Over the past several years, Iceland has emerged as a vibrant medical and scientific innovation center, with Kerecis at the forefront of wound healing and tissue repair.
The Northern Lights Wound Workshop is the leading scientific workshop for advancing the knowledge of the utility of fish skin grafts for managing chronic wounds and lower extremity injuries. The scientific workshop entry is competition-based. The exchange of ideas is fostered between all attendees during this exclusive small-capacity event, where attendees present their findings.
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This event takes place in February 2025 Reykjavik, Iceland
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The Northern Lights Wound Workshop allows peers of eligible providers to exchange clinical application techniques for educational purpose of use of fish skin grafts.
Physicians
Podiatrists
Mid-level Practitioner
Registration for this event is closed.
Confirmation of registration does not guarantee your seat at the workshop. Attendance is determined through the evaluation of case/abstract submissions.
Medical professionals are eligible if the following specialty and procedures are relevant to their practice:
Residents are eligible to submit for the resident award. Residents selected as winners will receive an educational grant to attend a national conference in their home country.
Attendees must actively participate in the entire symposium, discussions, and active feedback by answering follow-up questions.
Kerecis covers standard-fare air travel, meals, and lodging for attendees for the duration of the workshop. Travel has to be booked by Kerecis; self-booked travel arrangements will not be reimbursed. Kerecis does not pay for family members and/or spouses. Government employees are only eligible to participate in this event with prior written approval.
Kerecis will only cover cost of selected eligible attendees for educational benefits.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at cshea@kerecis.com or medaffairs@kerecis.com
Aurora Awards: Outpatient Wound and Lower Extremity Surgery
Case Series will be blindly reviewed by an external review committee.
Notifications of decisions for Outpatient wound and Lower extremity by November 2024.
Dr. John C. Lantis II is currently the site Chief and Professor of Surgery at Mount Sinai West Hospital, and the Icahn School of Medicine; in mid-town Manhattan where he practices as a senior vascular surgeon.
He attained the academic rank of Professor of Surgery first at Columbia University in 2013, and subsequently in 2014 at the Icahn School of Medicine. In addition, as co-chair of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Value Analysis Committee, he has served on the corporate steering committee for value analysis since 2014.
Dr. Lantis has been a principal investigator on over 70 clinical trials; including having participated in most of the lower extremity stem cell therapy trials. He is the Clinical Editor of WOUNDS and sits on the editorial boards of most of the major Wound journals. He is the past president of the New York Vascular Surgery Society, a founding member of the American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery, and the Vascular Study Group of New York.
Dr. Hanley is board certified in family medicine, wound care, undersea and hyperbaric medicine. Additionally, she is recognized as a Wound Care Certified Physician Specialist by the American Board of Wound Management. She received her medical degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine and completed residency at Kent Hospital in Rhode Island.
As the Medical Director for Roper Saint Francis Healthcare’s wound care and hyperbaric and undersea medicine departments, she plays a crucial role in providing top-notch care to her patients. Dr. Hanley is an active member of various wound care and hyperbaric medicine societies and serves as the editor in chief of the StatPearls Board Review for Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Anthony Tickner, DPM, FACCWS, FRCPS is a board-certified wound care surgeon, trained at Saint Vincent Hospital, UMASS Medical Center and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. In addition to holding an advanced certificate of added qualification in limb salvage through the American Board of Podiatric Medicine, he is also fellowed at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, the AACWS, APCWS, APWH, and the ADFS.
Dr. Tickner is a highly sought after international wound care consultant and the Medical Director of both the Saint Vincent Hospital Wound Healing Center in Worcester, MA as well as the amputation prevention and limb reconstruction services at Associated Foot Specialists in various locations in Massachusetts.
Dr. Tickner is currently the Vice President of the Massachusetts Foot & Ankle Society and on the ABPM committee for limb salvage and amputation prevention.
He has published numerous works in the fields of Podiatric surgery, reconstruction, wound management, offloading, compression therapy as well as many other aspects of the hard-to-heal patient.
“The Northern Lights Wound Workshop represents the very edge of medical advancements in regenerative wound management using fish skin. During the workshop we will showcase, share, and discuss various approaches and results that support the ever-expanding use of our medical devices. I look forward to meaningful contributions of all participants from around the world.”
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Founder and CEO
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