2021 Conference - Diabetes Feet Australia %

Welcome!

Well...you could say a lot has happened since we said our fond farewells at the DFA2019 conference with a good ol' hug and a handshake. But the good news is the DFA conference is back. The better news is it's bigger than ever!

Our goal is to deliver an exceptional conference experience from the bush to the big smoke, and everywhere in between. We have a superstar line-up of international and national experts presenting at plenary sessions and workshops across the two days. We're also elevating the digital experience by showcasing 'real life' practical experiences that take you behind the surgical curtain to give a whole new conference perspective.

Most importantly though, we're focusing on the content that matters. So whether you prefer the comfort of the couch, or finding a quiet spot in the office, DFA 2021 is all about relaxed learning and networking with old friends and new. We can't wait to welcome you to DFA2021!

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International and national speakers

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Workshop 1: Monday 08 November

Join Professor Viv Chuter, Professor Sara Jones, Professor Rhonda Wilson and James Gerrard. In this workshop we are proud to have the opportunity to learn from Elders and members of the Darkinjung community as they help answer a range of questions. Join in the discussion about how to understand and engage from a clinical, personal and cultural level with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Workshop 2: Monday 08 November

Join Dr Emma Hamilton, Dr Namson Lau and Professor Stephen Twigg in this workshop about managing diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in DFD patients. Are patients with DFD at increased risk of cardiovascular disease? And how do we address cardiovascular risk factors. Then join in the discussion about contemporary practice and future directions.

Workshop 3: Monday 08 November

Join Professor James Charles, Matthew West , Maddison Adams, Janine Mohamed and Brett Biles as they examine and yarn about the real-life implications faced by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples living with diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease. In this workshop we are proud to also feature Elders and members of the Darkinjung community in a special yarning circle.

Workshop 4: Monday 08 November

Join Professor Rob Fitridge and Dr Matt Malone as they take you 'behind the scenes' to experience a day in the life of a vascular surgeon and walk you through the various PAD procedures when treating patients with diabetes-related foot disease.

Workshop 5: Tuesday 09 November

Join Professor Fran Game, Dr Melanie Burkhardt (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Emma Hamilton in this workshop where they explore the challenges of motivating patients from both a clinical and psychology perspective. Through a series of case-studies, they will also discuss real-life experiences on what works, what doesn’t and how to best engage and motivate patients in their DFD care.

Workshop 6: Tuesday 09 November

Join Professor Michael Edmonds, Michaela Watts and A/Professor Pete Lazzarini as they discuss the real-life challenges faced when building a multi-team team. Learn what works, what doesn’t work in a practical environment with a focus on implementation strategies.

Workshop 7: Tuesday 09 November

Join Professor Dane Wukich (US), Dr Joel Lasschuit and Dr Namson Lau as they discuss diagnosis and principles of managing Charcot, Medical therapy for acute Charcot: RANKL-ing the options, and Charcot from an Australian perspective. Followed by an panel discussion and Q&A.

Workshop 8: Tuesday 09 November

Join Professor Matilde Monterio-Soares (PRT), A/Professor Jaap van Netten (NED) and Pam Chen to learn practical tips & tricks on prevention of diabetes-related foot ulcers and how to best offload.

MONDAY 08NOV

Join Professor Viv Chuter, Professor Sara Jones, Professor Rhonda Wilson and James Gerrard.

In this workshop we are proud to have the opportunity to learn from Elders and members of the Darkinjung community as they help answer a range of questions submitted by our delegates. Join in the discussion about how to understand and engage from a clinical, personal and cultural level with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

MONDAY 08NOV

Join Dr Emma Hamilton, Dr Namson Lau and Professor Stephen Twigg in this workshop about managing diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in DFD patients.

Are patients with DFD at increased risk of cardiovascular disease? And how do we address cardiovascular risk factors. Then join in the discussion about contemporary practice and future directions.

MONDAY 08NOV

Join A/Professor James Charles, Maddison Adams, Brett Biles and Janine Mohamed as they examine and yarn about the real-life implications faced by Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples living with diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease. In this workshop we are proud to also feature Elders and members of the Darkinjung community in a special yarning circle.

MONDAY 08NOV

Join Professor Rob Fitridge and Dr Matt Malone as we take you 'behind the scenes' to experience a day in the life of a vascular surgeon and cover the perspective of various PAD procedures.

TUESDAY 09NOV

Join Professor Fran Game (UK), Dr Melanie Burkhardt (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Emma Hamilton in this workshop where they explore the challenges of motivating patients from both a clinical and psychology perspective. Through a series of case-studies, they will also discuss real-life experiences on what works, what doesn’t and how to best engage and motivate patients in their DFD care.

TUESDAY 09NOV

Join Professor Michael Edmonds (UK), Michaela Watts and A/Professor Pete Lazzarini as they discuss tips and tricks on how to build a multi-disciplinary team from the bush to the big smoke. This workshop also includes case studies focusing on what works and also what doesn't work from a global and Australian perspective.

TUESDAY 09NOV

TUESDAY 09NOV

MONDAY 08NOV

Join our keynote speakers Roy Ah-See, A/Professor James Charles and Dr Matthew West as they discuss the key themes facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living with diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease. Followed by an interactive panel and Q&A session with our plenary speakers and invited guests.

ROY AH-SEE

TALK: Understanding the bigger picture and how this impacts Aboriginal health

Roy is a First Nation’s story telling expert and a proud descendant of the Wiradjuri Nation.

A successful entrepreneur, a story teller, a social and emotional wellbeing advocate, a survivor of welfare dependancy.

His story is to inspire others. As a life coach and a recognised international speaker, Roy has presented and spoken to audiences as large as 65,000 people and has represented Australia’s First Nation Peoples at the United Nations in both New York and Geneva.

PROFESSOR JAMES CHARLES

TALK: Big concepts in delivering Aboriginal footcare

Professor James Charles is a very proud Kaurna man for the Adelaide Plains, South Australia and is currently the Director of First Peoples Health Unit at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Prof Charles has lived at many different places around Australia, including Geelong while Coordinator of Master of Public Health, and Associate Director of Research at the NIKERI institute, and academic with the School of Medicine, Deakin University, at Newcastle NSW while working at the University of Newcastle, and Albury while working at Charles Sturt University. Prof Charles was one of the first Aboriginal Podiatrist in Australia, the first Aboriginal person to receive a Master of Podiatry, and the first Aboriginal Podiatrist to receive a PhD (Aboriginal foot health). Prof Charles has volunteered his time at many Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations, boards and committees around Australia. James has provided clinical podiatry services to Aboriginal communities all over Australia, in urban, rural and remote places.

Dr Charles is currently an executive member of the Aboriginal Chronic Conditions Network. Dr Charles was President of Indigenous Allied Health Australia 2009 – 2010, and Chairperson of the Indigenous Allied Health Australia Network 2008. Dr Charles was very proud to be chosen as a representative on the national “Close the Gap” committee in 2008-2009. Dr Charles was very honoured to receive the National NAIDOC Scholar of the year award in 2017 for his teaching, research and work in the Aboriginal community. Dr Charles has also received the prestigious Alumni Accolade Award from the University of South Australia in 2018. Dr Charles has recently engaged with the AFL AllPlay program, especially where it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. A/Prof Charles has published many research papers on Aboriginal foot health in peer-reviewed journals.

DR MATTHEW WEST

TALK: Diabetes-related foot disease in First Nations People

Mr West is a Wiradjuri man currently living and working on the Central Coast of New South Wales. In 2013, Mr West graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Podiatry. In 2015, Mr West completed his honours by research focusing on how his local Aboriginal community currently accesses podiatry services. Mr West currently holds concurrent positions as an Associate Lecturer and Clinical Educator at the University of Newcastle. Mr West is currently a Board Member of the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council and the Indigenous Allied Health Association. In 2013, Mr West was the first person to successfully complete the Central Coast Indigenous Health Cadetship Program from an allied health discipline. Through this program, Mr West worked as a new graduate podiatrist in the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) where he gained extensive experience in wound care, diabetes assessment and general podiatric care. Mr West has helped co-ordinate and provide foot health screenings at the annual Central Coast Local Health District NAIDOC event since 2012. Following his time at the Central Coast Local Health District he received a position at the University of Newcastle as an Associate Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor to compliment his Honours studies. This allowed him to broaden his clinical experience to include paediatric assessment and nail surgery as well as skills in clinical supervision, facilitation, education and mentoring.

Mr West’s research focus includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander chronic health conditions effecting the lower limb. He has research experience in clinical auditing which he plans to expand as part of his current PhD. Following working his graduate year in the Central Coast Local Health District podiatry department Mr West developed and implemented a podiatry outreach program at his local AMS. This process included successfully applying for grant funding; informing, developing and implementing a stake.

PANEL DISCUSSION & LIVE Q&A

MONDAY 08NOV

Join our keynote speakers Roy Ah-See, Professor James Charles and Dr Matthew West as they discuss the key themes facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples living with diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease. Followed by an interactive panel and Q&A session with our plenary speakers and Professor Viv Chuter.

ROY AH-SEE

Roy is a First Nation’s story telling expert and a proud descendant of the Wiradjuri Nation.

A successful entrepreneur, a story teller, a social and emotional wellbeing advocate, a survivor of welfare dependancy.

Understanding the bigger picture and how this impacts Aboriginal health

PROFESSOR JAMES CHARLES

Big concepts in delivering Aboriginal footcare

DR MATTHEW WEST

Diabetes-related foot disease in First Nations People

MONDAY 08NOV

DR SUZANNE VAN ASTEN (NETHERLANDS)

TALK: Useful biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of DFIs

Suzanne van Asten was born on May 31, 1988 in Bilbao, Spain. After finishing her medical degree in 2014 at the Rijksuniversity Groningen, she became a research fellow at the UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, USA. For 2.5 years she worked with Prof. Lawrence Lavery, studying diabetic foot infections and osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot. She participated in several research projects and joined the infection group of the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) in 2015. In March 2018 she defended her dissertation titled: ‘Diagnosing and monitoring diabetic foot osteomyelitis’ at the Free University of Amsterdam. After finishing two years of Internal Medicine residency, she started her Medical Microbiology training at the Leiden University Medical Centre in 2019. Suzanne has developed an interest in diabetic foot infections and is constantly striving to improve research in this area.

DR ROB COMMONS

TALK: What are the key recommendations from the new Australian infection guidelines – from a practical perspective?

Dr Rob Commons is an Infectious Diseases Physician at Ballarat Base Hospital and a Senior Research Fellow with Menzies School of Health Research. He is the chair of DEFIANZ (Diabetic Foot Infections Australia New Zealand), a multidisciplinary interest group formed under the leadership of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network to tackle deficits in clinical research into diabetic foot infections. As part of DEFIANZ he is currently a Co-ordinating Primary Investigator for the DINGO study, a large cohort study involving over 20 sites in Australia and New Zealand, that is building baseline data and a collaborative network on diabetic foot infections in the region. In addition to his interest in diabetic foot infections, Rob has considerable research interests in malaria and is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Emerging Leader Fellowship.

DR ED RABY

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q&A

MONDAY 08NOV

Join our international keynote speaker Dr Suzanne Van Asten (Netherlands), Dr Rob Commons and Dr Ed Raby as they discuss what’s new in identifying infection, medical vs surgical management for osteomyelitis and more, followed by an interactive Q&A session. Optimal duration of therapy for DFI. Is 6 weeks a reality or wishful thinking? And when is enough enough? Hosted by Dr Matthew Malone and featuring our speakers - this extended discussion includes a mix of workshop focused case studies, panel discussion and Q&A .

DR SUZANNE VAN ASTEN (NED)

Suzanne van Asten was born on May 31, 1988 in Bilbao, Spain. After finishing her medical degree in 2014 at the Rijksuniversity Groningen, she became a research fellow at the UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, USA. For 2.5 years she worked with prof. Lawrence Lavery, studying diabetic foot infections and osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot. She participated in several research projects and joined the infection group of the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) in 2015. In March 2018 she defended her dissertation titled: ‘Diagnosing and monitoring diabetic foot osteomyelitis’ at the Free University of Amsterdam. After finishing two years of Internal Medicine residency, she started her Medical Microbiology training at the Leiden University Medical Centre in 2019. Suzanne has developed an interest in diabetic foot infections and is constantly striving to improve research in this area.

Useful biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of DFIs

DR ROB COMMONS

What are the key recommendations from the new Australian infection guidelines – from a practical perspective?

DR ED RABY

Managing foot infections: outcomes from the Dingo study

MONDAY 08NOV

Join international experts Dr Katalina Filipo, Dr Arun Murari, Dr Rooney Jagilly and Tom Fitzpatrick as they set the diabetes-related foot disease scene and give a valuable insight into the impact of DFD across the South Pacific.

In this session they will explore the challenges and differences in treatment available, discuss what’s needed and how we can help. This will be followed by a panel discussion & live Q&A with our plenary speakers and invited guests.

DR KATALINA FILIPO

Dr Katalina Filipo is a senor medical officer in Tuvalu, graduated with MBBS in 2014 from the Fiji School of medicine (now under FNU) and commenced working in Tuvalu in 2015. During her internship programme, Dr Filipo found an interest in surgery, was a surgical register from the end of 2015-2019 and was then offered a scholarship to undertake in-service training in General surgery. Dr Filipo is particularly interested in diabetes-related sepsis after successfully saving a few limbs from being amputated and preventing a life-long disability. With a wish to continue reducing the number of diabetes-related amputations in Tuvalu and avoid life-long disability.

DR ARUN MURARI

Dr. Arun Murari has been a practicing General Surgeon for more than 30 years. He is currently Head of Unit and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Fiji National University. Prior to joining the University he was Consultant Surgeon and Head of Surgery in the Fiji Ministry of Health Hospitals at Lautoka and Suva. Before coming to Fiji he worked as a surgeon in the Bhabha Atomic Research Center Hospital in Mumbai.

Dr. Murari has extensive experience in the management of diabetes-related foot disease, both in India and in Fiji.

DR ROONEY JAGILLY

TOM FITZPATRICK

Before joining Motivation Australia, Tom worked as a Podiatrist and was fortunate to develop and utilise his skills in a variety of communities in rural and remote Australia and overseas.

Tom now works as a clinical project officer for Motivation Australia, supporting design, implementation, planning and delivery of projects across the Asia Pacific region. Tom works closely with partners in the Solomon Islands, Tonga, PNG, Samoa, Fiji and Kiribati.

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q&A

MONDAY 08NOV

DR KATALINA FILIPO

Understanding the impact of diabetes-related foot disease in Tuvalu

DR ARUN MURARI

Dr. Murari has extensive experience in the management of diabetic foot disease, both in India and in Fiji.

Tackling diabetes-related foot disease in Fiji

DR ROONEY JAGILLY

Diabetes-related foot disease insights from the Solomon Islands

TOM FITZPATRICK

Before joining Motivation Australia, Tom worked as a Podiatrist and was fortunate to develop and utilise his skills in a variety of communities in rural and remote Australia and overseas.

In places with fewer resources, health services are often far away and lack the necessary supplies and trained personnel to provide the care people need. Motivation Australia focuses on strengthening local organisations to provide services. We deliver projects that are value for money, which create quality and sustainable outcomes. This is the most fundamental way that Motivation Australia contributes to a world where all people can fully participate in family and community life.

On the ground in the South Pacific with Motivation Australia

TUESDAY 09NOV

Join our international keynote speaker Professor Michael Edmonds (UK), Professor Stephen Twigg, A/Professor Ashim Sinha and Dr Kai Hellberg as they present on the challenges they find in their own practice. How to provide best practice care with the resources they have, and the differences between rural, regional and metropolitan based teams. Followed by an interactive Q&A session.

PROFESSOR MICHAEL EDMONDS (UK)

Professor Michael Edmonds is Consultant Physician at King’s College Hospital, London with special interest in the care of people with diabetes complications. He developed a new model of diabetic foot care, the multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic, in 1981, to provide early, aggressive treatment of the various factors that contribute to the rapid progression of diabetic foot problems. The clinic at King’s College Hospital, brought about a 50% reduction in major amputations in people with diabetes. This underpinned the St Vincent declaration which, in 1989, set a target, in Europe, of reducing major amputations by 50% in people with diabetes.

His work has had three main aims: firstly, to develop the best possible care for the diabetic foot patient, secondly, to research into the causes of and devise new treatments for diabetic foot problems and ,thirdly to teach health care professionals about the best care of the person with diabetic foot problems.

He was also Chairman of the Diabetic Foot Study Group (DFSG from 2001-2005. won the Karel Bakker award at the 6^th International Symposium on the Diabetic Foot in 2011, the DFSG Life Time Achievement Award in 2013 and Edward James Olmos Award for Amputation Prevention in 2014. He gave the Arnold Bloom Lecture to Diabetes UK in 2014.

PROFESSOR STEPHEN TWIGG

Professor Stephen M. Twigg, MBBS(Hons-I), PhD, FRACP, is a physician-scientist translational researcher, Kellion Professor of Endocrinology and Stan Clark Chair in Diabetes, in the Sydney Medical School, and Charles Perkins Centre, the University of Sydney; plus Head of Dept of Endocrinology and Medical Head of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Laboratories, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney.

Stephen also continues as medical Chair of the NSW DoH Agency for Clinical Innovation in Diabetes/Endocrinology (2011+), and as inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the educational journal, Endocrinology Today, plus an editorial Board member on the scientific Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling, and the Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. He is member of 4 national Pharma advisory boards in diabetes. Internationally, he has served on JDRFI Diabetes Research Complications Grant Panel in NY 2003-2010, and is 1 of 6 Australian Delegates to the International Diabetes Federation General Assembly (2011-present).

A/PROFESSOR ASHIM SINHA

Dr Sinha is currently the Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology and Senior Eminent Staff Specialist Physician, Cairns Hospital in North Queensland, Australia. He holds a conjoint academic appointment as Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine with James Cook University, Cairns. In 2012 he was awarded the Royal Australasian College of Physician Medal for outstanding Clinical services to rural and remote area. He is an examiner in Internal Medicine for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians(RACP). He is also a Council member of the Australian Diabetes and Endocrine Societies and Coordinator for Endocrine Training, Specialist Advisory Committee for Endocrinology, RACP. He was in the Programme organising committee for the World Diabetes Congress, Melbourne 2013. His major interest is in Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Indigenous health and General Endocrinology.

DR KAI HELLBERG

Dr Kai Hellberg is a general and trauma surgeon at WACHS Kimberley, WA and SMHS Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth. Kai has been working in the remote regions of Western Australia since 2011 covering four hospitals of the Kimberly and Broome. From 2007-2011 Kai worked for the German government GIZ at QECH Blantyre, Malawi as a general surgeon, urologist and as a lecturer for the University of Malawi and from 2000-2007 trained as a general and trauma surgeon in Cologne, Germany and Lucern, Switzerland..

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q&A

TUESDAY 09NOV

PROFESSOR MICHAEL EDMONDS (UK)

Setting the global scene on best practice DFD care

PROFESSOR STEPHEN TWIGG

Delivering best practice DFD care in a metropolitan setting

A/PROFESSOR ASHIM SINHA

Insights on best practice DFD care from a regional perspective

DR KAI HELLBERG

On the ground perspective from Broome and the Kimberleys

TUESDAY 09NOV

Back by popular demand is international keynote speaker Professor Fran Game (UK), joined by Dr Laurens Manning, Annie Walsh and Beatrice Kuang as they discuss what’s new in wound healing, including spray on skin, other new age wound dressings and new research.

PROFESSOR FRAN GAME (UK)

Professor Fran Game has been a consultant Diabetologist at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT since 2011. She is also the Clinical Director of R&D and the Derby Clinical Trials Support unit.

Her main clinical and research interest is the Diabetic Foot and she has published over 80 papers and book chapters on the subject. She has an active research interest, running several multicentre/multinational trials in this field. She is especially interested in service development, particularly the need to manage diabetic foot disease in a more cost-effective way, closer to home for patients. She is an active teacher both locally, nationally and internationally, being regularly asked to lecture at major diabetes conferences.

She has worked with Diabetes UK on their Putting Feet First campaign, and chaired the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot wound healing subgroup from 2012-2016 and currently chairs the classification subgroup. She currently co-chairs the East Midlands Diabetic Foot Network and was appointed the NHS England Co-Clinical Director for Diabetes and Vascular Diseases for the East Midlands in May 2018.

DR LAURENS MANNING

Laurens Manning (BSc, MBChB, DTM&H (London), FRACP, PhD) is an infectious disease physician and clinical researcher at Fiona Stanley Hospital (FSH), University of Western Australia and Telethon Kids Institute. An active ‘foot’ physician, he has developed the MDFU in-patient and outpatient services at FSH. He has a diverse research portfolio that includes design and implementation of clinical trials in diabetic foot infections, penicillin reformulation for rheumatic heart disease, peri-prosthetic joint infections and epidemiological studies of lower leg cellulitis in Australia. Elsewhere he leads clinical trials, observational and pharmacological studies in young PNG children with malaria and severe infections. In addition to a strong track record in research activities, he has extensive links with global health community, in particular as a researcher, teacher, external examiner and clinician in PNG. His role as an opinion leader is evidenced by his role in formulating national guidelines, drawing directly on his own research as in the case of writing the PNG Standard Adult Treatment Guidelines and in distilling and interpreting the literature for Therapeutic Guidelines Expert Writing Groups (Antibiotics/Dermatology). He has been appointed to the ASID Clinical Research Network steering group to facilitate collaborative studies in infectious diseases across Australia and New Zealand and the TGA advisory committee for biologicals which is creating the regulatory framework for faecal transplantation. He has published a total of 90 papers in the past 10 years and 8 book chapters, supervises 4 PhD students and been the recipient of >$5M in tier 1 grants in the last 5 years including an MRFF Emerging Leadership Fellowship (2021-25).

ANNIE WALSH

Annie is the Head of Department of the Podiatry and High Risk Foot Services across Royal North Shore and Ryde Hospitals, Sydney. Annie specialises in the treatment and management of diabetes and vascular related lower limb complications.

She completed Bachelor of Health Science with Honours in Podiatry at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand, a Masters in Wound Care with High Distinction at Monash University. Annie works as a Unit Advisor for the Masters of Wound Care course at Monash and as a Conjoint Lecture at the University of Newcastle Podiatry School.

In addition to her clinical role she is an associate researcher for the South West Sydney Limb Preservation and Wound Research Unit based at the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research. Her research is focused on infection, technology and models of care related to the treatment and management of high risk foot related pathology.

Annie is co-chair for the NSW Health Leading Better Vale Care Chronic Wound initiative working to improve outcomes and experiences for patients, carers and families with wounds across NSW.

Annie has been an elected member of the Wounds Australia Board since 2017, working to ensure Wounds Australia's commitment to evidence based best practice wound care, education and training for health professional as well as patient education and awareness.

BEATRICE KUANG

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q&A

TUESDAY 09NOV

Back by popular demand is international keynote speaker Professor Fran Game (UK), joined by Dr Laurens Manning, Annie Walsh, Dr Beatrice Kuang and Dr Michael Radzieta as they discuss what’s new in wound healing, including spray on skin, other new age wound dressings and new research.

PROFESSOR FRAN GAME (UK)

Setting the global scene on what’s new in wound healing treatments

DR LAURENS MANNING

He has published a total of 90 papers in the past 10 years and 8 book chapters, supervises 4 PhD students and been the recipient of >$5M in tier 1 grants in the last 5 years including an MRFF Emerging Leadership Fellowship (2021-25).

Spray on skin – does it work?

ANNIE WALSH

Annie is co-chair for the NSW Health Leading Better Vale Care Chronic Wound initiative working to improve outcomes and experiences for patients, carers and families with wounds across NSW.

A high-risk foot focus on the renal population

BEATRICE KUANG

What is the evidence for skin replacement therapies and skin grafts?

DR MICHAEL RADZIETA

A new pathway to wound healing - have we been going up the molecular garden path?

TUESDAY 09NOV

PROFESSOR DANE WUKICH (USA)

Dane K. Wukich, M.D., is Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern, where he holds the Dr. Charles F. Gregory Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also the Medical Director of Orthopaedic Surgery at UT Southwestern University Hospitals.

Dr. Wukich received his undergraduate education from Carnegie-Mellon University and earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He completed his general surgery residency and orthopaedic surgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in foot and ankle surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

As an Army Medical Corps officer, Dr. Wukich served as a chief of orthopaedic surgery in Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He achieved the rank of Major with the U.S. Army, receiving several Army Commendation Medals and an Army Achievement Medal. Dr. Wukich also received the Southwest Asia Services Medal and the National Defense Service Ribbon.

Dr. Wukich is a nationally renowned foot and ankle specialist, educator, lecturer, and researcher. He has written more than 100 papers and given invited lectures around the globe. He serves as peer reviewer for 11 journals, and is the author or co-author of several book chapters dealing with foot and ankle problems in athletes and patients with diabetes. His research interest includes the complications of circular external fixation in patients with diabetes, foot and ankle problems in post-transplant patients, and treatment of spastic deformities of the foot and ankle in patients with traumatic brain injury and/or stroke.

He remains actively involved in the education of orthopaedic surgery not only around the world but also here at UT Southwestern with orthopaedic residents.

Dr. Wukich is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, and is a member of numerous professional organizations, including the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the American Diabetes Association.

Diagnosis and principles of managing Charcot

DR JOEL LASSCHUIT

Dr Joel Lasschuit (BMedSc, MBBS (Hons), FRACP) is a Staff Specialist in the Department of Endocrinology at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, PhD candidate at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and the High-Risk Foot Service Database Manager for the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC).

His career aspiration is to improve outcomes of people with diabetes-related foot complications through translational research, integration of evidence-based technologies, and collaboration with other services and governing bodies. He has a particular research interest in acute Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy and is currently coordinating a novel randomised controlled trial of denosumab for this condition across nine public hospitals. Other projects and publications span High-Risk Foot Service (HRFS) outcomes, implementing technology in diabetes-related foot complication management, assessment of cardiovascular health in this cohort, and predictors and assessment of bone health in diabetes more generally. He has presented his work at national and international meetings.

Dr Lasschuit co-leads the HRFS at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, which was awarded Centre of Excellence accreditation in 2020 by the National Association of Diabetes Centres. He co-founded and coordinates the Sydney Diabetic Foot Interest Group, which holds quarterly meetings now attended by over 100 HRFS clinicians representing 15 disciplines and 45 institutions nationally.

In his role as the NADC High-Risk Foot Service Database Manager, Dr Lasschuit is establishing the Australian Diabetes HRFS Database. This project has attracted interest from over 25 services across Australia with the goal to create a standardised data repository and enable national audits. He also serves under the NADC as a HRFS Accreditation Assessor and Consultation Committee Member.

Charcot from an Australian perspective

DR NAMSON LAU

Dr. Lau is an endocrinologist with Liverpool Hospital’s Diabetes & Endocrinology and the High Risk Foot Service and early career researcher with the Ingham Institute’s Liverpool Diabetes Collaboration and South West Sydney Limb Preservation Research Unit.

His clinically directed diabetic foot research includes assessing and better managing cardio-metabolic risk & improving medical therapies for acute diabetic foot presentations of infection and Charcot neuropathy.

Medical therapy for acute Charcot: RANKL-ing the options

TUESDAY 09NOV

Join our international keynote speakers Professor Matilde Monterio-Soares (Portugal), A/Professor Jaap van Netten (Netherlands), A/Professor Pete Lazzarini and Dr Byron Perrin as they discuss the good, the bad and the ugly of the last year, and what's coming next in practice and research. Followed by an extended interactive Q&A and panel discussion.

PROFESSOR MATILDE MONTERIO-SOARES (PORTUGAL)

TALK: Can we predict who will get ulcers? And has that changed with COVID?

Matilde Monteiro-Soares is a podiatrist from the North of Portugal. She has dedicated her professional and academic experience mainly to diabetic foot prevention, diagnostic and treatment. She has gathered clinical experience in a high risk setting Diabetic Foot Clinic with a multidisciplinary team and started to investigate, develop and improve the classification of subjects with diabetes by their risk of foot complications.

Her MSc and PhD degrees focused on Clinical and Health Services Research and diabetic foot complications’ prediction and prevention. Since 2011, she collaborates with the MEDCIDS department, in Oporto University, lecturing in pre- and post-graduate courses mainly about evidence-based healthcare, diagnostic and prognostic studies, evidence synthesis and health technology assessment. Since 2019, she is an Invited Assistant teacher there.

She is a Research integrated member at Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Oporto Faculty of Medicine. She belongs to the EvidenS&HTA Research Group, Thematic Line 3 – Health Data and Decision Sciences & Information Technologies.

Since 2019, she started to teach as external collaborator in the Podiatry licentiate degree at Portuguese Red Cross Health School in Lisbon and since 2021 she is the coordinator of that course.

She is also a Member of the Portuguese Diabetic Foot Study Group (GEPED), Portuguese Research and Development of Podiatry Society (SPIDP), Portuguese Wound Treatment Association (APTF) – Diabetic Foot Group and ‘Prevention of the First Ulcer’ Group from the Diabetic Foot Study Group (DFSG).

More information: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4586-2910

A/PROFESSOR JAAP VAN NETTEN (NETHERLANDS)

TALK: Telehealth and how has COVID changed what the IWGDF recommend?

Dr. Jaap van Netten is a human movement scientist from the Netherlands, specialized in clinical research on foot disease. His research focus is on the interplay between biomechanics and behaviour in the prevention of foot ulcers and amputation. This includes real-life and laboratory gait and activity analyses, communication strategies, footwear optimization and e-health solutions for disease detection and behaviour changes.

Van Netten has research and clinical experience from academic and non-academic research settings in the Netherlands and Australia. He works as senior researcher at Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, and has a position as adjunct associate professor at QUT, Brisbane, Australia. He also serves as scientific secretary of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) editorial board and prevention working group, responsible for the international guidelines on diabetic foot disease.

A/PROFESSOR PETE LAZZARINI

TALK: Where are we now: what have we achieved so far to tackle diabetes-related foot disease?

A/Professor Pete Lazzarini (PhD, BAppSci) is a conjoint Research Fellow with Queensland University of Technology and Queensland Health in Brisbane, Australia. He leads Australia’s first Foot Disease research program and is a podiatrist by clinical background.

Pete has an emerging international track record in the field of diabetic foot disease research. He has delivered >120 publications (manuscripts, abstracts, reports or book chapters), >110 (inter)national conference presentations and attracted >$3.5 million in grant funding.

He serves on multiple diabetic foot disease committees, including Chair of Diabetes Feet Australia and Secretary of the International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot Offloading Guideline. And he currently holds a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship.

Pete is particularly motivated by nurturing the next generation of researchers to develop policy, practices and pathways to ending avoidable amputations within a generation in Australia

DR BYRON PERRIN

TALK: Where are we going next: what do we need to focus on next to end avoidable amputations within a generation?

Byron is a podiatrist and currently a Senior Lecturer within the La Trobe University’s Rural Health School after holding the position of Head of the Rural Department of Community Health within the school for the past six years. Prior to that Byron developed and led one the first multi-disciplinary high-risk foot clinics in regional Australia in the early to mid-2000’s before moving to La Trobe University to develop a regionally-based podiatry course in Bendigo, Victoria and commence an academic career.

Byron's research focus is diabetes-related lower limb amputation prevention and is involved in research projects that include the epidemiology of diabetic foot disease in Australia, psychobehavioural aspects of diabetes-related foot morbidity and models of care for Charcot neuro-osteoarthropathy. He is also involved in the supervision of Master, Phd and Professional Doctorate students.

Byron is the chair of Diabetes Feet Australia.

PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q&A

TUESDAY 09NOV

PROFESSOR MATILDE MONTERIO-SOARES (PORTUGAL)

Since 2019, she started to teach as external collaborator in the Podiatry licentiate degree at Portuguese Red Cross Health School in Lisbon and since 2021 she is the coordinator of that course.

More information: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4586-2910

Can we predict who will get ulcers? And has that changed with COVID?

A/PROFESSOR JAAP VAN NETTEN (NETHERLANDS)

Telehealth and how has COVID changed what the IWGDF recommend?

A/PROFESSOR PETE LAZZARINI

Pete is particularly motivated by nurturing the next generation of researchers to develop policy, practices and pathways to ending avoidable amputations within a generation in Australia.

Where are we now: what have we achieved so far to tackle diabetes-related foot disease?

DR BYRON PERRIN

Byron is the chair of Diabetes Feet Australia, and has been vice-chair of DFA for the past two years.

Where are we going next: what do we need to focus on next to end avoidable amputations within a generation?

MONDAY 08 NOVEMBER

PRESENTER	TITLE
Belinda Ihaka	Māori health outcomes and diabetes related foot disease
Odette Hart	The Australia and New Zealand Diabetic and Ischaemic Foot Outcomes Study (ANZ-DIFOS): Preliminary Findings
Sean Sadler	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' perceptions of foot and lower limb health: a systematic review
Laura Stuart	Central Australia: Diabetes-related Foot Complications Service Delivery Initiatives
Matthew West	Yarning about foot care: Evaluation of a foot care service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples

MONDAY 08 NOVEMBER

PRESENTER		TITLE
Susanna Cramb		The factors predicting shorter time to being ulcer-free in a large Australian multi-site cohort with diabetes-related foot ulcers
Yuqi Zhang		Cost-effectiveness of implementing guideline-based care for patients with diabetes-related foot ulcers in Australia: A modelled analysis using discrete event simulation
Mai Nguyen		The Royal Melbourne Hospital DFU Psychology Program: Psychological & cognitive functioning in diabetes-related foot complications
Lipi Chakravorty		Thinking outside the foot - Diabetes complications and comorbidity screening in patients hospitalised with diabetes-related foot disease
Pam Chen		Health literacy and cognition independently predict incident foot ulcers after 4 years - the Southern Tasmanian health literacy and foot ulcer development in diabetes mellitus study

TUESDAY 09 NOVEMBER

PRESENTER		TITLE
Rebekah Withers		Offloading effects of a removable cast walker with and without modification for diabetes-related foot ulceration: a plantar pressure study
Christian Redd		End-user perspectives for implementation of diabetic foot monitoring technologies in regional and remote Australia
Emma Macdonald		Podiatrist-delivered health coaching to facilitate the use of a smart-insole to support foot health monitoring in people with diabetes-related peripheral neuropathy: a feasibility study
Michael Melek		Choice of off-loading modality in the management of diabetic foot ulcers: A survey of Australian Podiatrist
Sayed Ahmed		Footwear and insole design features that reduce neuropathic plantar forefoot ulcer risk in people with diabetes: a systematic literature review

TUESDAY 09 NOVEMBER

PRESENTER	TITLE
Brian Martin	Charcot Foot And Ankle Reconstruction Versus Below Knee Amputation: A Comparison Of Mortality And Function
Michael Radzieta	Utilizing total RNA sequencing to investigate the host response and microbial role in DRFU wounds
Kay Hon	Reconstruction of diabetic foot wounds using Novosorb® Biodegradable Temporising Matrix (BTM)
Jason Chow	Early results of antibiotic loaded resorbable bone graft substitute and a defined treatment protocol to treat diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Peta Tehan	Determining acceptable dietary interventions in people with diabetic foot ulceration; a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews

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