Diabetic Foot Conference Program

DAY 1 (6.3.26)

  9:30 - 10:30
SESSION 1: Introduction to Diabetic Foot
  • Introduction to the Diabetic Foot Society of India – Dr. V. B. Narayanmurthy (President DFSI)
  • Global burden of diabetic foot disease – Dr. Surajit Bhattacharya
  • Pathogenesis of the diabetic foot disease – Dr. Akshay Kapoor
  • Evaluation of a patient with diabetic foot – Dr. Ravi Singh
  10:20 - 11:00
SESSION 2: Offloading
  • Basic anatomy and Biomechanics of foot – Dr. Chandra Singh
  • Alterations in Biomechanics Causing Diabetic Foot – Dr. Shree Harsh
  • Oration: Internal Offloading For Diabetic Foot Disease – Dr. Madhu Perisamy
  • Amputation - the correct way – Dr. Kushagra Gaurav
  • Free Flaps in Diabetic Foot - tips and tricks - Dr. Madhu Perisamy
  • Case Based Discussions - Dr. Shree Harsh
  12:00 - 1:00
SESSION 3: Symposium - Multidisciplinary needs for diabetic foot disease
  • Podiatry and its role in diabetic foot disease – Dr. Govind Singh Bisht
  • Intervention radiology in foot disease – Dr. Siddharth Mishra
  • Vascular surgery for diabetic foot disease – Dr. Yashpal
  • The Surgeon’s role in managing diabetic foot – Dr. Gyan Chand
  • Bone infections and collapse – Dr. Anushrav
  • Rehabilitation in patients with diabetic foot disease – Dr. Snigdha Mishra
  • PAINS, PINS AND TINGLING: Neurologist outlook in diabetic foot disease – Dr. Ayush Agarwal
Lunch
  2:00 - 3:30
SESSION 4: Fighting Infection
  • Perioperative management of diabetes – Dr. Kauser Usman
  • The Bane of the biofilm: Why do these wound do not heal – Dr. Neelam Chauhan
  • Medical Management of diabetic foot disease – Dr. Ajoy Tiwari
  • Anaesthesia considerations in Diabetic foot – Dr. Bhavya Naithani Dube
  • Surgical debridement - tips and tricks – Dr. Rajesh Kesavan
  • The Infected Diabetic Foot: From Assessment to Healing – Dr. Ravikiran Nalla
  • From Scalpel to Stream: Hydrosurgery as a Novel Debridement Therapy – Dr. Vikas Kakkar
  • Biofilm Disruption: Newer local therapies – Dr. Ashu Rastogi
  • Complex Charcot’s foot reconstruction – Dr. Amit Burande
  3:30 - 4:00
SESSION 5: Panel Discussion: Tackling the diabetic foot epidemic
  • President DFSI – Dr. V. B. Narayanmurthy
  • Editor IJS – Dr. Surajit Bhattacharya
  • Dr. Subramanya
  • Running a private setup – Dr. Ajoy Tiwari
  • PGIMER experience – Dr. Ashu Rastogi
  • Experience of Running a diabetic foot centre: SGPGI – Dr. Gyan Chand
  • A successful program: Tamil Nadu Experience – Dr. Madhu Perisamy

DAY 2 (7.3.26)

  9:00 - 10:30
SESSION 6
  • Artificial Intelligence and Diabetic foot disease – Dr. Surajit Bhattacharya
  • Infrared Skin Thermometry: An Underutilised Cost Effective Tool – Dr. Amritava Ghosh
  • How classification helps management of diabetic foot? – Dr. V. B. Narayanmurthy
  • Renal Involvement in Diabetic foot affects healing – Dr. Manisha Singh Jadaun
  • Preventive strategies in Diabetic foot – Dr. Milind Ruke
  • Approach to early diabetic foot disease – Dr. Rajeev Singh
  • DFU healing in cases not amenable to revascularisation – Dr. Manisha Singh Jadaun
  • Demo: Foot gait analysis - case basis – Dr. Anushree Singh
  11:00 - 11:30
  • OFFLOADING: Case based discussion with demonstration – Dr. Govind Singh Bisht
  12:00 - 1:00
SESSION 7: SYMPOSIUM: Exploring Frontiers in Healing
  • What is artificial dermal matrix? And its role in DFU – Dr. KVN Santosh Murthy
  • Role of Skin substitutes in Diabetic Wounds – Dr. Milind Ruke
  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) in Diabetic Foot – Dr. Pradeoth Mukundan
  • Decoding Advanced Dressings – Dr. Sanjay Vaidya
  • Stem Cells in Chronic Wounds: From Hope to Healing – Dr. KVN Santosh Murthy
  • Topical Oxygen Therapy in Diabetic Foot infections – Dr. Rajesh Kesavan
  • Fish Scale Dressing – Dr. KVN Santosh Murthy
  • Case Based Discussion – Dr. Neelam Chauhan
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
  3:00 - 4:00
SESSION 8
  • Early Detection of Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy – Dr. Ashu Rastogi
  • Simultaneous below knee amputation and targeted muscle re intervention – Dr. Ravikiran Nalla
  • Antimicrobial Therapy for Diabetic Foot – Dr. Amritava Ghosh
  • Offloading at KGMU, Lucknow – Dr. Anil Gupta
  • Tibial corticotomy for diabetic foot healing – Dr. Suresh Chand
  • Bionics and their role in rehabilitation – Arun Cherian
  • Protective footwear in prevention of DFU – Anirudh Chaudhary
Valedictory and High Tea

Conference Venue

Atal Bihari Vajpai Convention Centre, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow.