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The Healing Edge Wound Care Symposium
Friday, October 24, 2025
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Option 1: Text the six-letter code provided at the end of the symposium to (754) 203-8885. You will receive a message confirming your attendance.
Option 2: Scan the QR code shown below with your mobile phone, and enter the six-letter code provided at the symposium to receive your credit.
Evaluation
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Presentations
| 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast & Exhibits |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome & Introductions |
| 8:10 a.m. | Help! My legs are swollen! Venous and Lymphatic Disease Eileen De Grandis, M.D. |
| 8:40 a.m. | Skin Failure: Implications of the Proposed AADA-PAWSIC ICD-10-CM Codes Diane Krasner, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAWC, MAPWCA, WOCNF Additional Handouts |
| 9:10 a.m. | From Wound to Record: Managing and Documenting Lower Extremity Ulcers Mark S. Block DPM, Board Certified ABFAS, FASPS, CSFAC |
| 9:40 a.m. | Use of NPWT To Improve Outcomes In Complex Wounds Anthony N. Dardano, D.O., FACS |
| 10:10 a.m. | Questions & Answers |
| 10:20 a.m. | Break & Exhibits |
| 10:30 a.m. | Living Life with Hirschsprung Disease, Ostomies and Being a Patient Advocate Lynn Wolfson, MBA, Ed.S. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Intestinal Stomas, the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Andrew S Ross, M.D., FACS, FASCRS, FISUCRS |
| 11:30 a.m. | Turning S.H.A.M.B.L.E.S. Into Success: The Systematic Approach to Pressure Injury Prevention Ashlee Garcia, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, CFCN, CLT |
| 12:10 p.m. | Questions & Answers |
| 12:20 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Introduction to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Rodney G. Benjamin, M.D. |
| 1:30 p.m. | Review of Legal Aspects of Documentations and Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries Rosemarie Antonacci, Esq. |
| 2:00 p.m. | Burns: Management & Treatment Ricardo Castrellon, M.D. |
| 2:30 p.m. | Atypical Ulcers: Diagnosis & Management Steven Roy Kanter, M.D., F.A.C.S. |
| 3:00 p.m. | Questions & Answers |
| 3:30 p.m. | Adjourn |
NOTE: Schedule subject to change.
Disclosures and Resolution of Conflict of Interest
The following faculty members have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose. ** Indicates that this individual’s presentation(s) will include discussion of off-label or unapproved product usage.
- RoseMarie Antonacci, Esq.
- Rodney G. Benjamin, M.D.**
- Mark S. Block, DPM, Board Certified ABFAS, FASPS, CSFAC
- Ricardo Castrellon, M.D.
- Eileen C. de Grandis, M.D., RPVI, FACS
- Ashlee Garcia, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, CFCN, CLT
- Steven R. Kanter, M.D., FACS
- Diane Krasner, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, FAAWC, MAPWCA, WOCNF
- Andrew S. Ross, M.D., FACS, FASCRS**
- Lynn E. Wolfson, MBA, Ed.S
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.
The following individuals involved in the planning, development, review, presentation, authoring and/or editing of the symposium content have disclosed relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies*. ** Indicates that this individual’s presentation(s) will include discussion of off-label or unapproved product usage.
Anthony N. Dardano, D.O., FACS, faculty for this activity, has indicated that he is a speaker for Solventum, AROA, Synthes Johnson & Johnson.
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
* Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.