#  Lower Extremity: Innovations and Discovery 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **March 27, 2015** 

 08:00AM - 05:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Rotunda Room, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

Wyss Annual Diabetes Symposium

Please [click here](http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewevent/413) to register and learn more.

Diabetic foot problems significantly impair the quality of life of diabetic patients. Each year in the United States, these complications lead to more than 750,000 new diabetic foot ulcers and 70,000 lower extremity amputations. Our inaugural one-day symposium will promote better understanding of the unmet management needs of Diabetic Lower Extremity (DLE) complications and the new therapeutic approaches that are currently under development.

**Main objectives are as follows:**

- Provide an overview of current and unmet management of DLE complications caused by reduced blood supply and/or neuropathic damage;
- Discuss new developments in basic, translational and biomaterial research that impacts DLE management;
- Explore new therapeutic approaches, from early pre-clinical to late clinical stage of development through presentations from leaders in academia and in the biotechnology industry;
- Identify possible areas of collaboration between academia and industry.

**Who should attend this symposium?**

- Physicians involved in DLE management (general, vascular and plastic surgeons, podiatrists, diabetologists, ID specialists, neurologists, wound care specialists);
- Scientists and engineers involved in fundamental or translational biomaterial research; and
- R&D personnel from small and large pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involved in the development of new therapeutic approaches for DLE.  
      
    ## Poster Abstract Submission
    
    The symposium organizers welcome poster submissions. Posters that address the biology, management and treatment of diabetic lower extremity complications, including new potential therapeutic strategies will be considered.
    
    Click [**HERE**](http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/552) for poster abstract requirements. Authors that are chosen to presents posters will be notified via email by **Tuesday, February 16, 2015**.
    
    If you would like to submit a poster abstract for consideration, please submit it [**HERE**](http://fs17.formsite.com/wyssinstitute/form53/index.html). **(*Only abstracts submitted through this online form will be accepted.*)**
    
    Top posters will receive awards.
    
    Contact information:<info@wyss.harvard>.edu617.432.7038



 

 



 

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