Wound Care Learning Network Congratulates SAWC Fall 2023 Award Winners

The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Fall 2023 took place in Las Vegas, NV, last November. A total of 246 abstracts across 6 categories were presented at the conference. The Wound Care Learning Network would like to acknowledge the outstanding efforts of the following award winners:

Oral Abstract

1st Place: CR-025 Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy for the Treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis-associated Venous Leg Ulcers

Nicolas J. Mouawad, MD, MPH, MBA, FSVS, FRCS, FACS, RPVI

2nd Place: HE-003 Comparative Effectiveness Analyses With and Without Advanced Skin Substitutes Products for Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU’S)

Urvi Desai, PhD; J. Bradford Rice, PhD; Jian-Yu E , ScD; Serena Kongara, MPH; Justin Chun, MHS; and Robert S. Kirsner, MD, PhD

3rd Place: CR-001 Pressure Injury Risk Prediction with Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence

Jenny Alderden, PhD, APRN; Katie Brookes, DNP, RN; Susan Kennerly, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FAAN; Andrew Wilson, PhD, MSTAT; Jace Johnny, DNP, RN; Yunchuan Zhao, PhD, RN; and Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN

Top Scoring Case Series Study:

CS-020 Utilization of Transforming Powder Dressing for Managing Peristomal Wound and Mucus Fistula in a Neonate after Omphalocele Repair

Rosalyn Barnabee, BSN, WON; Tammy Jensen-Lichtman, BSN, CWON; and Jeisanec Cedeno, BSN, RN

Top Scoring Clinical Research:

CR-005 Clinical evaluation of a charged fiber based desloughing dressing on wounds at risk/with clinical signs of infection: results of a prospective, multicenter study in pediatric patients.

Debashish Chakravarthy, PhD; Joachim Dissemond, MD; and Serge Bohbot, MD

Top Scoring Evidence Based Practice:

EBP-001 (GR-007) Retrospective Descriptive Analysis of Transforming Powder Dressing in 70 Patients with Hard-To-Heal Wounds

Natalia Kirsten, MD; Susan Rolniak St. John, MSN, APRN-NP; Sandra Wolf, MSc; and Matthias Augustin, MD

Top Scoring Health Economics:

(HE-005) The Cost and Patient Benefits of a Bioengineered Acrylic Adhesive Sacral Foam Dressing in Long-Term Care Patient

Denise Anderson, RN, WCC; and Felicia Haines, RN

Top Scoring Laboratory Research:

LR-006 Hypochlorous Acid Wound Solution Dissolves Materials within artificial eschar, penetrating it to Inactivate Bacterial Biofilms

Debashish Chakravarthy, PhD; Rui Chen, PhD; Marcus Swan, PhD; Fergus Watson, PhD; and Steven L Percival, PhD 

Top Scoring Practice Innovations:

PI-017 Sustainable Success: Implementing an Infrared Thermography Scanning Protocol in Acute Care

Roxanne M O’Sullivan ,BSN, RN, CWOCN; Kellie Buccetti, BSN, RN, CWOCN; Kimberlee Cheney, BA, BSN, RN, CWOCN; Barbara Falkowski, BSN, RN, CWCN; Suzanne Miller, BSN, RN, CWCN; and Lisa Q Corbett, DNP, APRN, CWOCN

In addition, we congratulate the authors of the following abstracts, which were nominated for the People’s Choice Award:

Winner:

(CS-156) Documenting Healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using Mobile Multispectral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy: A Case Series

Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS

Nominees:

(CS-044) Home Care Patients: Thinking Outside The (Compression) Box

Laura Chevreaux, PT, MPT, CLWT, WCC; and Suzie Ehmann, PT, DPT, PhD(c), CWS, CLWT, CLT-LANA

(CS-073) Case Presentation of Pydomera Gangrenosum with Collagenase and Sodium Hypochlorite Gel

Ryan Huang, DO, CWSP; Lucas Belmore; Kevin Lau, MD; Lucinda Lu; and Matthew Martin, DO, ACOFP

(CS-082) Disrupting the Wound Management Paradigm: two new tools in the tool box

Traci A Kimball, MD, MBA, CWSP

(CS-100) Excision of an Accessory Sesamoid of the Hallux as a Treament for a Chronic, Recurrent Toe Ulceration

Patrick McEneaney, DPM, FACFAS, AAPWCA; Kimberly Nolan, DPM; Pete Lovato, DPM, FACFAS; and Rimi Statkus, DPM, FACFAS

(CS-110) Detecting deep tissue pressure injuries in an inpatient setting using mobile multispectral near infrared imaging: a case series

Alisha Oropallo, MD; Amit Rao, MD; Jo Ann Eisinger, PA; Marisa Ranire-Maguire, MD; Christina Del Pin, MD; Kane Genser, MD; and Gregg Landis, MD

(CS-123) Assessing a wound’s neovascularization in real time using multispectral near-infrared imaging

Matthew Regulski, DPM, FRCPS-Glasgow; Jose L. Ramirez-Garcialuna, MD, PhD; and Karen Cross, MD, PhD, FRCSC

(CS-134) Treatment of Post-Traumatic, Fracture Blister Necrosis and Morel-Lavallée Lesion-related Wounds Using Ultra-Thick, Cryopreserved Human Amniotic Membrane Allograft

Christopher Stewart, MD

(CS-153) When Nothing Else Works: Proposal for an Unfair Wound Product Evaluation

Lee Ruotsi, MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM; Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS; and Melodie Blakely, DPT, MS, CWS

(CR-003) The Impact of Underlying Conditions and Comorbidities on Patient Quality of Life Characterized by Utility Values

Marissa J. Carter, PhD, MA; Kristen A. Eckert, MPhil; and Caroline E. Fife, MD

(EBP-006) Implementing A Mechanical Debridement Protocol Process Improvement Plan

Annette Gwilliam, BSN, RN, CWON, ACHRN; and Becky Greenwood, BSN, RN, CWOCN

(HE-004) Improving access to wound care, a patient Caring Access program using the first Human Keratin matrix.

Walaya Methodius-Rayford, MD, MBA, CWSP; Allison Ramey-Ward, PhD; Sharon Smart; and James Poindexter, MD, FACS

(LR-007) TEM-PCR Technology in Microbial Challenges; Anti-Microbial Hydrogel Demonstrating Genomic Bacteriocidal Activity

Timothy Ganey; Boris Gorinshteyn; and Margaret Ganey

(PI-011) Early Experience with a Novel Vibrating Mechanical Debridement Tool for use on Diabetic Ulcers

Bheki Khumalo, DPM, MS

(PI-021) Measurement of Tissue Oxygenation and Temperature in Chronic Wounds Treated with Cyclical Pressurized Topical Oxygen Therapy

Matthew Regulski, DPM, FFPM RCPS (Glasgow), ABMSP