Malvern Diabetic Foot Conference 2021
 

Programme

Day 1 Wednesday 7th July
All conference sessions will take place throughout in the Elgar Suite, lower ground floor, Abbey Hotel

In order to claim CPD credits, please sign the attendance register once each day located in the Elgar Suite

 
12:00 noon onwards Badge Collection*
*Pre-Registered Delegates Only, there is no onsite registration available.
First Floor, Reception, Abbey Hotel

Visit Exhibition Stands
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Accessible to the right and left from Hotel Reception)

 
Session 1: The Diabetic Foot Care Team in 2021
Chair:  Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK)
 
14:00 - 14:15 Introduction and brief overview of Diabetic Foot in 2021
Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK)
 
14:15 - 14:40 Setting up a foot service in the UK: Lessons from the North-East
Nicola Leech (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
 
14:40 - 15:05 Setting up a foot service in Ireland: the Galway Experience
Sean Dinneen (Galway, Ireland)
 
15:05 - 15:25 The expanding role of the podiatrist
Jodie Buckingham (Oxford, UK)
 
15:25 - 15:45 The expanding role of the diabetes foot specialist nurse
Rachel Berrington (Leicester, UK)
 
 
15:45 - 16:15 Comfort Break - Visit Exhibition Stands
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Access from Reception, Ground Floor, Abbey Hotel)
 
 
Session 2: Biomechanics and Radiology
Chair:  Gerry Rayman (Ipswich, UK)
 
16:15 - 16:45 What is the place of the plain radiograph of the diabetic foot in 2021?
Richard Whitehouse (Manchester, UK)
 
16:45 - 17:15 Role of MR and CT in diabetic foot assessment
Rowena Johnson (Oxford, UK)
 
17:15 - 17:45 Biomechanics: from physiotherapy to smart pressure sensing insoles
Neil Reeves (Manchester, UK)
 
17:45 - 18:15 Health sensors, smart home devices and the internet of medical things:
opportunities for foot care
Bijan Najafi (Houston, USA)
 
18:15 Close / Free Evening
 

Day 2 Thursday 8th July
All conference sessions will take place throughout in the Elgar Suite, lower ground floor, Abbey Hotel

In order to claim CPD credits, please sign the attendance register once each day located in the Elgar Suite

 
Session 3:
 
08:30 - 10:15 First Joint Symposium: Vascular Society of Great Britain and Malvern International meeting
Co-Chairs: Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK) and Sophie Renton (London, UK)
 
08:30 - 08:55 Global Vascular Guidelines
Ruth Benson (Birmingham, UK)
 
08:55 - 09:20 Advances in endovascular revascularisation
Chris Twine (Bristol, UK)
 
09:20 - 09:45 Complex surgical revascularisation
Rob Davies (Leicester, UK)
 
09:45 - 10:15 Quality improvement for critical limb ischaemia
Panagiota Birmpili (London, UK)
 
 
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee/Tea
Served in the Elgar Suite where the conference is taking place

Please take the time to visit our sponsors in the
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Access from Reception, Ground Floor, Abbey Hotel)

 
 
Session 4: Clinical aspects
Chair:  Fran Game (Derby, UK)
 
10:45 - 11:15 International guidelines on diabetic foot infections: an update
Edgar Peters (Amsterdam, NL)
 
11:15 - 11:45 A pragmatic approach to diabetic foot infections in the UK
Ketan Dhatariya (Norwich, UK)
 
11:45 - 12:10 Oral vs intravenous antibiotics for osteomyelitis: lessons from the OVIVA study
Ho Kwong Li (London, UK)
 
12:10 - 12:30 Overview of current therapies for diabetic foot ulcers
Nicolaas Schaper (Maastricht, NL)
 
 
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch in a bag – please ensure you are seated whilst eating your lunch

Delegates - please make your way to the Restaurant, on lower ground floor of Hotel, where you will be able to collect your individual lunch bag

Faculty and pre-ordered (during online event registration) special dietary requirements – will be delivered for collection in the Elgar Suite where conference is taking place

Sponsors – will be delivered to the respective sponsor suites

Please ensure you are seated at all times whilst eating your lunch

Please take the time to visit our sponsors in the
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Access from Reception, Abbey Hotel)

 
 
Session 5:
 
13:45 - 15:30 Oral Abstract Presentations
Chair:  Gerry Rayman (Ipswich, UK) / Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK)
 
 
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/Tea
Served in the Restaurant, lower ground floor of Hotel

Please take the time to visit our sponsors in the
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Access from Reception, Ground Floor, Abbey Hotel)

 
 
Session 6:
 
16:00 - 18:25 Second Joint Symposium: British Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (BOFAS) and Malvern International Meeting
Co-Chairs: Rick Brown (Oxford, UK) and Gerry Rayman (Ipswich, UK)
 
16:00 - 16:15 The Charcot foot - The perfect storm
William Jeffcoate (Nottingham, UK)
 
16:15 - 16:35 Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis of acute Charcot foot
Michael Edmonds (London, UK)
 
16:35 - 16:55 How the orthopaedic surgeon differentiates Charcot neuroarthropathy from osteomyelitis?
Anand Pillai (Manchester, UK)
 
16:55 - 17:15 How long to cast in acute Charcot foot in a Total Contact Cast?
Nicolaas Schaper (Maastricht, NL)
 
17:15 - 17:35 When to operate on a Charcot foot?
Dane Wukich (Dallas, USA)
 
17:35 - 17:45 Exostectomy – open or mini-incision?
Tim Williams (Colchester, UK)
 
17:45 - 18:05 Surgical principles of mid-foot reconstruction
Andrew (Fred) Robinson (Cambridge, UK)
 
18:05 - 18:25 Surgical principles of hind-foot reconstruction
Venu Kavarthapu (London, UK)
 
18:25 Close / Free Evening
 

Day 3 Friday 9th July
All conference sessions will take place throughout in the Elgar Suite, lower ground floor, Abbey Hotel

In order to claim CPD credits, please sign the attendance register once each day located in the Elgar Suite

 
Session 7: Closing session: new treatments for diabetic foot lesions: a renaissance?
Chair: William Jeffcoate (Nottingham, UK)
 
09:15 - 09:45 Topical oxygen – what evidence?
Bob Frykberg (Phoenix, USA)
 
09:45 - 10:15 Sucrose octasulphate, PRONOX: use in neuroischaemic ulcers?
Michael Edmonds (London, UK)
 
10:15 - 10:40 Leucopatch and other trials – evidence for efficacy in hard to heal ulcers?
Fran Game (Derby, UK)
 
 
10:40 - 11:15 Comfort Break
Visit Exhibition Stands
Shaw, Worcester and Montgomery Suites
(Access from Reception, Ground Floor, Abbey Hotel)
 
 
Session 8: The future.
Chair: Andrew Boulton (Manchester, UK)
 
11:15 - 11:35 Measuring effectiveness of foot care strategies
William Jeffcoate (Nottingham, UK),
 
11:35 - 12:00 What does the future hold for diabetic foot care?
David Armstrong (Los Angeles, USA)
 
12:00 Final comments & close of conference
Gerry Rayman (Ipswich, UK)
 

This meeting is supported by grants and sponsorship from the pharmaceutical and device industries. See here for details.