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Agenda

Section 1: Asian-Pacific Experience 8 AM – 10 AM US Eastern Standard Time

Moderator: Alan Y. Yan, MD (USA)

  • Alan Y. Yan, MD (USA): Welcome and Commencement of the Conference: History, Concept and Literature Review of Tibial Transverse Transport (TTT) in Patients with Severe Diabetic Foot Disease​

  • Hailin Xu, MD (China): Techniques and Clinical Research of Improved Double Bone Flap TTT for Diabetic Foot Disease Management​

  • Qikai Hua, MD (China): Tibia Transverse Transport Treating Diabetic Foot Disease - Experience of More Than 1000 Cases​

  • Xiaorui Jiang, MD/Baofu Wei, MD (China): Complication and Failure in Tibia Transverse Transport - What We Have Learned​

  • Zhongmin Shi, MD (China): Progress in Periosteal Distraction Combined with Nerve Block Technique in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Disease​

  • Chen Yongsheng, MBBS (Singapore): TTT Early Experience in Singapore​

  • Hui Zhao, MD (China): Spinal Stimulation in Severe Diabetic Foot Management

Section 2: Keynote Address 10 AM – 11 AM US Eastern Standard Time

Moderator: Alan Y. Yan, MD (USA)

  • Professor Gang Li, MD (Hong Kong, China): Tibia Transverse Transport: What, When and Why? --- Clinical and Research Perspectives on Severe Ischemic Diabetic Foot Disease

  • Dane Wukich, MD (USA): USA Keynote: Establishment of IWGDF Guidelines and Future Outlook

  • Michael Theodoulou, DPM, FACFAS (USA): Industry Speaker - Blue Ocean Global: What I Learned from My First 30 Cases

Section 3: The U.S. Perspective: Orthopedic, Podiatric and Vascular Charcot Foot Limb Preservation 11 AM – 12 PM

Moderator: Alan Y. Yan, MD (USA)

  • Lew Schon, MD (USA): Classification and Evolution of Charcot Foot Management in Orthopedic Foot Ankle

  • David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD (USA): Diabetic Foot Surgery: Your Wi-Fi Settings

  • Joseph Mills, MD (USA): Don’t Go out on a Limb Without Wi-Fi 

  • Vinod Panchbhavi, MD (USA): Challenges and Controversies in Diabetic Foot Ankle Charcot Management

Section 4: European Experience: 12 PM – 12:45 PM US Eastern Standard Time

Moderator: Alex Wee, MBBS (UK)

  • Alex Wee, FRCS (Tr&Orth) (UK): Prophylactic Surgery for Charcot Arthropathy

  • Venu Kavarthapu, FRCS (Tr&Orth) (UK): Reconstruction of the Deformed and Ischemic Charcot Foot

  • Alexander Kirienko, MD (Italy): The Story of TTT and Ilizarov Technique in Diabetic Foot Charcot Management

Section 5: Q and A Discussion Session and Closing Remarks 12:45 PM – 1 PM

Moderators: Alan Y. Yan, MD (USA), Alex Wee, FRCS (Tr&Orth) (UK) and Gang Li, MD, PhD (Hong Kong, China)

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