Wound Care - Western Maryland Health System

Registration
Registration fee includes all conference materials, educational
sessions, meal/breaks and exhibits.
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Wound Care
It Is Everyone's Responsibilty 24/7
Western Maryland Health System
12500 Willowbrook Road, Cumberland, MD 21502
240-964-8700 • www.wmhs.com
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❑ Vegetarian Lunch
WMHS Employees
❑ $30
Non WMHS Employees
❑ $60
WMHS Medical Staff
❑ $60
Physicians
❑ $80
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WMHS Wound Care Symposium
Send registration to:
Taryn Bennett
WMHS - Western Maryland Regional Medical Center
PO Box 539, 12500 Willowbrook Road
Cumberland, MD 21502
For questions or additional information, please contact
Taryn Bennett at 240-964-8715 or [email protected] or
Jill Clites at 240-964-5904 or [email protected].
West:
I-68E, exit 44, right to Willowbrook Road
East:
I-68W, exit 44, left to Willowbrook Road
South:
US 220N, merge onto I-68E, exit 44, right to
Willowbrook Road
North:
US 220S, towards Cumberland, to I-68W, exit 44,
left to Willowbrook Road
Conference Objectives
Program
The conference is designed to meet the following objectives
from our nationally recognized speakers:
7:00 - 8:00 am
Registration
• Identify wound types and appropriate treatments for
each type.
8:00 - 8:15 am Welcome
8:15 – 9:15 am Identify the Wound, Identify the Treatment
Julie Bielec, MD
9:15 – 10:15 am Charcot Foot—Options
and Compliance
Howard M. Kimmel, DPM, MBA
10:15 – 10:30 am
Break
10:30 – 11:30 am Endovascular Intervention for Chronic Venous Insufficiency
John N. Pappas, MD
• Describe the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and current management of Charcot foot.
• Differentiate the roles of endovascular vs. open surgical options for limb ischemia.
• Discuss modern treatments for limb salvage.
• Review the importance of and ways to use patient motivators for successful wound treatment.
• Discuss issues regarding patient adherence to Hyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) treatment schedule.
• Describe methods to improve patient adherence to an HBO treatment schedule.
Guest Faculty
Julie F. Bielec, MD
Medical Director,
Wound & Hyperbaric Center
Western Maryland Health System
Cumberland, Maryland
Howard M. Kimmel,
DPM, MBA
Senior Clinical Instructor
Department of Surgery
Case Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio
Mary Hirsch, RN, MHA,
CWS, ACHRN
President of Operations
MATRIX Health Services
New Orleans, Louisiana
Steven A. Leers,
MD, RVT
Associate Professor
of Surgery
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
John N. Pappas, MD
Vascular and Interventional
Radiologist
Allegany Imaging, PC
Cumberland, Maryland
Joy Reckley-Murphy,
DHA, LCSW-C
Director of Outpatient
Mental Health and Crisis
Services
Chestnut Ridge Counseling Services
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Conference Objectives
11:30 – 12:30 pm
Patient Motivation—
A Toolbox for Success
Joy Reckley-Murphy, DHA, LCSW-C
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch and Exhibits
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Modern Treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia: Endovascular and Open Surgical Options
Steven A. Leers, MD, RVT
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Improving Patient Adherence to HBO Treatment Schedule
Mary Hirsch, RN, MHA,
CWS, ACHRN
4:00 – 4:15 pm
Evaluation and Wrap-Up
The Western Maryland Health System is accredited by
MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society to provide
continuing medical education for physicians. The Western
Maryland Health System designates this educational
activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1
CreditTM. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in
the activity.
Western Maryland Health System (WMHS) is approved
(PW-13-03-506-1001) as a provider of continuing nursing
education by the Maryland Nurses Association, an
accredited approver by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
WVBRN provider registration number WV96-0009RN.
This program is approved for 6.5 contact hours.
Applications have been made for continuing education
credits for physical therapists, occupational therapists
and dietitians.
Event Planner Disclosure: All of the event planners are
reported as having no financial interest, arrangement or
affiliation with commercial interests or pharmaceutical
companies whose products may have relevance to the
content of this presentation: Taryn Bennett, BSN, RN,
CWOCN; Julie Bielec. MD; Cindy Bridges, RN, MSN; Jill
Clites, RN, WCC; Jeannie Seifarth, PhD, RN; Jesse Blough,
PT, WCC.
Faculty Disclosure: The following speakers have no
financial relationships or conflict of interest to disclose:
Julie Bielec, MD; Howard Kimmel, DPM, MBA; Steven A
Leers, MD, RVT; John N. Pappas, MD; and Joy ReckleyMurphy, DHA, LCSW-C. Mary Hirsch is a consultant
MATRIX Health Services, LLC.