Diabetic Limb Salvage (DLS) 2024

Registration is closed and will re-open onsite April 10, 2024 at the JW Marriott, Washington, D.C.

Join us this April to experience an inclusive and interactive agenda with interdisciplinary line-up of key opinion leaders, and the latest innovations. DLS is highly regarded as one of the world’s finest limb salvage events and brings together the most eminent lower limb specialists for an unforgettable meeting. In 2024 DLS is partnering with the Wound Healing Foundation for unparalleled learning experience. The Wound Healing Foundation was founded on the commitment to wound care and to provide patients, researchers, and health professionals the resources to make significant contributions in wound healing. This annual conference focuses on a multidisciplinary team approach that provides each member of the healthcare team with the education and resources needed to heal wounds and prevent amputations. It features a prominent international faculty that promotes the importance of a multispecialty approach in limb salvage. The course is designed for healthcare practitioners of all specialties and promotes an evidence-based approach with emphasis on take-home points, techniques, and functional outcomes.

1. Analyze the public health crisis of diabetic limb loss.
2. Discuss the challenge of sensory loss and non-compliance to care.
3. Describe how a multidisciplinary hospital or community-based limb salvage team can best provide efficient and effective care.
4. Recognize the hospital and community based administrative challenges of a limb salvage team and how to overcome them.
5. Examine the options in vascular interventional technology and techniques, both surgical and endovascular.
6. Promote the practice of functional limb salvage so that patients maximize their active ambulatory status.
7. Distinguish the role of infection and bacterial contamination in wound healing and limb salvage surgery.
8. Navigate the complexities of biomechanics, limb salvage, the problem wound, wound based infection, preserving limb length and charcot deformity.
9. Cite the financial and social impact of diabetic limb salvage and amputation.
10. Promote functional amputation in patients that require a lower extremity amputation.
11. Discuss rehabilitation, post-surgical care, and team-based care for the complex patient.
12. Discuss the complexity of the compromised host and how to best identify and manage complications.
13. Explore patient education strategies for preventing complications.
14. Evaluate the effectiveness of vascular interventions in limb salvage.
15. Recognize the financial and social impact of diabetic limb salvage and amputation.
16. Discuss the latest advancements in wound healing relevant to limb salvage.
17. Discuss the psychosocial aspects of living with diabetic limb issues.
18. Explore innovations in prosthetics and orthotics for functional limb restoration
19. Identify the roles and responsibilities of members of the healthcare team involved in the collaborative care for prevention of diabetic limb loss.
20. Integrate a team-based approach in the care of patients to prevent diabetic limb loss.

Advance Purchase February 2 to April 9
Physician $699
Resident or Fellow $100
Physician Assistant $499
Nurse Practitioner $499
Nurse $499
Allied Health Professional $499
Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist $499
Medical Student Complimentary*
Industry Professional $799
*proof of status required.

Onsite Conference Rates April 10 to April 13, 2024
Physician $799
Resident or Fellow $100
Physician Assistant $599
Nurse Practitioner $599
Nurse $599
Allied Health Professional $599
Physical Therapist or Occupational Therapist $599
Medical Student Complimentary*
Industry Professional $899
*proof of status required.

While completing your registration please select if you will be attending one of the PreConference Tracks. Space is limited - and is on a first come, first serve basis!
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

• Building and Managing Limb Salvage: Administrators Track
• Coding for Limb Salvage and Wound Care (Non-CE)
• Complex Cases in Limb Salvage: Students, Residents and Fellows Course
• WHF: Emerging Research in Wound Science
  

Proceeds from the Diabetic Limb Salvage Conference will be donated to special funds supporting MedStar Podiatric Surgery Resident Education Programs.  The Podiatric Surgery Residency at MedStar Washington Hospital Center is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME) and is a Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency (PMSR) with the added credential in Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (RRA).  Click here to learn more information about this program.

In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 23.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Physicians: MedStar Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 23.50 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

MOC Participation Threshold:  Learner participates by writing a reflective statement and makes a commitment to change or maintain an element of practice.

Nurses: This activity is approved for 23.50 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physical Therapists: This course has been approved by the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners for 23.50 CEUs. 

Occupational Therapists: This continuing education program has been approved by the Maryland Board of O.T. Practice for 13.25 contact hours.

Podiatrists: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the standards and requirements for approval of providers of continuing education in podiatric medicine through a joint provider agreement between Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM) and MedStar Health. CPM is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a provider of continuing education in podiatric medicine. CPM has approved this activity for a maximum of 23.50 continuing education contact hours. 

 JW Marriott
 1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
 Washington, D.C. 20004
 Reservation line: 800-393-2503

The DLS room block has now closed. However, we still encourage you to book a room at the JW Marriott to be steps away from the conference!

If you are interested in supporting the program, please contact [email protected]