Diabetic Foot Update 2026
Agenda
Conference Chairs – Lee C. Rogers, DPM, Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
| 08:30 – 09:30 AM | Breakfast Industry |
| 09:30 – 09:40 AM | WELCOME TO DFU 2026 Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH |
| 09:40 – 10:00 AM | Global Vascular Guidelines: What's Still Relevant? Joseph Mills, MD |
| 10:00 – 10:20 AM | Beyond the Pulse: Vascular Diagnostics and Imaging Lori Pounds, MD |
| 10:20 – 10:40 AM | The "No Option Patient": Option 1 - Tibial Osteodistraction Angiogenesis (TODA) Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH |
| 10:40 – 11:00 AM | The "No Option Patient": Option 2 - Deep Vein Arterialization (DVA) Kevin Engledow, DO |
| 11:00 – 11:50 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:50 – 12:10 AM | Paradigm Shift in Pre- and Post-care of the DVA Patient: Shortening the Learning Curve Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH |
| 12:10 – 12:30 AM | Innovation in Assessing Perfusion and Oxygenation: Hyperspectral Imaging, Skin Perfuision Pressure Measurements Lee C. Rogers, DPM |
| 12:30 – 12:50 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION: Complex Case Discussion |
| 12:50 – 02:20 PM | LUNCHIndustry |
| 02:20 – 02:50 PM | KEYNOTE: Toe and Flow Teams: Standing the Test of TimeDavid G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD |
| 02:50 – 03:10 PM | Toe and Flow Beyond the Academic Center: Different Model, Same Mission Brian D. Lepow, DPM |
| 03:10 – 03:30 PM | When off-loading fails: Elective Surgery to heal diabetic foot ulcers and prevent recurrence (floating metatrsal, Keller, pan met head resection , TAL) Collin Pehde, DPM |
| 03:30 – 03:50 PM | Can We Eliminate Dehisced Surgical Wounds after Amputations? Ian Barron, DPM |
| 03:50 – 04:30 PM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 04:30 – 04:50 PM | Traditional NPWT, Irrigation, and Incisional Applications: The Therapy Sucks, The Outcome Don't Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH |
| 04:50 – 05:10 PM | HBOT in Ischemic Limbs: Adjunct or Answer? Jayesh Shah, MD |
| 05:10 – 05:30 PM | Topical Oxygen Therapy: Is There Promise at the Surface? Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH |
| 7:30 – 8:30 AM | Breakfast Industry |
| 8:30 – 8:50 AM | Welcome to Wound CAMP: A Big Tent of Products. Innovations in wound dressings Lee C. Rogers, DPM |
| 8:50 – 9:10 AM | Everything Was Fine at the Wound Party, until the Bone and Tendon Showed Up. What Do I Do Now? David Bastawros, DPM |
| 9:10 – 9:30 AM | ALPS - Multidisciplinary Team Approach to Limb Preservation Georgia & Cy Dove |
| 9:30 – 9:50 AM | TBD TBD |
| 9:50 – 10:10 AM | Making Prevention Pay: Remote Patient Monitoring Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH |
| 10:10 – 11:00 AM | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:00 – 11:40 AM | HARKLESS AWARD: Revascularization for CLTI: Past Lessons, Present Practice, Future Promise Michael Conte, MD |
| 11:40 – 12:00 PM | The Bionic Limb: Science Fiction Meets Clinical Reality Joseph Alderete, MD |
| 12:00 – 01:30 PM | Sponsor Lunch Symposium |
| 01:30 – 01:50 PM | Osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot: are antibiotics enough Larry Lavery |
| 01:50 – 02:10 PM | Antibiotic implants in diabetic foot osteomyelitis Matthew Johnson, DPM |
| 02:10 – 02:30 PM | TBD TBD |
| 02:30 – 02:50 PM | Beyond the Bedside: Advocacy that Changes PAD Care David Alper, DPM |
| 02:50 – 03:00 PM | CLOSING Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH |