Conference Chairman
William J. Ennis, DO, MBA
Professor of Surgery,
University of Illinois at Chicago

Director of Wound Care,
St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound & Disease Management
St. James Hospital & Health Centers

Roy L. Adair, MD
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL

Leah Amir, MS, MHA
Institute for Quality Resource Management
St. Louis, MO

John Andreoni, MD
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL

Christopher E. Attinger, MD
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Martin Borhani, MD
University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Michael D. Brncick, M.Ed., CPO
Northwestern University Prosthetics - Orthotics Center
Chicago, IL

Kara S. Couch, MS, CRNP, CWS
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Paul DeFrino, MD
Parkview Musculoskeletal Institute
Chicago, IL

Luisa DiPietro, DDS, PhD
Center for Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry
Chicago, IL

Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Eric Elster, MD
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda, MD

Ramasamy Kalimuthu, MD
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn, IL

Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL

Claudia Lee, MPT
St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management
Olympia Fields, IL

William W. Li, MD
The Angiogenesis Foundation
Cambridge, MA

Douglas W. Losordo, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL

William A. Marston, MD
University of North Carolina, Wound Healing/Limb Salvage Center
Chapel Hill, NC

Phillip T. Marucha, PhD, DMD
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Patricio Meneses, PhD
St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management
Olympia Fields, IL

Elaine Papineau, APN
St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management
Olympia Fields, IL

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Schaum and Associates
Lake Worth, FL

Susie Seaman, NP, MSN, CWOCN
Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group
San Diego, CA

Chandan K. Sen, PhD
Ohio State University Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Shishir V. Shah, DO, CWS
Accelecare
Scottsdale, AZ

John S. Steinberg, DPM
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Wesley Valdes, DO
St. James Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management
Olympia Fields, IL