Plan Your Experience: Tracks, Sessions & Key Dates
Throughout the summit, you can freely move between tracks. For example, you might spend your morning in a research-focused session and then join an industry panel in the main auditorium in the afternoon. This flexible schedule empowers you to create your own learning path each day.
IPAWS – APWCA Hybrid Wound Care Review Course
Exclusive Discount for Registered IPAWS 2025 Attendees - Saturday November, 15th
Enhance your wound care expertise with the IPAWS–APWCA 2025 Hybrid Wound Care Review Course, presented in partnership with WebCME. This unique learning experience combines flexible online modules with a live, in-person session on Saturday morning, November 15, 2025 — immediately following the IPAWS Summit in New Orleans.
As an IPAWS attendee, you’ll unlock exclusive discounted pricing:
$499 IPAWS ticket + $395 course fee (normally $595)
Whether you’re preparing for certification, refreshing your clinical skills, or expanding your wound care knowledge, this course offers 9 CME/CEU credits, 12 comprehensive sessions, and practical, evidence-based insights from world-leading faculty.
What You’ll Gain
Flexible Hybrid Learning – Start online, finish with live, hands-on training in New Orleans.
Expert-Led Sessions – Learn from top physicians, nurses, and podiatrists in the field.
Evidence-Based Content – Master wound assessment, classification, treatment, and advanced therapies.
Certification Preparation – Includes practice exams and test-taking strategies.
📅 Course Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025 (live conclusion)
📍 Location: New Orleans, LA
The International Post-Acute Wound Care Society & Tissue Repair Summit 2025 spans two days (November 13–14, 2025), with a welcome event the evening of Tuesday, November 12. The comprehensive program is structured into three dedicated tracks, offering a focused perspective on tissue repair, ensuring that attendees gain deep insights into their areas of interest. Sessions run in parallel across these tracks, and all participants are free to move between them - allowing you to tailor your summit experience by choosing the talks and workshops most relevant to your practice.
Program Overview
Three dedicated tracks
Track 1 - Tissue Repair Evidence: Focuses on breakthrough research and clinical evidence in tissue repair, highlighting cutting-edge findings from recent trials (e.g. advances in cellular and acellular therapies)
Track 2 - Post-Acute & Mobile Wound Care: Explores innovations in post-acute wound management and mobile wound care, addressing new challenges and emerging care models in this rapidly growing sector
Track 3 - Main Auditorium (Plenary Sessions): Features all-encompassing sessions relevant to all wound care professionals—acute and post-acute clinicians, researchers, industry, and academics. These plenary talks and panels cover broad topics like regulatory preparedness, publishing real-world evidence, intelligent therapy selection, and professional collaboration
Day-by Day Schedule
Day 1 – Choose Your Track (Three Running Concurrently)
Thursday, November 13
The Summit opens with three focused tracks, allowing attendees to tailor their learning journey:
Track 1: Tissue Repair & Breakthrough Research
Latest evidence, clinical trials, and innovations in regenerative medicine and CAMPsTrack 2: Post-Acute & Mobile Wound Care
Practical tools, mobile delivery models, and post-acute strategies for modern wound careTrack 3: Main Auditorium – Cross-Disciplinary Content
Broad topics including payer perspectives, audit preparedness, and collaboration across acute and post-acute care
Sponsor-led sessions are integrated throughout the day across tracks.
Poster Reception – “Wine & Wounds”
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
End Day 1 by connecting with authors and peers at our dedicated poster session, featuring abstracts accepted for publication in the International Journal of Tissue Repair (IJTR).
Day 2 – Plenary Sessions in the Main Auditorium
Friday, November 14
Day 2 brings the entire Summit together for a full day of Main Auditorium sessions—focusing on big-picture issues, system-wide innovation, and tying together the acute and post-acute care continuum.
Topics include:
Payer and coverage updates
Publication of real-world evidence
Intelligent therapy selection
Interdisciplinary panels and faculty debates
Sponsor sessions and networking continue throughout the day.
Poster Reception & Networking Opportunities
Beyond the scheduled talks, the Summit program includes ample opportunities for networking and informal learning. A highlight is the “Wine & Wounds” poster reception, an early-evening gathering where delegates can browse research posters, discuss findings with presenters, and enjoy refreshments in a collegial atmosphere. In addition, dedicated networking breaks and an evening social event in New Orleans provide relaxed settings to connect with peers and experts. These social and networking sessions are integral to the summit experience, fostering collaboration and allowing attendees to engage with leaders in wound care outside the conference rooms.
With its three-track, two-day format and rich mix of educational and networking events, the International Post-Acute Wound Care & Tissue Repair Summits 2025 offers a dynamic, customizable experience. Whether your focus is cutting-edge tissue repair research or practical post-acute care solutions, the program’s structure lets you explore all facets of wound care - and shape an agenda that best suits your professional goals.
Comprehensive Learning
Engage in three specialised tracks covering the latest in tissue repair breakthroughs, post-acute and mobile wound care innovations, and more.
Why Visit
Earn 12 CME Credits
Enhance your professional development with accredited sessions led by industry experts.
Networking Opportunities
Connect with leading professionals, researchers, and peers in the field of wound care and tissue repair.
Exclusive Journal Access
Be part of the launch of the International Journal of Tissue Repair (IJTR), with complimentary subscriptions for all attendees.
Meet the Speakers
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Thomas Serena, CEO and Medical Director
SerenaGroup Inc and SerenaGroup Research Foundation
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William O’Malley
Engage Health Solutions
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Martha Kelso, RN, CHWS, DAPWCA, HBOT
Program President, IPaws & Tissue Repair Summit. Chief Regulatory Officer, Wound Care Plus, LLC
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Gregory Bohn, MD, FACS, ABPM/UHM, MAPWCA, FAAWC
Surgeon and Wound Physician
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William Tettelbach, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA Chief Medical Officer
RestorixHealth
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Lynnette Morrison
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Mitch Sanders
Wound Care Expert, Chief Executive Officer, Lecturer, and Author
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Zweli Tunyiswa
Healthcare Entrepreneur
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Naz Wahab, MD
CEO WCE Specialty
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Ryan P Dirks
PA-C CEO, Founder United Wound Healing
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Brett Chatman
Lower Extremity Foot & Ankle Surgeon at The Hospital University of Pennsylvania
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Kari Harman
Owner/VP of Business at HealWell Health Care Solutions, LLC
Secure Your Spot at IPAWS 2025
Join leading clinicians, researchers, and innovators in wound care for three days of CME-accredited sessions, real-world data, and global networking — all for just $499.
This is your chance to:
Access exclusive insights from world-renowned faculty
Earn CME credits across dedicated tracks
Connect with peers and industry leaders at The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans