University of Missouri’s Show-Me ECHO program has formed a multidisciplinary partnership of experts and community health care providers to create a Foot Preservation ECHO. Through education, prevention and limb salvage, this ECHO will improve care for patients with foot and lower-extremity lesions. The ECHO’s expert team will offer collaborative and interactive online learning sessions the first Wednesday of each month from 12 to 1 p.m. Click here to download the ECHO flyer. Click below to register.
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Goals and Objectives
- Develop a pathway for health care providers to diagnose and recognize various etiologies of foot conditions and treat locally when feasible.
- Optimize protocols, documentation and reimbursement by health care providers for management (including debridement) of diabetic foot, arterial and venous ulceration, and other foot-related conditions.
- Assist, when requested, with local management, reciprocal transition of patients, and improvement of accessibility to specialty care, when necessary.
Topics for Case-Based Learning and Discussion
This ECHO’s case-based learning sessions will address such topics as:
- Foot ulcer identification
- Diagnosis and management of foot emergencies
- Basic diabetic foot exams
- Primary prevention: diabetes control, nephropathy and peripheral vascular disease
- Debridement and how to do it
- Charcot foot
What Does This ECHO Offer?
- No cost continuing education for professionals
- Collaboration, support and ongoing learning with specialist physicians and other experts
- Patients get better care in their community
- No cost to participating sites or individuals
Meet the Expert Team
Naveen Balasundaram, MD, Vascular Surgeon, University of Missouri Health Care
Keith Beauchamp, DPM, Podiatry, Family Foot Clinic
Dima Dandachi, MD, Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri Health Care
Kyle Schweser, MD, Trauma, Foot and Ankle Division, University of Missouri Health Care
Parvin Behrouzi, FNP, Diabetic Foot Evaluation, University of Missouri Health Care
Tracy Duncan Ell, CP, Prosthetics, HiTek Limb and Brace
Michael Gardner, MD, Endocrinologist, University of Missouri Health Care
Melissa Johnston, FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, Access Family Care Center
Jeffrey Litt, DO, FACS, Wound Specialist, MU Health Care
CME Information
The Office of Continuing Education, School of Medicine, University of Missouri is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Office of Continuing Education, School of Medicine, University of Missouri designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
