Below are links to the presentations from the APMA 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting (The National).

Please note that not all of the presentations will be listed if we have not received permission from the speaker.

Thursday, July 11

• Track 1: Disparities
• What Are Health-Care Disparities?
• Tools to Treat and Resources Available and How the National Medical Association Earmarks Health Disparities
• Track 2: Wound Care
• Mastering the Foundation of Wound Healing Using ABCESS
• When the Best is Not Enough: Options for the Slow-to-Heal Wound
• Track 3: Forefoot and Midfoot Surgical Techniques
• Metatarsal Osteotomies: Key Considerations and Avoiding Pitfalls 
• Midfoot Arthrodesis: When is it Necessary?
• Applying Deformity Principles to Foot Surgery
• Stability versus Compression with Relation to Fixation
• Young Physicians’ Lunch and Learn (Non-CECH)
• Biomechanical Considerations in Limb Salvage Surgery
• Use of an Intramedullary Nail with Internal NiTiNOL Compression Element in Salvage Tibiotalocalcaneal Arthrodesis: Case Series of 19 Patients
• Proximal Rotational Osteotomy in Correction of Hallux Valgus Deformity versus Translational Osteotomies: Why is it Better?
• Plenary Lecture—Biopsies: A Patient Safety Perspective 
• Biopsies: A Patient Safety Perspective
• Track 1: Public Health and Physician Well-Being
• Overview of Physician Health Programs and APMA’s Physicians’ Recovery Network
• Physician Burnout: The Path to Well-Being
• Strategies for Stress Management: Preventing Burnout in the Workplace
• Failure and Mindset
• Track 2: Limb Preservation
• Common Bugs and Drugs in the Infected Limb Salvage Patient
• Track 3: Imaging
• Diagnostic Ultrasound for the Assessment of Joint Pathology
• Radiographic Evaluation of Flatfoot Deformities: How Imaging of the Foot and Ankle Can Assist in Both Conservative and Surgical Management of this Complex Disorder
• MRI: Top Five Hit Parade

Assistants' Program

• Radiology and Pathology
• Welcome from ASPMA President
• Radiographic Positioning of the Foot and Ankle
• Lower Extremity Skin Cancer—10-Year Review of 15,000 Podiatry Malignancies
• Promoting and Protecting Your Practice
• How Patients and Doctors are Using the Internet and Social Media for Medical Information Research
• Phishing Attacks in Your Medical Practice
• Medical Marketing

Friday, July 12

• Breakfast Symposium 2: Lateral Ankle—Injury, Scope, and Stabilization
• Lateral Ankle Instability—Surgical Considerations
• Track 1: Biomechanics
• Lower-Extremity Biomechanics in the 21st Century
• To 3D Scan or Plaster Cast for Prescription Orthotics
• Orthotic Prescription Writing
• Track 2: Dermatology
• Vasculitis
• Track 3: Surgical Blitz
• The Cotton Osteotomy
• Revisional Scar Techniques
• Advancements in the Treatment of Calcaneal Fractures
• Midfoot Arthritis: Lateral Column Considerations
• Achilles Tendon Repairs
• Non-CECH AAPPM Practice Management Lunch and Learn
• The Comprehensive Podiatric Marketing Plan

Participating Organization Tracks—1:30–3:30 p.m.

• Session 1-A: Important Topics in Podiatric Medicine: Inflammatory Joint Diseases and Pedal Neuropathic Pain
• The Use of Glial Modifiers in the Management of Pedal Neuropathic Pain
• Session 2: Sports for All Seasons
• 36 Years of Plantar Fasciitis in the NBA
• Running Shoe Update 2019
• Biomechanics of Winter Sports—Skiing, Snowboarding, Ski Boot, and Cross-Country
• Running Injuries in the Older Runner
• Session 3: Trauma, Reconstructive Surgery, Limb Salvage, and Wound Care 
• Midfoot Charcot Reconstruction
• Spatial Frequency Domain Imaging: It is Time to Evolve From the ABI
• Syndesmosis Repair: Screw Fixation
• Session 1-B: Importance of the Forefoot in Lower-Extremity Pediatric Chief Complaints
• What to Expect When You Are Expecting: More Pediatric Patients—Common Pediatric Pathology and Management, Conservative and Surgical
• Current Trends in Pediatric Sports Medicine: Increase in Popularity, Increase in Injury Management

Participating Organization Tracks—3:30–5:30 p.m.

• Session 1: Excellence in Treatment of the Female Podiatric Patient
• Morphological and Age-Related Considerations in the Female Podiatric Patient
• Biomechanics in the Female Podiatric Patient
• Narcotic Update and Pain Management in the Female Podiatric Patient
• The Impact of Gender Bias in Medicine
• Session 2: Keys To Managing a Successful Podiatric Practice
• How to Run an Efficient Practice When the Doctor is Inefficient
• When You Can and When You Cannot Code an E/M at the Same Time as a Procedure
• Communication Protocols for Improving Patient Outcomes

Assistants' Program

• Clinical Medicine
• Total Contact Casting
• The Nuts and Bolts of Wound Care
• The 411 on 911—Medical Emergencies in the Podiatry Office
• Miscellaneous Topics
• Risk Management
• Positive Mindset
• Preventing Burnout in the Workplace
• Failure To Communicate
• Successful Communication Between Front and Back Office
• Black Belt in Office Management

Saturday, July 13

• Track 1: Oral Abstracts
• At the Tip of the Spear: Allowing Evidence-Based Medicine to Influence your Approach to Patient Care
  • Is There Any Added Value of the Akin Osteotomy in Hallux Valgus Corrective Surgery? An Analysis of Patient-Centered Outcomes in 92 Subjects
  • Charcot Reconstruction versus Transtibial Amputation versus Bracing for Non-Plantigrade Charcot Foot Neuroarthropathy: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
  • Differences in Microbiomes Between Intact Diabetic Skin, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, and Non-Diabetic Skin
  • Rotational Flaps in Complicated Partial Foot Amputation: A Retrospective Review to Assess Initial Healing and Flap Survival
  • Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Groups in Reducing Major Amputation Rate in Adults with Diabetes: A Systematic Review
  • Biomarker Discovery for Prediction of Healing versus Non-Healing Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers
• Track 2: Pain Management
• Opioid Therapy Update
• Medical Cannabis Update
• Medical Cannabis for Pain Management
• Track 3: Surgical Blitz
• Is the Lapidus for Frontal Plane Bunion Correction Necessary?
• Plastic Techniques for Circular Defects
• Lisfranc Injuries
• Arthroscopy Indications: OCD, Decision Making
• Anatomic Safe Zones for Skinny Wire Placement with External Fixators
• Forget the Plantar Plate—A New Approach to Flexor Tendon Transfers
• Plantar Midfoot Osteotomy to Address Midfoot Charcot Neuorarthropathy
• Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Ankle: When is Minimal Too Much?
• Students' and Residents' Program (Non-CECH)
  • Medical Student/Residency Stress and Best Practices for De-Stressing
• Young Physicians' Lunch and Learn (Non-CECH)
  • Acute Talus Injuries
  • Management of Infected Intramedullary Nails in Foot and Ankle Surgery
  • Subtalar Arthroscopy: Emerging Concepts and Surgical Pearls
• Plenary Lecture
  • Best CLI Trial
• Controversy Debates
• Residency Directors
• Why Surgical Management for The Charcot Foot & Ankle?
• AGAINST The Lateral Release in Hallux Valgus Surgery
• Former Residents
• Achilles Tendon Ruptures: Surgical Repair
• Charcot Neuroarthropathy: Conservative Management
• PRO Lateral Release in Hallux Valgus Surgery

Assistants' Program

• The Smart Office
• DME Update
• APMA Health Policy and Practice Compliance Update
• Reading X-Rays for the Advanced Assistant

Sunday, July 14

• Harry Goldsmith, DPM Memorial Coding Seminar
  • DME Update
  • Ethics
  • Coding Compliance and Documentation for Common Foot and Ankle Services