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Sponsor:

15-17 March Renaissance Hollywood Hotel

Con 2012Diabetic Foot Global Conference

Los Angeles

Conference Co-Chairmen George Andros, MD ✲ David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhDCourse Directors: Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD ✲ Lee C. Rogers, DPM

19.25 CMEs ✲ DF Con rate of $229 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel

Sponsor:

✲ Learn from the world’s eminences about PREVENTION & TREATMENT of diabeticfoot ulcers and the latest in vascular intervention

✲ The role of technology’s impact on healing and preventing diabetic foot wounds

✲ Network with colleagues from all over the United States and from 50 foreign countries

✲ Updates on TOE and FLOW collaboration between podiatrists and vascular surgeonsand the entire DF team

✲ An international, multidisciplinary, egalitarian conference

✲ Discounted rate of $229 at the ultra stylish Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, home ofthe Academy Awards® at the Hollywood & Highland entertainment, dining and retail complex

✲ Walk to Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Kodak Theatre (new home of the AcademyAwards®), the Hollywood Walk of Fame and El Capitan Theatre

✲ Experience LA’s fabulous shopping, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Beverly Hills, Disneyland,Universal Studios, the Getty Museum, Pacific beaches & see tomorrow’s trends today

✲ Conference food by Wolfgang Puck - breakfasts & lunches included

✲ Red Carpet Cocktail Reception with exhibits

Cover: Walt Disney Concert HallPhotos courtesy of LA INC, The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. Image credits: Travis Conklin, cover, above, top & center right; Michele & Tom Grimm, bottom right.

CALL FOR POSTER ABSTRACTSwww.DFCon.com/abstracts ✲ Submission deadline January 31, 2012

✲ Site of the Academy Awards® ✲ 13 miles or 20 minutes from LAX

C O N F E R E N C E C O - C H A I R M E NDavid G. Armstrong, DPM, MD PhDProfessor of Surgery, University of Arizona

College of MedicineDirector, Southern Arizona Limb Salvage

Alliance (SALSA) at the University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

F A C U L T Y

MICHAEL S. CONTE, MDUniversity of California

San Francisco, CA

MICHAEL EDMONDS, MDKings College Hospital

London, UK

GARY W. GIBBONS, MDSouth Shore Hospital

Boston U. School of MedicineHarvard Medical School

Boston, MA

MARK S. GRANICK, MDNew Jersey Medical School

Newark, NJ

LAWRENCE B. HARKLESS, DPMWestern University of the

Health SciencesPomona, CA

ROBERT J. HINCHLIFFE, MD, FRCSSt. George’s Vascular Institute

London, UK

ROCÍO JIMÉNEZ GODÍNEZ, MDDiabetic Foot

Mexican AssociationTijuana, Mexico

WARREN S. JOSEPH, DPMRoxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

DAVID C. KLONOFF, MDMills-Peninsula Health Services

San Mateo, CA

SHIGEO KONO, MD, PHDWHO-Collaborating Centre for Diabetes

Kyoto Medical Center Kyoto, Japan

LARISSE K. LEE, MDAmputation Prevention Center

Valley Presbyterian HospitalLos Angeles, CA

GRAHAM LEESE, MDUniversity of Dundee

Dundee, Scotland

BENJAMIN A. LIPSKY, MDUniversity of Washington

VA Puget Sound HCSSeattle, WA

DIETER MAYER, MDUniversity Hospital of Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

George Andros, MDMedical Director

Amputation Prevention Center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital

Founding Partner Los Angeles Vascular Specialists

Los Angeles, CA

C O U R S E D I R E C T O R SLee C. Rogers, DPM

Co- Director, Amputation Prevention Center at

Valley Presbyterian HospitalLos Angeles, CA

Joseph L. Mills Sr., MDProfessor of Surgery

Chief, Vascular and EndovascularSurgery, Co-Director, Southern ArizonaLimb Salvage Alliance (SALSA) at the

University of ArizonaTucson, AZ

JAN APELQVIST, MD, PHDSkåne University Hospital

Malmö, Sweden

F. JAVIER ARAGÓN SÁNCHEZ, MD, PHDLa Paloma Hospital

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

KAREL BAKKER, MD, PHDSpaarne Hospital

Heemstede, The Netherlands

RONALD J. BELCZYK, DPMAmputation Prevention Center

Valley Presbyterian HospitalLos Angeles, CA

ANDREW J.M. BOULTON, MD, DSC

University of Manchester, UKManchester, UK

WARREN C. BREIDENBACH III, MDUniversity of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

RICHARD H. CARMONA, MD, MPHUniversity of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

PETER R. CAVANAGH, PHD, DSC

University of WashingtonSeattle, WA

F A C U L T Y c on t inu ed

2012 EDWARD JAMES OLMOS AWARDFOR ADVOCACY IN AMPUTATION PREVENTION

JAN APELQVIST, MD, PHD, MALMÖ, SWEDEN

DFCon 2012 Conference Co-Chairmen George Andros, MD, and David G.Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD, are pleased to announce that the Edward JamesOlmos Award for Advocacy in Amputation Prevention Honoree for 2012 isJan Apelqvist, MD, PhD.One of the world’s most distinguished experts on the diabetic foot, diabetes-relat-ed complications and wound management, a noted researcher, a skilled clinician, aprolific author and a respected educator, Dr. Jan Apelqvist is Senior Consultant,Department of Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, and

Associate Professor, Division for Clinical Sciences, University of Lund, Sweden.“Jan Apelqvist is the Ingmar Bergman of Swedish diabetic foot medicine and the Stieg Larsson ofScandinavian wound care, and like their remarkable art, Jan’s equally remarkable scientific work is knownnot just in Sweden but throughout Europe, and indeed the world,” said Dr. Armstrong. “Going back some 30 years to his earliest days as a physician, Jan has lived and breathed diabetic footresearch and care -- he is an international scientist totally focused on the goal of preventing amputationsand saving limbs,” Dr. Andros said.Dr. Apelqvist helped found and served as the first chairman of the Swedish Wound Healing Society andis currently president of the European Wound Management Association. He has served on a number ofinternational working groups on diabetes, PAD and the diabetic foot. Dr. Apelqvist is on the editorialboards of several European and North American professional journals. For nearly three decades, Dr.Apelqvist has designed, coordinated and participated in many clinical trials in the areas of diabetes,peripheral vascular disease and wound management. He has given more than 1,000 lectures on the dia-betic foot and other complications of diabetes.A 1979 graduate of the medical school of the University of Umeå, Sweden, Dr. Apelqvist also receiveda PhD in 1990 from the University of Lund.

PREVIOUS HONOREES: Karel Bakker, MD, Heemstede, The Netherlands, 2003

Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, Manchester, UK, 2005 ✲ Gary W. Gibbons, MD, Boston, MA, 2006Christopher E. Attinger, MD, Washington, DC, 2007 ✲ Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD, Seattle, WA, 2008Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc, Seattle, WA, 2009 ✲ Warren S. Joseph, DPM, Philadelphia, PA, 2010

Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD, Tucson, AZ, 2011

JIM A. REEKERS, MD, PHDUniversity of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

NICOLAAS C. SCHAPER, MDUniversity Hospital MaastrichtMaastricht, The Netherlands

JOHN S. STEINBERG, DPMGeorgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

PROF. ALBERTO PIAGGESI

University of Pisa Diabetic Foot Section

Pisa, Italy

FRANK B. POMPOSELLI JR., MDSt. Elizabeth’s Center

Brighton, MA

MARJANA TOMIC-CANIC, PHDUniversity of Miami

Miller School of MedicineMiami, FL

DANE K. WUKICH, MDUniversity of Pittsburgh

Medical CenterPittsburgh, PA

A GLOBAL EUTOEPIA? TOWARDS A MORE PERFECT UNION TO PREVENT DIABETES-RELATED AMPUTATIONModerators: George Andros, MD and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

8:00 - 8:20 The Diabetic Foot: A View from the StraTOEsphereAndrew J.M. Boulton, MD, DSc

8:20 - 8:40 Demography, Destiny, and Diabetes: The Future Is NowRichard H. Carmona, MD, MPH

8:40 - 9:00 SIGNs of the Times: How the Scottish Intercollegiate GuidelinesNetwork Are Keeping Things on Kilt-er Graham Leese, MD

9:00 - 9:20 The Toes Are Alive, with the Sound of Teamwork: The Diabetic Foot in Switzerland Dieter Mayer, MD

9:20 - 9:40 The Thames They Are a Changin’: High Tea(m) at Kings CollegeMichael Edmonds, MD

9:40 - 10:10 Break

10:10 - 10:30 Let’s Gogh Dutch: Sharing Evidence, Policy and Enthusiasm at the International Working Group Karel Bakker, MD, PhD

10:30 - 10:50 The Japanese Interdisciplinary Clinic: An Iron Chef Knows What Roles Go in the Roll Shigeo Kono, MD PhD

10:50 - 11:10 The Man Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest: The Swedish Model forPrevention Behind the Bestseller Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD

11:10 - 11:30 Vaya con Dedos: Do We Need a New Pan-American NAFTA? (North American Free Toes Alliance) Rocío Jiménez Godínez, MD

11:30 - 12:00 Panel Discussion:Boulton, Leese, Mayer, Edmonds, Bakker, Kono, Apelqvist, and Jiménez Godínez

12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Symposium - TBA

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

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SECRETARIES OF STENT: FOSTERING INTERPROFESSIONAL DIPLOMACY AMONGST INTERVENTIONALISTSModerator: Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD

1:30 - 1:50 Machiavellian Hemodynamics: In-line Flow Justifies the MeansJim A. Reekers, MD, PhD

1:50 - 2:10 While Extremism in the Defense of Pulsatile Flow Is No Vice, ModerationMay Be More Virtuous Frank B. Pomposelli Jr., MD

2:10 - 2:30 A Pax Flowmana: Creating an Interdisciplinary Interventional Empire without Acting Like a Barbarian Robert J. Hinchliffe, MD

2:30 - 2:50 Waxing Gibbons: The Rise and Fall of the Open Vascular EmpireGary W. Gibbons, MD

2:50 - 3:10 Panel Discussion:Reekers, Pomposelli, Hinchliffe, and Gibbons

3:10 - 3:40 Granita Break

WOUND HEALING: PROMISE, PRAGMATISM AND PODTIFICATIONModerator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

3:40 - 4:00 Wound Healing Advances: Super for Us or Superfluous?Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc

4:00 - 4:20 Should We Debride Wounds Like We Debride Skin Cancer? (or Immaculate Reception: How Identifying Receptive Receptors Will Change the Way We Debride and Heal Wounds) Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD

4:20 - 4:40 “Moh’s Surgery” for Wounds: Data from One Tomic-Canic to Another Toe Mechanic Prof. Alberto Piaggesi

4:40 - 5:00 Hands On vs. Eyes On: Leveraging Expertise via Camera Phone (or: FaceTime for Feet) Mark S. Granick, MD

5:00 - 5:20 RAGE Against the Dying of the Foot (How Receptors for AdvancedGlycosylation End Products Will Enter Our Diagnostic Vernacular) or: Do Not Toe Gently into that Good NightMichael Edmonds, MD

5:20 - 5:40 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: Pure Inspiration or High Pressure Sales Pitch?Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD

5:40 - 6:00 Panel Discussion:Cavanagh, Tomic-Canic, Piaggesi, Granick, Edmonds, and Apelqvist

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD RED CARPETCOCKTAIL RECEPTION WITH EXHIBITORS

Wolfgang Puck Catered Food Live Music ✲ Exhibits ✲ Hollywood Entertainment

6:00 - 7:30

F r i d a y7:00 - 7:45 Breakfast Symposium

7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast

COMMON COMPLEXIFICATIONS AND CARING COMMENTARY: KEEPING IT SIMPLE EVEN WHEN IT ISN’TModerator: George Andros, MD

8:00 - 8:20 Last Charcot in Paris: Tango with the Task Force Dane K. Wukich, MD

8:20 - 8:40 TOEmerular Filtration Rate and End Stage Heel Disease: Diabetes andDialysis Wound All Heels Andrew J.M. Boulton, MD, DSc

8:40 - 9:00 We’ve Got You Covered: Flaps, Grafts, BiologicsMark S. Granick, MD

9:00 - 9:15 Panel Discussion:Wukich, Boulton, and Granick

9:15 - 10:00 Pacific Break / Exhibits

DIABETIC FOOT INFECTIONS: SPECIAL TOELIVERY FROM THE US PUSTAL SERVICEModerator: Lee C. Rogers, DPM

10:00 - 10:20 Osteomyelitis in Diabetes: A Marrowing Experience No Longer? (or: When Diabetes Gives You a Bone Infection, Make Osso Bucco)F. Javier Aragón Sánchez, MD, PhD

10:20 - 10:40 IDSA Guidelines for the Diabetic Foot: Dispelling Infectious ConspiracyTheories with the DFCon Warren Commission Warren S. Joseph, DPM

10:40 - 11:00 Understanding Bad Bacterial Neighborhoods: It’s the Community, Not Just the Hoodlums Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD

11:00 - 11:20 Closing Arguments: Does the Presence of a Wound (in and of itself) Make the Case for Antibiotic Therapy? Wound Germ-Us-PrudenceMichael Edmonds, MD

11:20 - 11:45 Panel Discussion:Aragón Sánchez, Joseph, Lipsky, and Edmonds

11:45 - 12:15 THE 9TH ANNUAL EDWARD JAMES OLMOS AWARD

FOR ADVOCACY IN AMPUTATION PREVENTIONHonoree: Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhDPresented by: Edward James Olmos

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12:15 - 1:45 Puck Lunch / Exhibits

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch Symposium - TBA

REPLACEMENT PARTS: CAN CUTTING OUR LOSSES LEAD TO AN IMPROVEMENTON THE ORIGINAL? Moderator: David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

1:45 - 2:05 Lend Us a Hand: What Diabetic Limb Salvage Can Learn from HandTransplant Surgery Warren C. Breidenbach III, MD

2:05 - 2:25 When Should We Amputate? Measurement and Management to Mitigate Morbidity Nicolaas C. Schaper, MD

2:25 - 2:45 When is a BKA A-OK? Dane K. Wukich, MD

2:45 - 3:05 Amputees Need More to Stand on than a Prosthesis: Starting a SupportGroup in Your Community John S. Steinberg, DPM

3:05 - 3:30 Panel Discussion:Breidenbach, Schaper, Wukich, and Steinberg

3:30 - 4:15 Studio Break / Exhibits

VIEWS OF THE VASCULAR FLOWSTRA KNOWSTRA: RECANALIZING THE ODDS IN YOUR FAVOR Moderator: George Andros, MD

4:15 - 4:35 The Cutting Edge in Atherectomy Technology: Debulk or Debunk?Frank B. Pomposelli Jr., MD

4:35 - 4:55 Interventional Accounting and Major Tissue Loss: Can Supply Meet Demand?Jim A. Reekers, MD, PhD

4:55 - 5:15 The Calculus of Revascularization: Should I Change My Numerator or Denominator? Joseph L. Mills Sr., MD

5:15 - 5:35 Overcoming Performance Anxiety: A New Songbook for Old StandardsMichael S. Conte, MD

5:35 - 6:00 Panel Discussion:Pomposelli, Reekers, Mills, Conte, Hinchliffe, and Gibbons

6:00 - 7:00 Poster Abstract Review with Authors

Photo Courtesy of LA INC, The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau: Image credit: Travis Conklin

S a t u rd a y6:30 - 7:30 Breakfast

7:00 - 8:00 HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS 8:00 - 9:00 Coordinators: Lee C. Rogers, DPM and Ronald J. Belczyk, DPM9:00 - 10:00 Concurrent workshops: Each one-hour workshop is presented three

times. You can attend three different workshops.Workshops are non-CME activities.

Workshop I Bioengineered TissuesJohn S. Steinberg, DPM

Workshop II DressingsLee C. Rogers, DPM

Workshop III OffloadingPeter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc

Workshop IV Wound Healing DevicesRonald J. Belczyk, DPM

Workshop V Vascular Larisse K. Lee, MD

Workshop VI VAC to BasicsLawrence B. Harkless, DPM and Mark S. Granick, MD

10:00 - 11:00 Break / Exhibits

WHO’S KEEPING SCORE? MEASURING WHAT WE MANAGE AND COUNTING WHAT COUNTS Moderator: Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD

11:00 - 11:20 Amputation Reductions in the Developed World: A Day at the Beach orCalm before the Next Big Wave? Peter R. Cavanagh, PhD, DSc

11:20 - 11:40 How Do ID Doctors ID Success? Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD

11:40 - 12:00 Pyrrhic Vascular Victories: How Do We Win a Race that Has No Finish Line? Robert J. Hinchliffe, MD

12:00 - 12:20 Podiatry Posits Plans for Proactive Prevention Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM

12:20 - 12:40 Panel Discussion:Cavanagh, Hinchliffe, Harkless, and Bakker

12:40 - 1:40 Lunch / Exhibits

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DO-IT-YOURSELF OUTPATIENT IMPROVEMENT: GETTING THE LOWES-DOWNON CREATING A HOME DEPOT FOR HOME CAREModerator: Lee C. Rogers, DPM

1:40 - 2:00 Team and Technology to Reduce Length of Stay (a Small Step for Technology, a Giant Leap for Cost Savings) Lee C. Rogers, DPM

2:00 - 2:20 How to Set Up an Outpatient Clinic: The View from the PoTOEmac at Georgetown John S. Steinberg, DPM

2:20 - 2:40 Missing Links: Crossing the Great Rift with Next Generation HomeMonitoring (Lessons from the Diabetes Technology Society)David C. Klonoff, MD

2:40 - 3:00 A Comprehensive Medical/Surgical Clinic: Easy Peasy in Pisa?Prof. Alberto Piaggesi

3:00 - 3:20 Panel Discussion:Steinberg, Klonoff, Piaggesi

3:20 - 3:35 Fresh Air Coffee Break

IN THE END, IT’S OUTCOMES THAT MATTER: THE OPTIMIST’S MANIFESTOEModerators: George Andros, MD and David G. Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

3:35 - 3:55 The Economic Case for Amputation Prevention: Messages for theMoneychangers in Your Temple Jan Apelqvist, MD, PhD

3:55 - 4:15 Charting a Course for Success: Seaworthy Screening Forms to Keep YourClinic Afloat (and Not Adrift) Graham Leese, MD

4:15 - 4:35 ¡Toe-readores, Toe-lé! Taking the Foot by the Horns in the Operating Room (While Avoiding Bull) F. Javier Aragón Sánchez, MD, PhD

4:35 - 5:05 The Long and Winding Road that Leads to Your Ward: Don’t Just Let It Be, Here Are the Take Home Messages for MondayAndrew J.M. Boulton, MD, Dsc

5:05 - 5:30 Panel Discussion:Apelqvist, Leese, Aragón Sánchez, and Boulton

Enjoy all Los Angeles offers from your elegantly appointed room at the premierluxury hotel in the world’s movie capital. The Renaissance Hollywood Hotelboasts sophisticated retro architecture and dazzling views of Los Angeles and theHollywood Hills. There’s no need to rent a car, because this glamorous property,a Marriott “Hotel of the Year” award winner, anchors the Hollywood & Highlandscomplex, where you’re just steps from fabulous shopping, restaurants, entertain-ment and Hollywood classics such as Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Kodak Theatreand the Walk of Fame.

To get the special conference rate of $229 single or double, visit the DFCon websiteat www.DFCon.com for a link to hotel reservations, or call 323.856.1200 or800.468.3571. Be sure to mention DFCon or Diabetic Foot Global Conference.

C O N T A C T

DFCon Conference Administrative Headquarters1018 Harding Street, Suite 207 • Lafayette, LA 70503

Tel: 337.235.6606 • Fax: 337.235.7300www.DFCon.com

DFCON VENUE:RENAISSANCE HOLLYWOOD HOTEL

SITE OF THE ACADEMY AWARDS®

AT HOLLYWOOD & HIGHLAND

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COURSE DESCRIPTION DFCon 2012 is the premier international interdisciplinary diabetic foot conference inNorth America. This year’s conference is joint sponsored by Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Ciné-Med® and InternationalConference Management, Inc. It features the presentation of the 9th Annual Edward James Olmos Award for Advocacyin Amputation Prevention. The course is designed for the wide spectrum of generalists and specialists who diagnoseand manage the diabetic foot. It will delve into diagnostic and interventional strategies for diabetic foot ulcers andamputation prevention. Featuring a world-renowned faculty, it offers the opportunity to review state-of-the-artconcepts and techniques.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES At the end of the activity, attendees will be able to: ✲ List key risk factors associ-ated with ulceration and amputation. ✲ Discuss the importance of appropriate vascular interventions and their region-al and ethnic variations in diabetic foot care. ✲ Recognize the growing importance of the diabetic foot as an interna-tional healthcare problem. ✲ Discuss the role of various technologies and their impact on healing and preventing dia-betic foot wounds. ✲ Outline the appropriate use of various shoes, insoles and braces in foot care. ✲ Outline the basicsof appropriate antibiotic care of the infected diabetic foot. ✲ Discuss the complexities of the microenvironment of thediabetic foot wound. ✲ Cite the fiscal and social impact of diabetic foot ulcers and amputation.

ACCREDITATION This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and poli-cies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Ciné-Med®,Valley Presbyterian Hospital and International Conference Management. Ciné-Med® is accredited by the ACCME toprovide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION STATEMENT Ciné-Med® designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 19.25 AMAPRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation inthe activity.

Ciné-Med® is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’sCommission on Accreditation. This activity provides 19.25 contact hours for nurses.

International Conference Management, Inc. is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a sponsorof continuing medical education in podiatric medicine. International Conference Management, Inc. has approved thisconference for a maximum of 19.25 continuing medical education contact hours of CPME credit.

The Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) designates DFCon for a maximum of 25.5 SVU-CMEs which are accept-ed by the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers® (ARDMS®) towards recertification, theAmerican Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) for Category A credit, and the Intersocietal Commission forthe Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL) for laboratory accreditation.

Advisory - Certificates of Attendance for CME and Contact Hours will be issued ONSITE at this conference.

Commerical Funding and Financial Support: This conference is being funded by educational grants and commercialsupport from commercial organizations. A complete list of supporters and faculty disclosures will be published at theconference.

Target Audience: Vascular Surgeons ✲ Podiatrists ✲ Endocrinologists ✲ Orthopaedists ✲ Internists ✲ General Practitioners ✲ Infectious Disease ✲ Family Physicians

✲ Wound Care/Enterostomal Nurses ✲ Diabetes Educators ✲ Vascular Technologists

Future Conference Date: 21-23 March 2013

CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT

Sponsor: ACCME & ANCC Accredited by: Managed by & CPME Accredited by:

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CANCELLATION POLICY If your registration must be cancelled, the course fee less $150 administrative costs will be refunded if we are notified in writing by January 31, 2012. After January 31, 2012, no refunds will be given.

Online Registration at: www.DFCon.comMAIL TO: DFCON CONFERENCE HEADQUARTERS: 1018 HARDING STREET • SUITE 207 • LAFAYETTE, LA 70503 • USA

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GUEST FEESCompanion ❑ $100 Includes Welcome to Hollywood Reception with Open Bar,

All Conference Meals - Two Breakfasts & Lunches catered by Wolfgang Puck, Five Refreshment Breaks and Access to Exhibits

Reception ❑ $50 Includes Welcome to Hollywood Reception with Open Bar

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