Lower Extremity Medicine and Surgery

ANNUAL 40-HOUR PROGRAM IN LOWER EXTREMITY MEDICINE AND SURGERY

MAY 12–15, 2016 LIVONIA MARRIOTT • LIVONIA, MI

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WITH Presence Saint Joseph Hospital is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. Presence Saint Joseph Hospital has approved this activity for a maximum of 40 continuing education contact hours. ANNUAL 40-HOUR PROGRAM IN LOWER EXTREMITY MEDICINE AND SURGERY

MAY 12–15, 2016 LIVONIA MARRIOTT • LIVONIA, MI

Presented by ACLES • American College of Lower Extremity Surgeons in collaboration with Presence Saint Joseph Hospital • Chicago, Illinois

Unparalleled excellence in medical education

Past attendees will tell you: the annual ACLES 40-Hour Program is a medical educational experience like no other! You’ll find no other course in foot and ankle surgery compares with the high-level collegial experience an ACLES meeting provides. You’ll train and consult with the nation’s leading educators and practitioners of lower extremity medicine and surgery in a relaxed, intimate environment that promotes engagement between presenters and attendees. The 40-hour program features regular opportunity for one- on-one learning in structured lecture sessions, discussions, and workshops. Course content addresses every aspect of lower extremity surgery, from diagnosis to post-operative care. The wide-ranging content enables experienced professionals to stay current with trends and developments in the field, and allows most physicians to acquire their annual requisite CME credits in a single weekend. Event Sponsors Who should attend? • Podiatrists • Orthopedic Surgeons • Osteopaths …who perform surgery of the foot, ankle or leg, their support Collaborating Society teams, and other allied professionals with an interest in lower extremity surgery.

Only 200 conference spaces are available

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Presence Saint Joseph Hospital is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. Presence Saint Joseph Hospital has approved this activity for a maximum of 40 continuing education contact hours. 2 2016 SPECIAL HIGHLIGHTS

ACLES 2016 40-hour program features all- Pain Management new content by 19 physicians from across Robert Giering, MD the country, noted for their significant con- How do we respond when a patient comes to us in pain, and surgery is either contraindi- tributions to foot and ankle medicine and cated, or was attempted, and was unsuc- surgery. Special events and presentations cessful? Richard Benjamin examines this for 2016 include… question from a bio-psycho-social perspec- tive that endeavors to treat our patients and featuring Wound Healing Symposium their pain wholistically. Mike Sears, DPM, Scott Pickett, DPM, and James McGuire, DPM PLUS... The 2016 program will begin with a deep dive • Thomas Chang, DPM further examines nerve into new developments in wound healing. entrapment syndromes, flatfoot surgery, orthobiologics and more Venous diseases and their surgical implications will receive special attention during the • David Novicki, DPM continues the discussion afternoon session — and with so many wound of surgical treatment of heel pain, and reviews healing luminaries at the 2016 course, you can hallux limitus and rheumatoid forefoot be sure the symposium’s panel discussion will • G. “Dock” Dockery, DPM presents pyoderma be a lively one! gangrenosum and suture tips & pearls

PICA Risk Management and Electronic • Wayne Bakotic, DO will show how to defini- tively identify peripheral neuropathy and share Medical Records the latest findings on Kaposi’s sarcoma John Toth, Esq. 10% Risk Management Discount for PICA- ... and MUCH more — plus: insured physicians who attend this lecture! THE CMET WOUND CERTIFICATION EXAM The EMR era is here — and liability concerns will be available Saturday, May 14, 1-5 PM along with it! Noted attorney John Toth, national counsel and advisor to PICA, will present valuable guidance on avoidance of legal prob- lems involving electronic medical records and their management. This session will focus on treatment and record-keeping dos and don’ts, and will qualify attendees for a 10% risk management premium discount from PICA.

Workshop: Ponseti Manipulation of Clubfoot Bring your tough cases to the Mary Schuh, DPM Thursday night dinner and Mary Schuh will demonstrate the Ponseti tech- discussion! nique in a Friday morning breakout session. This will be an excellent follow-on to James The 6-10 PM Thursday evening case DeJesus’ early morning presentation on current trends in surgical management of flatfoot! presentation and discussion is an excellent opportunity for attendees Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy and of the conference to share their own Calcaneal Decompression difficult cases with fellow professionals. Richard Benjamin, DPM, FAPWH This is always an interesting and Painful heel syndrom is one of the conditions dynamic learning experience for most frequently treated by podiatrists. While everyone involved! Bring in your own the ailment often responds to nonsurgical laptop or stick drive to present your interventions, the underlying condition some- case on screen. times requires surgery to repair. This lecture will look at endoscopy as a treatment option Dinner and beverages will be provided, for plantar fascitis, as well as techniques for and attendees will have a chance to ask calcaneal decompression. questions of the conference speakers. Be sure to attend for an unparalleled opportunity to swap stories and techniques with your colleagues!

FACULTY & COURSE SCHEDULE

WILLIAM J SARCHINO, DPM THURSDAY MAY 12 Bennington, VT, is president of the American College of Lower Extremity Surgery and chair 7:00 – 7:30 AM REGISTRATION of ACLES’ annual 40-Hour Program. Sarchino 7:30 – 8:30 AM RICHARD BENJAMIN, DPM, FAPWH has established ACLES as a trend-setter in the CE field, and is an international lecturer Fat Pad Augmentation with Allo-Matrix on podiatric vascular diseases. He is the podiatric residency director of the Southwestern 8:30 – 8:45 AM BREAK/DISCUSSION Vermont Medical Center, and practices in 8:45 AM – 3:00 PM WOUND HEALING SYMPOSIUM New York and Vermont. • Founding Fellow, Presented by the Faculty of the APWH; Diplomate, ABLES Academy of Physicians in Wound Healing WAYNE BAKOTIC, DO Alpharetta, Current concepts in wound healing, GA, began his medical schooling in podiatry, approaches to venous disease and but completed his studies in dermatopathol- new therapies for treating non-healing ogy. Today, he combines the two interests in wounds Bako Integrated Physician Services, which he 8:45 – 11:30 AM MICHAEL SEARS, DPM, FAPWH founded. He is fellowship trained in surgical SCOTT PICKET, DPM, FAPWH pathology, cytopathology, and dermatopa- thology. • Diplomate, NBOME; Fellow, CAP; Current Topics in Wound Care Member, AOA, ASD, USCAP 11:30 – NOON MICHAEL SEARS, DPM, FAPWH RICHARD BENJAMIN, DPM Lady SCOTT PICKET, DPM, FAPWH Lake, FL, is past president and the former ex- Panel Discussion ecutive director of the American Association of Podiatric Physicians and Surgeons. He is NOON – 1:00 PM LUNCH currently in private practice at the Center for 1:00 – 3:00 PM JAMES McGUIRE, DPM, FAPWHc Advanced Foot & Ankle Surgery in Lady Lake, STEVEN KRAVITZ, DPM, FAPWHc FL. • Diplomate, AAWM, ABLES, ACCPPS; Fellow, CAP; Member, AOA, ASD, USCAP New Concepts and Surgical Implications in Venous Disease ROBERT BUSCH, MD Albany, NY, is medical director of the Diabetes Treatment 3:00 – 3:45 PM JOHN TOTH, DPM Center at Albany Memorial Hospital and PICA Risk Management and Electronic endocrinologist at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany, Medical Records NY. He is assistant professor of endocrinology at Albany Medical College, and has published Attending this session will earn you a numerous articles on diabetes and metabolic 10% discount on your PICA malpractice insurance syndrome. Busch has also served on the board of the American Diabetes Association and the 3:45 – 4:00 PM BREAK/DISCUSSION American Association of Clinical Endocrinolo- gists. • Diplomate, NBOME; Fellow, ACE 4:00 – 5:00 PM ROBERT GIERING, MD Pain Management THOMAS CHANG, DPM Santa Rosa, CA, is the author of Master Techniques in Po- 5:00 – 6:00 PM RICHARD BENJAMIN, DPM, FAPWH diatric Surgery: The Foot and Ankle, and has Endoscopic Plantar Fasciotomy and been named among the 150 most influential Calcaneal Decompression podiatrists in the US by Podiatry Management magazine. He is clinical professor and past 5:45 – 9:30 PM DINNER, CASE PRESENTATIONS, chair of the department of podiatric surgery, AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS California College of Podiatric Medicine, San Francisco, CA; and chief of the department of Featuring moderator WILLIAM J. podiatric medicine and surgery at Santa Rosa SARCHINO, DPM, FAPWH, this lively audience-participation session will Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa, CA. address case complications and their management. JAMES DEJESUS, DPM Danbury, CT, is podiatric section chief at St. Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT. He is clinical instructor of podiatry at the University of Osteopathic Medicine & Health Science, Des Moines, IA; an adjunct professor at TUSPM; and associate clinical professor with the California College of Podiatric Medicine. DeJesus also is a speaker and consultant to OsteoMed Corp and Integra Corp. • Diplomate, ABPO, ABPS; Fellow, ACFAS, ASPS 4

FRIDAY MAY 13 G. “DOCK” DOCKERY, DPM Everett, WA, is THE national authority on podiatric 7:30 – 9:00 AM JAMES DEJESUS, DPM dermatology, having published well over a hun- I: Surgical Management of 1st dred scientific articles and multiple textbooks Metatarsal-phalangeal Joint Pathology on the subject, including Dermatology of the II: Current Trends in the Surgical Lower Extremities, and Lower Extremity Soft Management of Flatfoot Tissue & Cutaneous Plastic Surgery. Dockery is chair and director of scientific affairs, Interna- 9:00 – 9:15 AM BREAK/DISCUSSION tional Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education MAIN TRACK & Research. • Diplomate, ABFAS, ABPM; Fellow, ACFAOM, ACFAP, ACFAS, ASPD 9:15 – 11:00 AM WAYNE BAKOTIC, DO ROBERT GIERING, MD Rutland, VT, I: Kaposi’s Sarcoma: An Update is the founder of the Multidisciplinary Pain Objective: Attendee will review the Management Program at Rutland Regional classic and atypical presentations Medical Center, Rutland, VT, where he is also of Kaposi’s Sarcoma, the current the attending physician in physical medicine, epidemiology, methods for diagnosis rehabilitation and pain management. His prac- and new trends in management. tice focuses on the management of chronic II: Definitive Diagnosis of Peripheral non-cancer pain using a bio-psycho-social Neuropathy approach. • Fellow, AAPMR, APS, Objective: Upon completion of this session, attendees will better appreciate STEVEN KRAVITZ, DPM Winston- the etiology and symptoms of small Salem, NC, has been a leader in establishing fiberperipheral neuropathy. The lecturer wound healing as a medical discipline in the will review the significance of epidermal United States. He is founder and executive di- nerve fiber density and how such rector of the Academy of Physicians in Wound calculations relate to the progression Healing, fellow and executive director of the and / or regression of clinical disease. Council for Medical Education and Testing, A review if appropriate biopsy technique the medical director of Carolon Health Care and specimen handling is presented. Products, and assistant professor at TUSPM. • Diplomate, ABPS, ABPOPPM; Fellow, BREAKOUT SESSION ACFAS, APWH; CMET-certified Fellow 9:15 – 11:00 AM MARY SCHUH, DPM ROY LIDTKE, DPM Cedar Rapids, IA, is Ponsetti Manipulation of Clubfoot with the director of the center for clinical biome- Demonstration and Workshop chanics, St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA, and assistant professor in the department 11:00 – 11:15 PM BREAK/DISCUSSION of internal medicine Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL. Lidtke has presented or published 11:15 AM – NOON ROY LIDTKE, DPM over a hundred works on podiatric conditions; Knee-Foot Relationship and many have garnered top honors at scientific Osteoarthritis: Current Research meetings around the world. • Diplomate, ABPOPPM; Fellow, ACFAOM; Member, 12:00 – 1:00 PM LUNCH APMA, ASB, ACSM, GCMAS, IEEE, ORS, ORSI 1:30 – 3:30 PM KETAN PATEL, DPM JAMES McGUIRE, DPM Philadelphia, I: MRI Review of Soft Tissue Pathology PA, is distinguished in podiatry and wound of Ankle/Foot healing alike. He has written or contributed to II: MRI Review of Bone Lesion dozens of research projects in both fields, and is currently the director of Temple University’s 2:00 – 2:15 PM BREAK/DISCUSSION Leonard S. Abrams Center for Advanced Wound Healing. He was chair of the depart- 3:00 – 5:00 PM G. “DOCK” DOCKERY, DPM ment of podiatric medicine at TUSPM from I: Pyoderma Gangrenosum 2000–2009, and remains an associate profes- II: Suture Tips & Pearls sor in both podiatry and podiatric biomechan- ics. • Diplomate, ABPS, ABPM, PFA, AAWM; 5:00 – 6:00 PM DAVID NOVICKI, DPM, FAPWH CMET-certified Fellow I: Surgical Treatment of Heel Pain DAVID NOVICKI, DPM New Haven, II: Hallux Limitus CT, is a respected leader in the field of podiatric III: Rheumatoid Forefoot medicine. He is past president of the Amercian College of Foot & Ankle Surgeons, chairs the board of visitors of TUSPM, and is a long-stand- ing member of the Yale University podiatric medical faculty. • Fellow, ACFAS, ABPS 5

SATURDAY MAY 14

KETAN PATEL, MD Brockton, MA, is 7:30 – 9:00 AM IRA WEINER, DPM fellowship trained in musculoskeletal radiol- Offloading Frames ogy, and has a particular interest in sports medicine. He is a faculty member in multiple 9:00 – 11:00 AM G. “DOCK” DOCKERY, DPM sports medicine and podiatric radiology pro- I: Digital Mucoid Cysts grams, and has presented dozens of lectures II: Multiple Foot Neuromas over the past two decades on radiologic diagnosis of sports injuries. • Diplomate, ABR 11:00 – NOON IRA WEINER, DPM Charcot Foot SCOTT PICKETT, DPM Schenectady, NY, is a foot and ankle surgeon, and chief NOON – 1:00 PM LUNCH of podiatry at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. He is also a faculty member at the Ellis MAIN SESSION Hospital wound care center and family practice residency podiatric clinic. • Diplomate, 1:00 – 3:00 PM IRA WEINER, DPM AAWM, Fellow, APWH Calcanael Fractures

VICTOR QUIJANO, DPM, PhD 3:00 – 4:00 PM VICTOR QUIJANO, DPM, PHD, FAPWH Lowell, MA, is a lower extremity surgeon prac- ATFL Ultrasound and Repair, Peroneal ticing at Salem Surgery Center in Salem, NH. Tendon Repair Quijano has spent over a decade treating foot deformities in adults and children, and has had 4:00 – 4:15 PM BREAK/DISCUSSION extensive experience in related basic research. 4:15 – 6:00 PM THOMAS CHANG, DPM • Diplomate, ABLES, ABMSP I: Orthobiologics in Foot & Ankle Surgery MARY SCHUH, DPM Rutland, VT, is II: Nerve Entrapment Syndromes president of Advanced Ankle & Foot Care. III: Flatfoot Surgery and 1st MTPJ Schuh has done considerable podiatry and Options in Hallux Rigidus sports-related volunteer work with youth, and spent two years immediately following BREAKOUT SESSION graduation working in pediatric podiatry, treating children in Mexico and Honduras 1:00 – 5:00 PM WOUND CERTIFICATION EXAM using the Ponseti method. Diplomate, ABPS; ACLES is proud to offer the opportunity to Associate, AAPSM, ACFAS acquire certification as ”Physician Certified in Wound Healing”. The Council for Medical MICHAEL SEARS, DPM Oakland, NJ, Education Testing (CMET) is the most heads the podiatry division of the department recognized certification of its kind in wound of surgery at Bergen Regional Medical Center care, and the only organization providing in Paramus, NJ, and is the Medical Director of physician-specific certification for all prescribing the Center for Wound Healing at Raritan Bay physicians (MD, DO and DPM). To register, see Medical Center in Perth Amboy, NJ. He is a details on the regisration form, facing page. recipient of the Robert S. Rakow Memorial Award for Diabetic Research, and serves as a national residency program reviewer for SUNDAY MAY 15 the Council on Podiatric Medical Education. • 7:30 – 9:00 AM ROY LIDTKE, DPM Diplomate, ABPS, ABPOPPM, NAWC Advanced Materials Science: Innovations That Can Help Your Practice JOHN TOTH, ESQ Southfield, MI, is national counsel and advisor to Podiatry Insur- 9:00 – 9:15 AM BREAK/DISCUSSION ance Company of America (PICA), and has helped countless podiatrists structure their 9:15 – 11:00 AM ROBERT S BUSCH, MD practices and procedures to avoid medical Current Topics in Diabetes Including malpractice litigation. Awarded the distinction Diabetes 1, 1.5, 2 and 3 of “Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics magazine, Toth has carried the Martindale-Hubbell 11:00 AM – NOON ROY LIDTKE, DPM rating of Preeminent for 20 continuous years. Development of foot ulcers and amputations in type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Las Vegas, NV, IRA WEINER, DPM patients without therapeutic footwear: has developed or co-developed a number of A retrospective Claims study innovative podiatric surgical techniques. In addition to his surgical practice with Genesis NOON – 1:00 PM RICHARD BENJAMIN, DPM, FAPWH Vascular Healthcare, he co-directs the North The Use of Allo-Matrix Substances in Vista Hospital Wound Care, Hyperbaric Oxy- Podiatric Conditions gen and Limb Salvage program. Weiner is also adjunct professor at Avalon University School 1:00 – 1:30 PM DiscussiON of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, a consultant for Mimedix Biolog- 1:30 PM MEETING ADJOURNS ics, and a panel member for Orthofix Truelock. • Diplomate, ABLES, ACHCA, UHMS 6 ANNUAL 40-HOUR PROGRAM IN LOWER EXTREMITY MEDICINE AND SURGERY MAY 12–15, LIVONIA MARRIOTT at LAUREL PARK PLACE 2016 LIVONIA, MICHIGAN

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