1st Announcement and call for Abstracts
Oxford - South American Wound Healing School-Conference
17th - 20th March 2009
Sheraton Miramar Hotel & Convention Center, Viña del Mar, Near Santiago, Chile
- Theme:
- Utilisation of wound healing knowledge for practical treatment of patients
- Topics to be covered (English with simultaneous Spanish Translation):
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- Latest assessments of treatments including management gudelines for:
- leg ulcers,
- pressure ulcers,
- diabetic wounds,
- bacterial and fungal infection.
- New techniques to improve wound healing:
- topical negative pressure and
- new anti-microbial dressings.
- Management of pain
- Lymphoedema management
- Pharmacological treatment of wounds
- Wound bed preparation
- Nutritional aspects of wound healing
- The role of the podiatrist
- Utilisation of the physiotherapist in treating wounds
- Burns and Scar control
- Tropical disease wounds
- New laser techniques enhancing wound healing
- Establishment of Wound centres
- Successful treatment of Alopecia from experience in Japan
- Skin equivalents
- Hands on practical workshops
- Poster presentations
- Latest assessments of treatments including management gudelines for:
- Invited Faculty Includes:
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- Anneke Andriessen, Malden, Netherlands;
- Andrew Boulton, Manchester, England;
- Kevin Burnand, London, England;
- Galo Cardenas, Concepcion, Chile
- Miguel Concha, Valdivia, Chile
- Jon Evans, Cardiff, Wales;
- Finn Gottrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Deborah Hofman, Oxford, England
- Luther Kloth, Milwaukee, USA
- Maarten Lubbers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Marco Romanelli, Pisa, Italy
- Terence Ryan, Oxford, England
- Vera Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Jos Schols, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Gary Sibbald, Toronto, Canada
- Geoff , Melbourne, Australia
- Luc Teot, Montpellier, France
- Caroline Weinstein, Valparaiso, Chile
- Elizabeth Ayello, New York, USA
- Ivan Bristow, Southampton, England;
- Heidi Campos, Santiago, Chile
- George Cherry, Oxford, England;
- Sonia Dumit-Minkel, Milwaukee, USA
- Manuel Gago Fornells, Cadiz, Spain
- Keith Harding, Cardiff, Wales;
- Margaret Hughes, Oxford, England;
- David Leaper, Cardiff, Wales;
- Carlos Ramirez, Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Jose Ruiz-Contreas, Mexico
- Chris Roberts, Hull, England;
- Akia Sato, Tokyo, Japan
- Greg Schultz, Florida, USA
- Javier Soldevilla Agreda, Logrono, Spain
- Joan-Enric Torra-i-bou, Barcelona, Spain
- Jan Vrancxk, Leuven, Belgium;
- Hong-Ming Yang, Beijing, China
Commercial Exhibition open throughout the meeting
- Please complete Registration Form:
- Further information can be obtained from:
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Dr George W Cherry, Chairman
Oxford International Wound Healing Foundation
14 Aston Street, Oxford OX4 1EP, UK