Agenda - ALPS

The program for DFCon 2026 is available NOW!

7:00 - 8:00	Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by Stryker PV (non-CME) Holly Oak Laura Shin, DPM, PhD & Miguel Manzur, MD
8:00 - 8:10	The Departure Lounge David G. Armstrong (DPM, MD, PhD), Joseph L. Mills Sr. (MD, FACS), Michael S. Conte (MD)

SESSION 1: Hop on the Magic Bus- Different Nations, Same Sole

8:10 - 8:25	The Bus Starts Here: The 2026 Global Preservation Tour Sicco Bus, PhD
8:25 - 8:40	One Team, in the Name of Limbs: How MLK Hospital Is Making the Impossible Possible David Tobey, DO
8:40 - 8:55	How do we define a Center of Excellence in Limb Preservation? A Message from Exotic Portland Cy Dove, DPM
8:55 - 9:10	Oh! Canada! A North American Free Toes Alliance (NAFTA) Ahmed Kayssi, MD
9:10 - 9:25	V.A.-Va-Voom! Driving System-Wide Limb Preservation in the Department of Veterans Affairs Hiro Suzuki, MD
9:25 - 9:40	Don't Worry, Be Hari: The WUWHS Global State of the Union Harikrishna Nair
9:40 - 09:55	Panel Discussion
09:55 - 10:15	AM Break: coffee only (exhibit opens for lunch)

SESSION 2: Flow, Flow, Flow Again

10:15 - 10:30	Hard Rock & Heavy Metal: Is Orbital Atherectomy All That? Mike Siah, MD
10:30 - 10:45	Mission Impossible: Defining the "No Option" Patient Neal Barshes, MD, MPH
10:45 - 11:00	Simply the BEST: Deep Diving into the BEST-CLI Global Sub-Studies Michael Conte, MD
11:00 - 11:15	The BEST of Times: Translating Trial Evidence into Practice Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD, FACS,
11:15 - 11:30	Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Conquering the Calcified Vessel Katharine McGinigle, MD
11:30 - 11:45	Panel Discussion
11:45 - 01:15	Lunch Break and Exhibit
12:00 - 01:00	Sponsored Lunch Symposium (non-CME) Arbor Ballroom G TBD
01:15 - 01:30	OLMOS AWARD PRESENTATION

SESSION 3: Infectious Grooves

01:30 - 01:45	I need a Hiro: Lessons on the Latest in Antimicrobial Care Hiroyuki Suzuki, MD
01:45 - 02:00	The BeBoP Beat: To Treat or Not to Treat Before the Biopsy? Marcos Schechter, MD
02:00 - 02:15	Search and Destroy: The Predict Prevent, and Treat Battleplan Brian Schmidt, DPM
02:15 - 02:30	Image Based Debridement is now a Thing: Just Watch This! Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS
02:30 - 02:45	It's worse thank you think: Mortality and Wounds William Tettelbach, MD
02:45 - 03:00	Panel Discussion
03:00 - 04:00	PM Break: Exhibit & Posters
03:00 - 04:00	Sponsored Workshop by Integra LifeSciences Corporation (non-CME) Arbor Ballroom G (Registration needed) Jeffrey Jensen, DPM

SESSION 4: The Supporting Cast: Every Sole Singer Needs a Band

04:00 – 04:15	I dream of Gene - Are Gene and Cell Therapy Ready for Prime Time Michael Conte, MD
04:15 – 04:30	Happy CAMPers? Your Modalities for the Modern Wound Healing Clinic Brian Lepow, DPM
04:30 – 04:45	New Pills for Diabetic Ills: The Endocrine Impact on PAD Rodica Pop Busui, MD
04:45 –05:00	Counseling the High-Risk Patient (And Their High-Risk Clinician) Brandon Brooks, DPM, MPH
05:00 – 05:15	Lifestyle Redesign: Engineering a Better Daily Grind For Our Patients Stacey Schepens-Niemiec, PhD, OTR/L
05:15 – 05:30	Panel Discussion
05:30	Adjourn Day 1
05:30 - 07:30	Welcome & Poster reception

7:00	Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by AROA (non-CME) Brisbane TBD
7:00 - 8:00	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by New Horizon Medical Solutions (non-CME) Holly Oak TBD
8:00 - 8:10	Welcome Back TBD

SESSION 5: Digital Remastery

08:05 – 08:20	Postcard from ALPS: A Fellow's View of the Global Frontier Sara Mahmood, DPM
08:20 – 08:25	ALPS Traveling Fellowship Announcement Stephanie Wu, Robert Frykberg and Fellow
08:25 – 08:40	TTT WTF? Katharine McGinigle, MD & Lee Rogers, DPM
08:40 – 08:55	Should we be treating Charcot fractures more aggressively? Laura Shin, DPM, PhD
08:55 – 09:10	The Reyz of Light: What the Podiatric Provider Is Missing in Plain Sight Alex Reyzelman, DPM
09:10 – 09:25	Regifting the gift of pain: Can Spinal Cord Stimulation Improve Protective Sensation? Rodica Pop Busui, MD
09:25 – 09:40	Panel Discussion
09:40 – 10.40	AM Break: Exhibit
09:50 – 10.05	Sponsored Spotlight Theater by Kerecis (non-CME) Exhibition Hall TBD
10:00 – 10.30	Sponsored Workshop by AIROS Medical (non-CME) TBD TBD

SESSION 6: Maximizing Activity Rich Days

10:40 - 10:55	Take Two Walks and Call Me in the Morning: Tailoring Physcial Activity Recommendations for Persons with Diabetic Foot Disease Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS
10:55 - 11:10	Goldilocks and the Diabetic Foot: Too Little, Too Much or Just the Right Amount of Physical Activity Ryan Crews, PhD
11.10 - 11:25	Exercise for DFU Patients: Heresy or Helpful? Rodica Pop Busui, MD
11:25 - 11:40	Supporting Physical Activity Behavioral Modifications in Persons with Diabetic Foot Disease Bijan Najafi, PhD
11:40 - 11:55	Maximizing Activity Rich Days with the Optimized Therapeutic Footwear Sicco Bus, PhD
11:55 - 12:10	Panel Discussion
12:10 - 01:40	Lunch & Exhibit & Posters
12:25 - 01:25	Sponsored Lunch Symposium by EnColl (non-CME) Arbor Ballroom G TBD

SESSION 7: Silicon Sole: Building the Next Gen Ecosystem to Eliminate Amputation

01:40 - 01:55	High RPM: Putting Remote Control of the Diabetic Foot into the Patient's Hands Caitlin Hicks, MD
01:55 - 02:10	Pressure campaign: Should we be measuring people pre and postop like we say we are? Ron Sherman, DPM
02:10 - 02:25	Lee's Excellent Adventure: Tomorrow's Tech in Today's Limb Preservation Clinic Lee C. Rogers, DPM
02:25 - 02:40	Your Chatbot Will See You Now: The Era of Human + AI Collaboration Salman Avestimehr
02:40 - 02:55	Closing the Loop: AI Chatbots, Smart Boots, and Autonomous Care for the Diabetic Foot Bijan Najafi, PhD, MSc.
02:55 - 03:10	Panel Discussion
03:10 - 03:30	PM Break: coffee only / no exhibit

SESSION 8: Voice of the Patient

03:30 - 04:00	The Sole of the Matter: Sage Wisdom from our Therapeutic Spouses Patients: Lazaro Reyes, Willie Jefferson & Frank Navarette
04:00	Adjourn Day 2
8:00 - 09:30	DFCon - Taste of Iceland Reception (faculty & registrants)

7:00	Registration Open
7:00 - 8:00	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium (non-CME) TBD TBD
8:00 - 8:10	Welcome Back TBD

SESSION 9: An Image Enhancement

08:10 - 08:25	The BOLD and the Beautiful: Is IVIM MRI the Perfusion Powerhouse? David Reiter, PhD
08:25 - 08:40	Anu's View on What's New: Dynamic NIRS Anu Godavarty, PhD
08:40 - 08:55	Pedal with the Mettle? Why Pedal Aceleration Time is the MVP of the Vascular Lab Jill Somerset, RVT
08:55 - 09:10	RUS PAT FTW Lihong Wang, PhD
09:10 - 09:25	The Tricorder is here: Mutiple Sensors on One Device Farstash Vasefi
09:25 - 09:40	Panel Discussion
09:40 - 10:40	AM Break: Exhibit
09:50 - 10:05	Sponsored Spotlight Theater by EnColl (non-CME) Exhibition Hall Subramanian Gunasekaran, PhD & Murugan Gunasekaran, BA

SESSION 10: Wound Healing: Deep Cuts to Add to Your Soundtrack

10:40 – 10:55	The Billion Dollar Question: How Do I Make Sense of All of the New Wound Healing Products? Lee Rogers, DPM
10:55 – 11:10	Who Turned on the Black Light? Seeing the Invisible in the High-Risk Foot Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS
11:10 – 11:25	Just Say Yes to NO: Is the Future of Nitric Oxide Here? Mike Edmonds, PhD (Virtual)
11:25 – 11:40	An Axis of Healing: We Should be Using Multiple Topicals to Heal Wounds Harikrishna Nair
11:40 – 11:55	Clean Sweep 2.0: The IWII Revolution in Wound Hygiene Kara Couch, MS, CRNP, CWS
11:55 – 12:10	Panel Discussion
12:10 – 01:40	Lunch

SESSION 11: Summary Judgement: The Final Countdown

01:40 - 01:55	The Look Ahead: How the International Working Group will Change Your Practice 2027 Sicco Bus, PhD
01:55 - 02:10	The Screening Standard: Why Most Programs Fail and How We Fix Them Rodica Pop Busui, MD
02:10 - 02:25	The Ghost of Wounds Past: 40 Years of Healing to Predict the Next 40 Michael Edmonds, MD (Virtual)
02:25 - 02:40	The Big Idea: What Game Changing Studies will Hit the Limb Preservation Horizon in the Near Future? Michael Conte, MD
02:40 - 2:50	Abstract Winner Announcement Bijan Najafi, PhD, MSc.
02:50 - 03:00	The Big Raffle Prize (and Kicking You Out until DFCon27) David G. Armstrong (DPM, MD, PhD) & Michael S. Conte (MD)
03:00	Adjourn