Sessions
For a full list of sessions at the Congress, please click here to access the registration guide.
Continuing Education Points Information
The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics & Pedorthics (ABC) has tentatively awarded the three-day North American Pedorthic Congress up to 20.00 Category 1 Continuing Education Points (CEP). Optional Sunday add-on courses are worth additional points.
The Board of Certification/Accreditation International (BOC) has tentatively awarded the three-day North American Pedorthic Congress up to 20.00 Continuing Professional Education (CPE). Optional Sunday add-on courses are worth additional points.
The College of Pedorthics of Canada (CPC) has tentatively awarded the three-day North American Pedorthic Congress 18.00 Continuing Education Points (CEP). Optional Sunday add-on courses are worth additional points.
Keynote Presenters
Dr. John Embil, MD
Dr. John Embil is a specialist in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine. He is the Director of the Infection Prevention and Control Unit at the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Embil has published over 160 scientific articles in the fields of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, Antimicrobial Utilization, and infections in persons with diabetes.
Dr. Embil's research interests include the epidemiology of hospital acquired infections, antimicrobial utilization, antimicrobial resistance, blastomycosis and the pathogenesis and epidemiology of ulcerations in the lower extremities in persons with diabetes.
David Nour
David Nour is a social networking strategist and one of the foremost thought leaders on the quantifiable value of business relationships. In a global economy that is becoming increasingly disconnected, David and his team are solving global client challenges with intracompany, as well as externally focused Strategic Relationship Planning™ and Enterprise Social Networking best practices.
A native of Iran, David came to the U.S. with a suitcase, $100, limited family ties and no fluency in English! In the past 25 years he has built an impressive career of entrepreneurial success, both within large corporations and early stage ventures.
David earned an Executive MBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a BA degree in Management from Georgia State University.
Dr. Thanos C. Badekas, MD
Thanos C. Badekas, MD, is an orthopaedic surgeon-traumatologist specializing in the foot, ankle, and lower extremities. He is director of the Lower Extremities Orthopaedic Clinic in Metropolitan Hospital in Athens, Greece, and serves as head doctor of the Hellenic Police Athletic Teams and Hellenic Police Athletic Division. Badekas is a founding member of the Greek Institute for Osteoporosis, and is active in the National Trauma Committee of the Ministry of Health, the European Foot and Ankle Society, and the Medical CBRN police response team. Thanos Badekas has lectured at scientific seminars and courses in the United States and Europe, and his work is published internationally.