Dear Colleagues:

On behalf of the Program Committee, we invite you to the 17th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of the Wound Healing Society in association with the SAWC in beautiful Tampa, Florida. As in previous years, the meeting will be filled with stimulating talks and the opportunity to learn and to share the latest advances in basic and clinical wound healing. New to the program this year, are the combined sessions with our colleagues in the SAWC. We anticipate that this will bring even more interaction and exchange of ideas, along with increased opportunities for networking and collaboration.

The program will start with a great session on Genetic Approaches and Models in Wound Healing presented by four experts in the field. Another session will cover Effect of Age on Wound Healing. We, then, hear about Healing of Other Tissues such as bone and nerve healing. On the 3rd day of the meeting, we will have two excellent talks about Emerging Technologies. The last session will be on Skin Equivalent Products Industry Perspective. We will, of course, have the regular 9 sessions with abstracts presented by you on Angiogenesis, Inflammation, Stem Cells, Acute Wound, Chronic Wounds, Oxygen, Bioengineering, Gene Therapy and Fibrosis/ Scar. The Young Investigator Award will recognize the efforts of our junior investigators, while the Blue Ribbon Poster Award will recognize the most outstanding contributions from our industrial colleagues.

Please take advantage of the on-line submission process to be sure that your abstract is made available to us well ahead of the deadline. The accepted abstracts will be published in Wound Repair and Regeneration.

We look forward to joining you in Tampa, Florida.
Lisa Gould, MD, PhD
Bill Tawil, PhD
Co-chairs, WHS 17th Annual Meeting & Exhibition

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7:30 - 11:30 am	Principles of Wound Care 4 hour short course Moderator: Linda Cowen, RN Speakers: Lisa Gould, MD, PhD Lynne Grant, MS, RN, CWOCN Brian Reaksecker, DPT, CWS, FCCWS Nancy Stotts, RN, EdD; Robert Warriner, MD
11:30 am- 1:30 pm	LUNCH/EDUCATIONAL SATELLITES
1:30 - 2:30 pm	OPENING CEREMONY
2:30 - 4:00 pm	Remember the Past - Focus on the Future! Evolution of Wound Technologies: 1) The evolution of wound science (WHS Perspective) 2) Wound Technologies: Past 3) Wound Technologies: Present 4) Wound Technologies: Future
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 - 5:45 pm	WHS Research Track: Cell Biology of Wound Healing Moderator: Bob Diegelmann, PhD Speakers: Luisa Di Pietro, DDS, PhD H. Paul Ehrlich, PhD Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD Genetic Approaches and Models in Wound Healing Moderator: Mike Dipersio, PhD Speakers: Hannu Larjava, DDS, PhD Livingston Van De Water, PhD William G. Carter, PhD Mike Dipersio, PhD
5:45 - 6:00 pm	Break
6:00 - 8:30 pm	GRAND OPENING OF EXHIBITS/COCKTAIL RECEPTION
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm	WHS Welcome Reception
7:00 - 8:30 am	SAWC/WHS POSTER SESSION
7:00 - 8:30 am	Meet the Mentors: A Roundtable Discussion
8:30 - 10:00 am	Effect of Age on Wound Healing Moderator: Karin Scharffetter, Professor Speakers: Jeremy Walston, MD John Papaconstantinou, PhD Mary Kay Francis, PhD
10:00 - 10:15 am	Break
10:15 - 11:45 am	WHS Research Track: Strategies to Provide Evidence-Based Wound Care for the Medically Underserved Moderator: John MacDonald, MD, FACS Speakers: Henning Grossman, MD, Professor Scott Norton, MD Healing of Other Tissues Moderator: Pat Hebda, PhD Speakers: Jeff Hollinger, DDS, PhD Bone Healing TBA Nerve Healing Nicholas Frangogiannis, MD - Cardiac Healing
11:45 am - 12:00 pm	Break
11:45 am - 2:45 pm	EXHIBITS OPEN WITH LUNCH PROVIDED
2:45 - 3:45 pm	WHS GENERAL SESSION: Healing the Wounds of War Moderator: Dave Hobson, PhD, DABT Speakers: Basil Pruitt, MD Barbara Boyan, PhD Jon Mogford, PhD
3:45 - 5:00 pm	General Session: The Value of Healing
5:00 - 5:15 pm	Break
5:15 - 7:15 pm	WHS Research Abstracts - Session 1 Room 1: Acute/Burns Room 2: ECM/Bioengineering Room 3: Fibrosis/Scars
7:30 - 10:00 pm	PARTY at Channelside (All invited, Badges required)
9:30 pm	President s Reception (invitation only)
7:00 - 8:30 am	SAWC/WHS POSTER SESSION
7:30 - 8:30 am	Meet the Mentors: A Roundtable Discussion
8:30 - 9:45 am	GENERAL SESSION: The 6th Annual John Boswick Memorial Award & Lectureship Moderator: Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD Recipient: William H. Eaglstein, MD Speakers: William H. Eaglstein, MD Patricia M. Mertz, BA Vincent Falanga, MD Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD
9:45 - 10:15 am	GENERAL SESSION: The Wound Healing Foundation's 3M Scholarship Award Lecture and Presentation Moderator: Adrian Barbul, MD
10:15 - 10:30 am	Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm	EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Moderator: Bill Tawil, PhD Speaker(s): Anthony Atala, MD Bladder Chandan K. Sen, PhD - Laser Capture Microdissection
11:45 am - 2:30 pm	EXHIBITS OPEN WITH LUNCH PROVIDED
2:15 - 4:15 pm	WHF Young Investigator Award Presentations
4:00 - 4:15 pm	Break
4:15 - 6:15 pm	WHS Research Abstracts - Session 2 Room 1: Gene Therapy Room 2: Chronic Wounds Room 3: Oxygen/Epithelization
6:15 pm	WHS Reception/Membership Meeting with Awards Presentation
7:30 - 9:30 am	WHS Research Abstracts - Session 3 Room 1: Angiogenesis Room 2: Inflammation Room 3: Stem Cells
9:30 - 9:45 am	Break
9:45 - 11:15 am	WHS Research Track - Tissue Repair Through Biomechanical Modulation Moderator: Lisa Gould, MD, PhD Speakers: A. Lee Dellon, MD Peripheral Nerve surgery for Diabetics Wolfgang Schaden, MD Shockwave therapy for wound healing Chris Attinger, MD, Biomechanics of VAC therapy Skin Equivalent Products Industry Perspective Moderator: Jonathan Mansbridge, PhD
11:15 - 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am - 1:00 pm	General Session: What is the Best Practice? Translation of Guidelines into Clinical Practice Moderator: Evonne Fowler, RN, CNS, CWOCN Speakers: Heather L. Orsted, IA, BN, ET, MSc Nancy Stotts, EdD, MN, BSN
1:00 - 1:15 pm	CLOSING REMARKS
1:15 - 2:15 pm	Lunch on your own

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