Agenda

Diabetic Foot Update 2026

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 Time David 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