Ballroom 20ABC

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:30 am Session 2: Pre-Conference: Comprehensive Assessment: Looking Beyond the Wound

2:30-3:45 pm Session 7: Opening General Session: The 5 Million Lives Campaign and Change Behavior by Design –Educational Grant Provided by Medline (logo here)

4:00-5:00 pm Session 8: Common Wound Problems Track: The Venous Ulcer Continuum: From Wounding through Stockings for Life

5:15-6:15 pm Session 17: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Biofilms

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 20: Specialty Update Track: Perineal Skin Injury: Is it Moisture, Pressure, or Both? – Educational Grant Provided by Healthpoint (logo here)

10:00-11:00 am Session 26: Specialty Update Track:  Atypical Wounds

11:15-12:15 pm Session: Specialty Update Track: Dermatology: Classics, Pearls and Beyond: The Difference Between Looking and Seeing

3:30-4:30 pm Session 36: General Session: Clinical Research: Plenary Session

4:30-5:30 pm WHS General Session: Systems Biology

5:45-6:45 pm Session 39: WHS Basic Research Track: Panel/Audience Discussion on the Future of Wound Healing Research

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 40: General Session: The John Boswick Memorial Award and Lectureship: The “Hole” Spectrum – Linking Education, Evidence, and Empowerment to Patients, Providers, and Payers

9:45-10:15 am Session 41: General Session: The Would Healing Foundation Scholarship Award and Lecture Presentation

10:30-11:30 am Session 42: Common Wound Problems Track: You can Run, But You Can’t Hide: Nosocomial Infections and You

2:30-3:30 pm Session 48: Common Wound Problems Track: Dressings: 2008

3:45-4:45 pm Session 54: Common Wound Problems Track: Wound Center Basics

6:00 pm AAWC Membership Meeting Room

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

7:30-8:30 am Session 62: Common Wound Problems Track:  PLWS and Infection Control

9:30-10:45 am Session 71: Advanced Clinical Practice Track title What Can be Done to Prevent Pressure Ulcers in Acute Care

11:00-12:00 am Session 75: General Session: Quality of Care: What We Know Now and Where Do We Go From Here

1:30-5:30 pm Session 77: Post-Conference: Debridement

Ballroom 20D

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:30 am Session 1: Pre-Conference: Topical Wound Management

4:00-5:00 pm Session 10: Focus Track: Primer on Evidence-Based Medicine

5:15-6:15 pm Session 14: Common Wound Problems Track: Evidence-Based Care of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer: Hemoglobin A1C: Is this Test Independently Predictive of Wound Healing in the Patient with Diabetes?

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 19: Common Wound Problems Track: Vascular Medicine

10:00-11:00 am Session 25: Common Wound Problems Track:  Deep Tissue Injuries: Emerging Basic Science and Clinical Insights

11:15-12:15 pm Session 35: WHS Basic Research Track: Controversial Treatments of Wounds: Hyperbaric Oxygen and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

5:45-6:45 pm Session 38: SAWC Oral Abstracts

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

10:30-11:30 am Session 43: Specialty Update Track: Do Drugs Have Any Role in Wound Management?

2:30-3:30 pm Session 50: Focus Track: Challenging Patients with Challenging Wounds

4:45-5:45 pm Session 59: SAWC Oral Abstracts

6:00-7:00 pm WHS Membership Meeting/Social Event

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

8:30-9:30 am Session 67: Common Wound Problems Track: Wound Care Public Policy: Issues and Opportunities

9:45-10:45 am Session 69: Common Wound Problems Track: Neuropathy

1:30-5:30 pm Session 76: Post-Conference: Real-Life Reimbursement Scenarios for Physicians and Outpatient Wound Care Departments

Ballroom 23ABC

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:30 am Session 5: Pre-Conference: Laser Capture Microscopy

4:00-5:00 pm Session 9: Specialty Update Track:  ABCs of Molecular Biology

5:15-6:15 pm Session 15: Specialty Update Track: World Wound Care Alliance (WWCA): Where in the World Are We?

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-11:00 am WHS Basic Research Track: Young Investigators Awards

11:15-12:15 pm Session 33: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: The Purpose Driven Presentation

5:45-6:45 pm VA/Federal Special Interest Group

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

10:30-11:30 am Session 46: Translation and Clinical Research Track: Tissue Engineering

2:15-3:45 pm Session 53: WHS Basic Research Track: Outcomes of Clinical Trials

3:45-5:45 pm Session 58: WHS Basic Research Track: Chronic Wounds and Aging: Podium Presentations

 

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

7:30-9:30 am Session 65: WHS Basic Research Track: Gene Therapy and Clinical Trials: Podium Presentations

9:30-11:00 am Session 74: WHS Basic Research Track: Growth Factors and Inflammation: Podium Presentations

Ballroom 24ABC

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:00 am Session 4: Pre-Conference: Supplemental Oxygen Therapy

4:00-5:00 pm Session 11: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Tele-Wound Care: The Role of Telemedicine in Wound Care

5:15-6:15 pm Session 18: Translational and Clinical Research Track: Angiogenesis: Future Decisions

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 23: Translational and Clinical Research Track: Clinical Research

10:00-11:00 am Session 29: Translational and Clinical Research Track: FDA and You

11:15-12:15 pm Session 34: Translational and Clinical Research Track: EMC –Educational Grant Provided by Healthpoint (logo here)

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

10:30-12:30 pm Session 47: WHS Basic Research Track: Cytokines and Growth Factors: In Honor of Anita Roberts

2:30-3:30 pm Session 51: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Growth Factors

3:45-5:45 pm Session 57: WHS Basic Research Abstract Session: Extracellular Matrix, Bioengineering and Biomaterials: Podium Presentations

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

7:30-9:30 am Session 64: WHS Basic Research Abstract Session:  Angiogenesis: Podium Presentations

9:30-11:00 am Session 73: WHS Basic Research Abstract Session:  Fibrosis/Scarring and Oxygen: Podium Presentations

1:30-5:30 pm Session 80: Post-Conference: Potential Sources of Funding for Wound Repair and Regeneration Research

Ballroom 25ABC

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:30 am Session 3: Pre-Conference: Weary Guts and Wound Healing: Nutritional Implications of the Aging GI Tract

4:00-5:00 pm Session 12: Translational and Clinical Research Track: How Stress Affects Wound Healing

5:15-6:15 pm Session 16: Focus Track: Top 10 Reimbursement Tips for Success in 2008

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 22: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Wound Scene Investigation Part I

10:00-11:00 am Session 28: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Wound Scene Investigation Part II

11:15-12:15 pm Session 30: Common Wound Problems Track: Burn Care for the Non-Burn Specialist: A Series of Guidelines

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

10:30-11:30 am Session 44: Focus Track:  (What’s the News on Vascular Disease Management?) Making Mistakes

2:30-3:30 pm Session 49: Specialty Update Track: Complex Wounds in Post-Operative Setting

3:45-5:45 pm Session 56: WHS Basic Research Abstract Session:  Acute and Burn Wounds and Epithelialization: Podium Presentations

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

9:30-11:00 am Session 72: WHS Basic Research Abstract Session: Wound Therapies: Podium Presentations

1:30-5:30 pm Session 79: Post-Conference: Offloading: Critical Considerations for Patient Care
Ballroom 28ABC

Day 1: Thursday, April 24, 2008

7:30-11:30 am Session 6: Pre-Conference: Principles of Wound Care

4:00-6:00 pm Session 13: WHS Basic Research Track: Stem Cells/Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing

Day 2: Friday, April 25, 2008

8:45-9:45 am Session 21: Focus Track: How Energy is Used to Heal Wounds

10:00-11:00 am Session 27: Focus Track: Skin and Wound Pain Management

11:15-12:15 pm Session 32: Focus Track: Patients in Acute Care

Day 3: Saturday, April 26, 2008

10:30-11:30 am Session 45: Advanced Clinical Practice Track: Head Over Heels: Best Practices for Preventing Heel Ulcers Across the Continuum – Educational Grant Provided by Sage (logo here)

2:30-3:30 pm Session 52: Translational and Clinical Research Track: Inflammation and Wound Healing

3:45-4:45 pm Session 55: SAWC Oral Abstracts

Day 4: Sunday, April 27, 2008

7:30-8:30 am Session 63: SAWC Oral Abstracts

9:45-10:45 am Session 70: Focus Track: The New Quality Indicator Survey: Do You Know What I Know?

1:30-5:30 pm Session 78: Post-Conference: Compression and Lymphedema