Diabetic Foot Update 2025
Agenda

Conference Chairs – Lee C. Rogers, DPM, Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
2025 Guest Chair – Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
7:30 – 8:30 AMSponsor Breakfast Symposium
New Horizon Medical Solutions | A New Horizon in Wound Care
Dr Dallas Patterson (DPM), Dr Tharesh Udupa (DPM), and Christine Grogan (DHA MS)
08:30 – 08:40 AMWELCOME TO DFU 2025
Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH
08:40 – 09:00 AMPathophysiology of Charcot Foot
Robert G. Frykberg, DPM, MPH
09:00 – 09:20 AMIncidence and Natural History of Charcot Foot
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
09:20 – 09:40 AMDiagnosis of Charcot Foot
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
09:40 – 10:00 AMRisk of CAD and Mortality
Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH
10:00 – 10:50 AMCOFFEE BREAK
10:50 – 11:10 AMFacebook and Social Media Impact on Patient Perceptions of Charcot Foot
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
11:10 – 11:30 AMOffloading the Charcot Foot
Brian Lepow, DPM
11:30 – 12:00 PMPANEL DISCUSSION
12:00 – 1:30 PMLUNCH
12:15 – 1:15 PMSponsor Lunch Symposium
Kerecis | Intact Fish Skin Graft in the Diabetic Foot: Advances and Insight
Brian Lepow (DPM) and Ian Barron (DPM)
01:30 – 02:10 PMKEYNOTE: The Impact of La Salpetriere
and the Life and Work of Professor J-M
Charcot
Georges Ha Van, MD
02:10 – 02:30 PMA snapshot of Charcot Foot Research
Arthur Tarricone, DPM
2:30 – 2:50 PMOrthotic and Prosthetic Options
Noel Vega, CPO
2:50 – 3:10 PM3-D Printing to Augment Surgical Planning
Collin Pehde, DPM
3:10 – 4:00 PMCOFFEE BREAK
4:00 – 4:20 PMDeforming Forces and Balancing
Collin Pehde, DPM
4:20 – 4:40 PMAn ALPS Clinical Practice Pathway: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Lee C. Rogers, DPM
4:40 – 5:00 PMPANEL DISCUSSION
5:00 – 6:00 PMCharcot Toast - Champagne & Cake
6:30 PMTASTE OF ICELAND - THE ALAMO
7:30 – 8:30 AMSponsor Breakfast Symposium
Vertex Pharmaceuticals | An Oral Nonopioid Therapy for Treating Moderate-to-Severe Acute Pain
Dr Alan Rechter (MD)
8:30 – 8:50 AMTechnology in Monitoring and Risk Assessment
Bijan Najafi, PhD
8:50 – 9:10 AMManagement of the Ulcerated Charcot Foot
Ian Barron, DPM
9:10 – 9:30 AMVascular Diagnosis in Charcot Foot
Kevin Engledow, MD
9:30 – 9:50 AMConcomitant Osteomyelitis
Lawrence A. Lavery, DPM, MPH
9:50 – 10:10 AMDoes Charcot Foot Reconstruction Work?
Arthur Tarricone, DPM, MPH
10:10 – 11:00 AMCOFFEE BREAK
11:00 – 11:40 AMHARKLESS AWARD: Two Decades of Inflammatory Markers and Targeted Pharmacotherapies
Edward Jude, MD
11:40 – 12:00 PMFlap Options for Closure
Oriana Haran, MD
12:15 – 1:15 PMSponsor Lunch Symposium
Encoll | Redefining Evidence: Why Helicoll Outperforms Amniotic Membranes & PMA Products

Dr Subramanian Gunasekaran, PhD
1:30 – 1:50 PMPrinciples of Charcot Foot Reconstruction
Dane Wukich, MD
1:50 – 2:10 PMWhen is Amputation a Better Outcome?
Dane Wukich, MD
2:10 – 2:30 PMBionics for Amputees: A Step Closer to Luke Skywalker
Joseph Alderete, MD
2:30 – 2:50 PMSupporting Our Patients
Lawrence Harkless, DPM
2:50 – 3:00 PMCLOSING
Lee Rogers, DPM & Lawrence Lavery, DPM, MPH