REGIONAL MEETING SERIES:
Miramar Beach, Florida
Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort | Miramar Beach
December 12, 2026
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
This multidisciplinary course is designed to improve awareness, early recognition, referral pathways, and limb salvage outcomes in patients with
Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) and high-risk lower extremity wounds.
In addition to vascular proceduralists, the course aims to reach frontline providers who commonly encounter these patients first—including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, podiatrists, wound care specialists, wound care nurses and technicians, home health teams, primary care providers, urgent care clinicians, emergency department personnel, and residents in Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, General Surgery, and Family Medicine.
Through concise, high-yield lectures and interactive case discussions, the course intends to strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration, accelerate appropriate vascular referrals, optimize wound care coordination, and reduce preventable amputations across the Pensacola region and surrounding underserved Gulf Coast communities. While the program is educational rather than device-focused, industry partners will meaningfully increase awareness of contemporary limb-salvage pathways, timely revascularization, advanced wound care, and the broader implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies.
Advance Registration
by November 19th
$50
MD, DO, DPM
$25
NP, PA, RN, RT, Other
Onsite Registration
November 20th – Onsite
$75
MD, DO, DPM
$50
NP, PA, RN, RT, Other
Session I – Why Limbs are Lost
Moderators: Foluso Fakorede, MD and Kimia Sohrabi, DPM
| 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks: Building a Limb Salvage Team | Zola N’Dandu, MD |
| 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM | CLI / CLTI Epidemiology, the Amputation Crisis, and Why Limbs Are Still Lost | Foluso Fakorede, MD |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Foot-Sparing Amputation Strategies: From Toe to Chopart | Maxim Savard, DPM |
| 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM | Saving the Limb Is Not Enough: Modern Physical Therapy Strategies for Mobility, Compression, and Functional Recovery | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Metabolic Optimization in CLI/CLTI: The Role of the Endocrinologist Beyond Glycemic Control in Limb Preservation | William Dixon, MD |
| 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM | Closing the Amputation Disparity Gap: Geographic, Racial, Gender, and Economic Barriers | Foluso Fakorede, MD |
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | Superficial and Deep Venous Disease: Common, Overlooked, and Clinically Important | Rohit Amin, MD |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Break/Exhibits |
Session II – Diagnosis and Medical Optimization
Moderators: Brian Benson, DPM and Maxim Savard, DPM
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Screening and Advanced Imaging To Identify PAD and CLI / CLTI in Everyday Practice | Michael Hogan, MD |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Medical Therapy and Cardiovascular Screening That Changes Outcomes | Sergey Kachur, MD |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | The Infected Ischemic Foot: Osteomyelitis, Source Control, and Limb Salvage | Pool J. Tobar Vega, MD |
| 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM | Speaking The Same Language in CLI / CLTI: A Pathway to Unified Limb-Salvage Care | Maxim Savard, DPM |
| 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 11:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Lunch Buffet / Exhibits | |
| 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM | Lunch Symposium |
Session III – Revascularization
Moderator: Michael Hogan, MD
| 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Endovascular Strategies in CLI / CLTI | William Dixon, MD |
| 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Surgical & Hybrid Revascularization: Open and Endovascular Approaches | Michael Hogan, MD |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Below-the-Knee Into the Foot Revascularization in 2026: How Far Can We Reconstruct Before Amputation | William Dixon, MD |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Deep Venous Arterialization for No-Option CLI / CLTI: The New Frontier | Zola N’Dandu, MD |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Revascularization Is Only the Beginning: Optimizing Wound Healing and Modifiable Factors for Limb Salvage | Brian Benson, DPM |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Break / Exhibits |
Session IV – Limb Preservation and Reconstruction
Moderator: Kimia Sohrabi, DPM
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Timing of Debridement and Revascularization in CLI / CLTI: Understanding Wound-to-Flow | Brian Benson, DPM |
| 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Plastic Reconstruction, Grafts, Tissue Coverage, and Adjunct Therapies for Wound Healing | Kimia Sohrabi, DPM |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | From Limb Threat to Mobility Restoration: Orthopedic Perspectives on Rehabilitation and Prosthetics | Eugene Dabezies, MD |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Limb Salvage: Evidence, Reality, and the Right Patient | Heather Schuster, PA-C |
| 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Advanced Wound Healing After Revascularization: Technologies, Biologics, and Adjunctive Therapies | Matthew Cummins, DPM |
| 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Saving the Charcot Limb: Acute Intervention and Chronic Reconstruction | Kimia Sohrabi, DPM |
| 4:15 PM – 4:25 PM | Q&A / Panel Discussion | |
| 4:25 PM – 4:35 PM | Break / Network |
Session V – Final Case Based Multidisciplinary Panel
Moderators: Foluso Fakorede, MD and Michael Hogan, MD
| 4:35 PM – 4:50 PM | Complex Surgical Management of Hindfoot Ulcers-Can This Limb Be Saved? | Kimia Sohrabi, DPM |
| 4:50 PM – 5:05 PM | PM CLI / CLTI with Mixed Arterial and Venous Disease-What Should be Treated First? | Zola N’Dandu, MD |
| 5:05 PM – 5:20 PM | Hail Mary Procedure for Limb Salvage: Tibial Transverse Transport | Kimia Sohrabi, DPM |
| 5:20 PM – 5:30 PM | When to Refer CLI / CLTI Patients and Closing Remarks to Adjourn | Zola N’Dandu, MD |
Zola N’Dandu, MD
Course Director
Interventional Cardiology
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Kimia Sohrabi, DPM
Course Co-Director
Podiatric Surgeon
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Michael Hogan, MD
Course Co-Director
Vascular Surgeon
Vascular Assoc. of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
Rohit Amin, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Brian Benson, DPM
Podiatrist
Beauregard Health System
Leesville, LA
Matthew Cummings, DPM
Podiatrist
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Eugene Dabezies, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
William Dixon, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Tallahassee, FL
Foluso Fakarede, MD
Interventional Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Solutions of Central MS
Cleveland, MS
Sergey Kachur, MD
Cardiologist
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Natalia Rocha, MD
Cardiologist
Southern Medical Group
Tallahassee, FL
Maxim Savard, DPM
Podiatrist
Ochsner Health System
New Orleans, LA
Heather Schuster, PA-C
Wound Management Specialist
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
Pool J. Tobar Vega, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist
Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola, FL
9300 Emerald Coast Parkway W.,
Miramar Beach, FL 32550
+1 (800) 320-8115
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