehrman, DPM

Appropriate Use Criteria is Here and How to Comply; Questions and Answers
David J. Freedman, DPM, and Jeffrey D. Lehrman, DPM

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AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM:
3:30–4:30 p.m.
Optional non-CECH session