YDEF Diabetic Foot Course 2023 Programme

YDEF 2024

Please note, this programme and timings are provisional and subject to change

Monday 5th February 2024  
Time Content Speaker
09:00-09:45 Registration  
09:45-09:55 Welcome and Introduction

Gordon Sloan, YDEF Committee Member

09:55-10:10 

Living with a Diabetic Foot

 – Patient participant

Chair: Rajiv Gandhi
10:10-10:50 Diabetic Neuropathy: The strongest risk factor for the diabetic foot Professor Solomon Tesfaye, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
10:50-11:20 An update on the management of Painful-Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Dr Dinesh Selvarajah, University of Sheffield
11:20-11:30 Break

 

11:30-12:00 Dealing with the scale of Diabetic Foot Disease Dr Prash Vas, Kings College London Hospital
12:00-12:40 Interventions which improve wound healing Professor Fran Game, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust 
12:40-13:10 Managing the Charcot Foot Dr Nina Petrova Kings College London Hospital
13:10-13:55 Lunch

 

13:55-15:40 Symposium: Multi-disciplinary team management of Diabetic Foot Chair: Prashantha Vas
13:55-14:25 Role of the specialist podiatrist in the diabetic foot clinic Maureen Bates, Kings College London Hospital
14:25-14:55 The expanding role of orthopaedic surgeons in diabetic foot surgery Prof Raju Ahluwalia Kings College London Hospital
14:55-15:25 Role of the vascular surgeon in the contemporary management of the diabetic limb Mr Hany Zayed, Kings College London Hospital
15:25-15:40 Discussion  
15:40-15:50 Break

 

15:50-16:20 Building a world class diabetes foot service - Lessons from Sheffield

Chair: Dinesh Selvarajah

Dr Rajiv Gandhi, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

16:20-17:00 Keynote Lecture: An overview of diabetic foot care over the last 40 years Professor Andrew Boulton, University of Manchester
17:00-17:05

Closing