Physicians Program

The Ohio Foot & Ankle Seminar offers top-notch lectures from leading experts from around the country. Attendees may register for the virtual seminar on April 20, 2024 (8 CME Hours), the live seminar May 16-17, 2024 (17 CME Hours), or both events at a special price.

The 2024 final schedule and faculty are currently being finalized. Registration will open in February 2024.

107th Annual Seminar Faculty Disclosures

SATURDAY - April 22, 2023 - VIRTUAL ONLY
	GoToWebinar - The link will be emailed the week of the seminar to all registrants via the email provided during registration.
07:00 AM - 09:30 AM	The Lateral Ankle - Faculty: Dr. Jeff Christensen, Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico, Dr. Graham Hamilton, Dr. Robert Mendicino, Dr. John Schuberth Objective: This session will review important cases of the lateral ankle including the evaluation and work-up for an unstable ankle. Attendees will review non-operative care for each stage of ankle injuries, arthroscopic stabilization, and tendodesis. The session will discuss anatomic reconstruction for ankle and subtalar instability.
09:30 AM - 09:45 AM	Break
09:45 AM - 11:30 AM	Bunions A-Z: Minimally Invasive Bunion Surgery - Faculty: Dr. Bogdan Grecea, Dr. Kris DiNucci, Dr. David Wong Objective: This session will review all facets of minimally invasive surgery including the procedures history, case controversies, case complications and important tips and tricks.
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM	Break
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM	Lunch & Learn - MIPS Update 2023 - Dr. Michael Brody This session will discuss which measures have been removed and which measures are best for a podiatric physician. The presentation will include important information on how to succeed at MIPS.
01:00 PM - 03:30 PM	The Flatfoot - Round Table and Case Presentations - Faculty: Dr. Jeff Christensen, Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico, Dr. Graham Hamilton, Dr. Robert Mendicino, Dr. John Schuberth

THURSDAY - May 18, 2023 - IN PERSON ONLY
06:30 AM - 07:00 AM	Registration
07:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Interesting Cases and/or Unusual Case Presentations - Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico; Dr. Mark Hardy; Dr. Jeffrey Loveland; Dr. Robert Mendicino Objective: Attendees will be able to learn and diagnosis treatment options for interesting and unusual cases for patients who suffer from conditions affecting their foot, ankle and lower leg. The session will review treatment methods for the different pathologies and how to appropriately use alternative diagnostic methods for foot and ankle. Attendees will review how to diagnose and work up unusual cases and learn how to perform techniques that the faculty enjoys to perform and why.
09:00 AM - 09:30 AM	Break
09:30 AM - 10:30 AM	The Right of Access Rule: What is it and why should you care? - Dr. Michael Brody This session will discuss how a physician's office needs to respond to patient requests for medical records and what your responsibility is with your patients records after you retire. Discussion will include how to properly document your patients requests for information.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	A Podiatric Dermatology Refresh for the Practitioner - Dr. Tracey Vlahovic This session will review diagnostic techniques and the importance of obtaining a definitive diagnosis, discuss the latest regarding skin cancer, and the latest in new therapeutic agents.
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM	Lunch And Learn (Pickup Tickets in the Exhibit Hall) Non-CECH – Ohio Category I Choose from 3 Educational Presentations: Session A: Changing Paradigms in Wound Care with Lactate - Brock Liden, DPM \| Juniper A Session B: Elite Wound Care Consultants - Amniotic Fluid & Amniotic Membrane Application for in Office Use - Michael Schubyn, DPM \| Juniper B Session C: Legally Mine —Proper use of Legal Entities for Lawsuit Protection & Tax Reduction - Dave Gibb \| Juniper C
01:00 PM - 03:00 PM	Scientific Paper and Poster Competitions: Presentations from Podiatric Physician Residents
03:00 PM - 03:30 PM	Break
03:30 PM - 05:30 PM	PICA Risk Management Lecture - Dr. Michelle Butterworth Building Your Pre-Operative Blueprint: Tips for a More Successful Post Operative Patient Management Experience Objective: This session will review how to perform a thorough pre-operative assessment and evaluation of the patient to accomplish a successful surgical result. Discussion will include setting patient goals and expectations to achieve surgical success. The session will identify patient risk factors, including medical comorbidities and social parameters. Attendees will review how to conduct proper informed consent for the surgical patient, and how to complete adequate documentation to minimize legal risk for surgical patients.
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM	Welcome Reception

FRIDAY - May 19, 2023 - IN PERSON ONLY
07:00 AM - 07:30 AM	Registration
07:30 AM - 09:30 AM	Posterior Heel - Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico; Dr. Mark Hofbauer; Dr. Robert Mendicino; Dr. Ashley Mychak Objective: Attendees will be able to identify operative versus non-operative patients for the surgical reconstruction of the posterior heel. Attendees will be able to appropriately diagnosis posterior heel pain by the use of x-rays MRI and/or ultrasound. The audience will better understand how to treat the posterior heel non-operatively and better understand operative reconstruction of the posterior heel.
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM	Break Out Session: APMA Presents - Coding and Documentation - Faculty: Dr. Sarah Abshier and Dr. Jeffrey Lehrman Objective: The session will review current policy updates for the surgical treatment of nails. The session will review recent changes to podiatry relevant coding. Attendees will review and discuss recent updates for nails and calluses including routine foot care problems.
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Break - Break time depends on which session above you attend
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Break Out Session: APMA Presents - Coding and Documentation Cont'd - Faculty: Dr. Sarah Abshier and Dr. Jeffrey Lehrman Objective: The session will discuss pearls for wound care coding and documentation, and the importance of compliant bunionectomy coding. Attendees will discuss the new E&M changes and what your practice needs to know NOW!
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Podiatric Jeopardy - Faculty: Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico; Dr. Jeffrey Loveland; Dr. Robert Mendicino; Dr. Ashley Mychak Objective: The audience will be presented with questions in regard to a diagnosis or treatment plan. The audience will have the opportunity to participate and discuss alternative treatment methods. Faculty will share their thoughts and approaches to various trauma and pathology cases and discuss medical and surgical pathologies versus trauma and pathology cases.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Break Out Session: Improving Wound Care Outcomes Through Evidence Based Practices Faculty: Dr. Said Atway; Dr. Windy Cole; Dr. Richard Schilling Objective: This this three-part session will discuss wound care 101, advanced therapies in wound management, and important surgical principles in wound care. Part 1 – Wound Care 101 Objective: Attendees will get a thorough review of wound healing basics, wound care dressings and treatment modalities. The presentation will have some case studies to help connect all of the basics of wound care, dressings and treatment options. There will be time for discussion with the audience and questions from the audience. Part 2 – Advanced Therapies in Wound Management Objective: Attendees will review and discuss clinical experiences for advanced wound care modalities, and the presentation will provide an objective overview of the available advanced wound therapies and their potential utility. The presentation will make recommendations on the implementation of these therapies in wound management. Part 3 –Surgical Principles in Wound Care Objective: Attendees will review and discuss benefits of surgical intervention for complex foot and ankle deformities. Various surgical procedures for complex foot and ankle wounds for offloading, preserving, and optimizing foot and ankle function will be discussed including amputation techniques. Evidence based discussion along with future directions in limb preservation will be reviewed. The discussion will provide guidance for current and future directions in surgical limb preservation techniques.
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM	Exhibitor Marketplace Luncheon
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM	Reconstruction, Flaps and Trauma - Faculty: Moderator: Dr. Lawrence DiDomenico; Dr. Stephen Frania; Dr. Ashley Mychak; Dr. Amanda Quisno Objective: This session will review initial assessments for trauma of the foot including the hindfoot and ankle. The session will discuss procedural selection for local and regional flaps. Attendees will review different approaches for reconstruction of the foot and ankle.
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM	Break
03:00 PM - 05:30 PM	Case Presentations of Failed Surgery for Forefoot, Hindfoot, Ankle and Diabetics- Faculty: Dr. Stephen Frania; Dr. Mark Hofbauer; Dr. Jeffrey Loveland; Dr. Robert Mendicino; Dr. Ashley Mychak; Dr. Amanda Quisno Objective: Attendees will review the results of failed surgeries and how to approach future treatment options. Cases will include forefoot, hindfoot and ankle surgery gone wrong and the importance of a post-surgical assessment. Faculty will discuss complications for failed surgeries involving diabetic patients and treatment options to consider.

Seminar Chairs

Lawrence DiDomenico, DPM
Robert Mendicino, DPM

Staff Contact

Luci Ridolfo, CAE
OFAMF Executive Director
Phone: (614) 457-6269
Email: lridolfo@ohfama.org

Learning Objectives

Upon conclusion of the Annual Seminar, podiatric physicians will be able to:

Be knowledgeably informed or recall information regarding podiatric conditions, maladies or circumstances relating to the practice of medicine and podiatry;
Extrapolate by comprehension, understanding or perception the insight gained via lecture and discussion relating to the practice of medicine and podiatry;
Formulate or infer by application case relevance relating to the practice of medicine and podiatry;
Distinguish by analysis the appropriate modalities in the treatment, care and protocols of current trends, application and practices of medicine in podiatry;
Generalize, synthesize, or deduce by classification ways to develop treatment protocols based on current literature and evidenced based medicine;
Compare, contrast and evaluate judgment values for those ideas presented between medical and surgical applications

Disclosure

OFAMF maintains responsibility for the programming selection. To submit a speaker or workshop proposal please contact Luci Ridolfo, CAE.

Each speaker is required to disclose the existence of any financial and/or other relationships (i.e., employee, consultant, speaker’s bureau, grant recipient, research support) she or he might have with (a) manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) to be discussed during his/her presentation and/or (b) the commercial contributor(s) of the activity. Any such conflict will be announced by the individual introducing the speaker or by the speaker immediately preceding the lecture.

The Ohio Foot and Ankle Medical Foundation is approved by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education as a sponsor of continuing education in podiatric medicine.