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March 15 - 17, 2012   •   Columbia, South Carolina, USA

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Program Outline

 

Thursday, March 15, 2012
7:00 am – 7:50 am Exhibits
Open
Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 am – 8:00 am Welcoming Remarks from National Baromedical Services, Inc.
8:00 am – 8:15 am Program Objectives, Introductions Dick Clarke, CHT
8:15 am – 9:00 am Late Radiation Tissue Injury: A Challenge to its Pathophysiology and Treatment John Feldmeier, DO
9:00 am – 9:40 am Mandibular ORN Staging: Differences Exist and Why Mark Herr, MD
9:40 am – 10-20 am The Marx ORN Protocol: Still Valid 2012? Derrick T. Lin, MD, FACS
10:20 am – 10:50 am Break
10:50 am – 11:30 pm Tumor Radiation Sensitization: Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Finally the Holy Grail? Dick Clarke, CHT
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Combination HBO and Chemotherapy: From a Bad Idea to a Good One John Feldmeier, DO
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm – 2:15 pm The Initial Evaluation of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer: An Evidence-Based Approach Stephen M. Orr, MD
2:15 pm – 3:00 pm Controversies in Chronic Wound Care J. Benjamin Slade, MD
3:00 pm – 3:40 pm Controversies in Hyperbaric Medicine Dick Clarke, CHT
3:40 pm – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm – 4:40 pm Panel Discussion: Previously Submitted Clinical Questions Expert Panel
4:40 pm – 5:20 pm Panel Discussion: Previously Submitted Operational, Safety and Compliance Questions Expert Panel
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Meet the Speakers Reception at Columbia Museum of Art
Friday, March 16, 2012
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibits
Open
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:40 am Hyperbaric Safety: The 2012 NFPA 99 Perspective Robert Sheffield, BA, CHT
8:40 am – 9:20 am Implantable Medical Devices: Hyperbaric Medicine Operations and Safety Update D. Lindsie Cone, MD, FAAFP
9:20 am – 10:00 am Implementing a Q.I. Program. One Sensible and Compliant Approach Valerie Short, ACHRN, CWS, CWCN
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:15 am Proposing New Hyperbaric Indications: The UHMS position on Acute Hearing Loss and Aseptic Bone Necrosis Capt. Brett Hart, MD, MC, USN
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Biological Skin Equivalents: A 2012 Update Richard C. Baynosa, MD
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Lunch Break
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm Calciphylaxis: A Role for HBO? Paul Claus, MD
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm Questions from the ‘Ask the Experts’ File D. Lindsie Cone, MD, FAAFP
2:40 pm – 3:20 pm Failed TCOM O2 Challenge: Update on Flow Augmentation Options William Moore, MD, FACS
3:20 pm – 3:40 pm Break
3:40 pm – 4:10 pm Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Controlled Trials:
The USAF Experience and Update E. George Wolf, MD
4:10 pm – 4:30 pm The USN Experience and Update Capt. Brett Hart, MD, MC, USN
4:30 pm –5:15 pm The DOD Experience and Update Lt. Col. Robert Price, MD, MC, DMO
Saturday, March 17, 2012
7:00 am – 8:00 am Exhibits
Open
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am – 8:30am Medicare’s Meaningful Use Initiative: Coming Soon to a Wound/Hyperbaric Center Near You! D. Lindsie Cone, MD, FAAFP
8:30 am – 9:15 am Hyperbaric Preconditioning Role in High Risk Surgery Richard C. Baynosa, MD
9:15 am – 10:00 am Hyperbaric Literature Update Dick Clarke, CHT
10:00 am – 10:15 am Break
10:15 am – 11:10 am Hyperbaric Patient Risk Assessment:  A 2012 Practice Based Perspective D. Lindsie Cone, MD, FAAFP
11:10 am –11:40 am Fixing Common Wound Care Billing Problems Valerie Short, ACHRN, CWS, CWCN
11:40 am – 12:15 pm Hyperbaric Payment Denials and How to Avoid Them Dick Clarke, CHT
Adjourn