PRELIMINARYPROGRAM

08-10 September 2019Howard Smith Wharves

BRISBANE

MONDAY 09 SEPTEMBER

Conference Registration opens from 5:30pm. Join us along the riverfront at Howard Smith Wharves for the official welcome event from 5:30pm - 8:00pm. Sunday pre-conference workshop announced soon!

7:30 8:30 Conference Registration and Trade Exhibition open

8:30 8:45 Official Opening and Welcome to Country

THE ULCER Wound Assessment & Treatment

8:45 9:15 Professor Fran Game (United Kingdom)What will we be putting on foot ulcers in the near future?

9:15 9:35 Professor Stephen Twigg (Australia)What are biomarkers telling us about foot ulcer management now and into the future?

Professor Rob Fitridge (Australia)New global ischaemia guidelines: How should we be testing foot ulcer perfusion now?

9:35 9:55

Professor Fran Game (United Kingdom)New global wound guidelines: What should we be putting on foot ulcers now?

9:55 10:15

Panel discussion with interactive Q&A 10:15 10:30

11:00 12:30

WORKSHOPS THE INFECTION THE PERFUSION THE ULCER THE PRESSURE

ABSTRACT SESSION 1 ABSTRACT SESSION 2

13:30 13:45

15:30 16:00

16:00 16:20

16:20 16:40

16:40 17:00

17:00 17:15

SUNDAY 08 SEPTEMBER

MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION 10:30 11:00

LUNCH & EXHIBITION 12:30 13:30

AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION 15:00 15:30

18:30 22:30 INTERACTIVE DINNER @ THE FANTAUZZO

THE PATIENT Understanding patient behaviour and adherence

Associate Professor Jaap van Netten (Netherlands)How will we engage our diabetic foot patients to adhere in the near future?

Pam Chen (Australia)How does your patient’s health literacy affect their diabetic foot care?

Associate Professor James Charles (Australia)How should we engage our indigenous patients in diabetic foot care?

Panel discussion with interactive Q&A

Associate Professor Jaap van Netten (Netherlands)What should we be doing to help our patients prevent foot ulcers now?

Preliminary Program only - subject to change until official program released - updated June 2019

BREAKOUTS

Sponsored Workshop One 13:30 - 14:15announced soon

How would you manage that infection? Join Professor Larry Lavery, Professor Eric Senneville and Dr Matt Malone for an interactive workshop focused on infection case studies and discussion.

Interpreting vascular investigations from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Join Professor Rob Fitridge and presenter (TBA) for a back-to-basics workshop with interactive demonstrations.

How would you manage that difficult wound? Join Professor Fran Game and Associate Professor Paul Wraight for an interactive workshop with case studies and discussion.

How would you offload that? Join A/Professor Jaap van Netten and A/Professor Karl Heinz Schott for the latest in 3D scanning offloading technology, case studies and discussion.

WORKSHOP SESSION

13:45 14:00

14:00 14:15

14:15 14:30

14:30 14:45

14:45 15:00

Damien Clark (7)Queensland University of Technology

Donna Angel (8)Royal Perth Hospital

Julia Zhu (9)National Healthcare Polyclinics Singapore

Christopher Si (10)Royal Perth Hospital

Yuqi Zhang (11)Queensland University of Technology

Professor Larry Lavery (12)University of Texas South Western Medical

Professor Larry Lavery (1)University of Texas South Western Medical

Saskia Schwarzer (2)South West Sydney Limb Preservation Research

Brian Martin (3)Nepean Hospital

Adriaan Erasmus (4)Liverpool Hospital High Risk Foot Service

Peter Speck (5)Flinders University

Michael Radzieta (6)Western Sydney University

Sponsored Workshop Two 14:30 - 15:00announced soon

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

08-10 September Howard Smith Wharves BRISBANE

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Stay tuned for when we announce our fantastic breakfast workshops for day two of the DFA conference program very soon! Spaces are limited and will be offered first to delegates who have already booked.

7:30 8:30 Registration and Trade Exhibition open

8:30 9:00

9:00 9:20

9:20 9:40

9:40 10:00

10:00 10:15

10:45

How would you manage that infection? Join Professor Larry Lavery, Professor Eric Senneville and Dr Matt Malone for an interactive workshop focused on infection case studies and discussion.

How would you manage that difficult wound? Join Professor Fran Game and Associate Professor Paul Wraight for an interactive workshop with case studies and discussion.

How would you offload that? Join A/Professor Jaap van Netten and A/Professor Karl Heinz Schott for the latest in 3D scanning offloading technology, case studies and discussion.

BREAKOUTS ABSTRACT SESSION 3 ABSTRACT SESSION 4

Dr Pete Lazzarini (Australia)New global offloading guidelines: How should we be offloading foot ulcers now?

Panel discussion with interactive Q&A

BREAKFAST WORKSHOPS

MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION 10:15 10:45

LUNCH & EXHIBITION 12:00 13:00

AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION 14:30 15:00

THE INFECTION THE PERFUSION THE ULCER THE PRESSUREWORKSHOPS

13:00 14:30

THE PRESSURE Conservative and surgical offloading

Professor Larry Lavery (USA)How should we surgically offload foot ulcers in the near future?

15:00 15:30

15:30 15:50

15:50 16:10

16:10 16:25

16:25 16:35

Associate Professor Jaap van Netten (Netherlands)How will we conservatively offload foot ulcers in the near future?

Awards and Conference close

THE INFECTION Predicting and treating foot infections

Professor Larry Lavery (USA)How should we be surgically treating foot infections now and into the future?

Dr Sarah Coghill (Australia)What we need to know about antibiotic stewardship and diabetic foot infections

Dr Rob Commons (Australia)Will a DINGO unlock our Australian diabetic foot infection management in the near future?

Professor Eric Senneville (France)New global infection guidelines: How should we be medically treating foot infections now and into the future?

Panel discussion with interactive Q&A

Preliminary Program only - subject to change until official program released - updated June 2019

Interpreting vascular investigations from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Join Professor Rob Fitridge and presenter (TBA) for a back-to-basics workshop with interactive demonstrations.

WORKSHOP SESSION

11:00

11:00 11:15

11:15 11:30

11:30 11:45

11:45 12:00

Professor Vivienne Chuter (13)University of Newcastle

Alex Barwick (16)University of Newcastle

Annie Walsh (14)Liverpool Hospital High Risk Foot Service

Amelia Tobias (15)National Referral Hospital Solomon Islands

Peta Tehan (17)University of Newcastle

Dr Namson Lau (19)Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research

Michaela Watts (18)National Association of Diabetes Centres

Tracey Lyon (20)Queensland University of Technology

Julia Yuncken (21)Monash University

Emma Macdonald (22)La Trobe Rural Health School

Sponsored Workshop One 10:45 - 11:30announced soon

Sponsored Workshop Two 11:30 - 12:00announced soon

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

08-10 September Howard Smith Wharves BRISBANE

MONDAY 09 SEPTEMBER

ABSTRACT SESSION 2

ABSTRACT SESSION 3

Preliminary Program only - subject to change until official program released - updated June 2019

Professor Vivienne Chuter (13)University of Newcastle

Alex Barwick (16)University of Newcastle

Annie Walsh (14)Liverpool Hospital High Risk Foot Service

Amelia Tobias (15)National Referral Hospital Solomon Islands

Peta Tehan (17)University of Newcastle

Dr Namson Lau (19)Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research

Michaela Watts (18)National Association of Diabetes Centres

Tracey Lyon (20)Queensland University of Technology

Julia Yuncken (21)Monash University

Emma Macdonald (22)La Trobe Rural Health School

Professor Larry Lavery (1)University of Texas South Western Medical Centre

Saskia Schwarzer (2)South West Sydney Limb Preservation Research

Brian Martin (3)Nepean Hospital

Adriaan Erasmus (4)Liverpool Hospital High Risk Foot Service

Peter Speck (5)Flinders University

Michael Radzieta (6)Western Sydney University

ABSTRACT SESSION 1

The infected diabetic foot: Incidence and recovery of acute kidney injury in patients with and without diabetes.

Analysis of proximal “clean” bone margins in diabetic foot osteomyelitis by conventional culture, DNA sequencing and microscopy.

Management of diabetic foot osteomyelitis with interosseous drilling and biphasic antibiotic impregnated bone graft substitute. Techniques and early results.

A Prospective Audit of the Antibiotic Management of Patients with Diabetic Foot Infections in a High-Risk Foot Service.

Efficacy of Phage AB-SA01 Therapy in Diabetic Mice Skin Wound Infections caused by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Why do some patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers develop infection? Analysis of the Microbiome between infected and non-infected DFUs.

ABSTRACT SESSION 4

TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER

Damien Clark (7)Queensland University of Technology & MNHHS

Donna Angel (8)Royal Perth Hospital

Julia Zhu (9)National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Singapore

Christopher Si (10)Royal Perth Hospital

Yuqi Zhang (11)Queensland University of Technology

Professor Larry Lavery (12)University of Texas South Western Medical Centre

Using Foot Selfies to Promote Diabetic Foot Ulcer Self-Care: Emerging Findings from the MyFootCare App Field Study.

Lessons learnt using Integra® dermal replacement in high-risk foot and complex lower leg wounds.Characteristics of diabetic foot ulcers and predictive factors of healing in primary care.

Clinical outcomes following transmetatarsal amputation in patients with diabetic foot disease.

Epidemiology of diabetes-related foot disease and amputation in Australia: a systematic review.

Does Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with irrigation improve clinical outcomes? A randomized clinical trial in patients with diabetic foot infections.

Foot type, joint range of motion and plantar pressures in community dwelling adults with type 2 diabetes.

A referral pathway for patients attending the emergency department with an acute high risk foot pathology.

The effectiveness of a low cost and modified Total Contact Cast Technique to control infection and treat DFU in isolated indigenous communities to prevent late presentation and amputation: Experience from The Solomon Islands.

Diagnostic Accuracy of the Postexercise Ankle-Brachial Index for Detecting Peripheral Arterial Disease in Diabetes.

How sensitive and specific is continuous wave Doppler for detecting peripheral arterial disease in people with and without diabetes? A cross-sectional study.

National Associations of Diabetes Centres (NADC) Collaborative Interdisciplinary Diabetes High Risk Foot Services Standards and Accreditation Pilot Program.

Acute diabetic Charcot Neuroarthropathy: six months of measured quality of life.

A systematic review of motivational interviewing training outcomes for health practitioners treating persons with diabetes.

Diabetes education retention: A Systematic Review.

Smart insole adoption intentions in podiatrists who treat people with diabetes. A mixed methods study.

At DFA 2019 we are celebrating our collective (inter)national clinical and research talents. Stay tuned for the announcement of DFA 2019 Poster Presenters!