Sponsored sessions Friday
Below you will find information about the sponsored sessions on Friday.
Sponsored lunch symposium || Polynovo
5 September 2025 || 12:30-13:15 hrs || Plenary room hall D
EDM (Excision, Dermis, Meek) – Updates on efficiently treating large and deep burns
Dr Gabriel Hundeshagen, Assistant Professor in plastic and hand surgery and the head of burn surgery BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen
Gabriel Hundeshagen is a board-certified plastic, aesthetic and hand surgeon, managing senior physician and head of burn surgery at BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, and assistant professor at the University of Heidelberg. He previously completed a research fellowship under David Herndon at Shriners Hospital for Children and UTMB in Galveston, TX. Having authored over 140 original peer-reviewed publications, his clinical and experimental research focuses on big data applications in plastic surgery, innovative surgical techniques for acute burn care, and the organ-specific and systemic long-term effects of severe burns.
3x Sponsored workshops || Kerecis
5 September 2025 || 13:30-13:45 hrs || Raum I + Raum II + Raum III
Raum I:
Science – Advancing indications for the us of fish skin grafts for partial thickness wounds
Dr. Rajiv Sood, M.D.
Chief of Plastic Surgery and Burn Reconstruction, Jms Burn Centers (USA)
Raum II:
Humanitarian work – Project Fish Skin for Afghanistan
Prof. Dr. med. Clemens Maria Schiestl
Senior Scientific Advisor, University Children’s Hospital Zurich / University of Zurich (Switzerland)
Dr. Habib Ur Rahman Qasim, M.D.
Head of Burn Unit, Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health Kabul (Afganistan)
Raum III:
Accelerated wound healing of enzymatically debrided deep dermal burn wounds after the use of fish skin (Kerecis Omega3 Wound®) in comparison to Suprathel®
Prof. Dr. med. Jennifer Schiefer
Senior Physician, Cologne Merheim Medical Center (Germany)
Sponsored symposium || Avita Medical
5 September 2025 || 15:15-16:15 hrs || Plenary room hall D
RECELL® in Action: Timing, Techniques, and Tailored Approaches for Advancing Burn Outcomes
Join a panel of leading international burn surgeons as they explore evidence-based strategies for using RECELL® Spray-On Skin™ Cells in the definitive closure of thermal burn wounds. The session will feature clinical insights, real-world case studies, and a comprehensive review of the scientific, clinical, and economic data supporting RECELL’s application across diverse patient populations and burn severities.
Moderator: Stian K. Almeland
MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Education at University of Bergen
Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Norwegian National Burn Center Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
Head of the Research Group for Burn Care and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Bergen
Speakers:
- Rajiv Sood, MD, FACS, FABA, Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Services at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center
Vice President of Clinical Research on the JMS Research Foundation Augusta, GA, USA
- Victoria Miles, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, LSUHSC – New Orleans Department of Surgery
University Medical Center New Orleans Burn Center, New Orleans LA, USA
- Kristine Knappskog, MD PHD Candidate
Norwegian National Burn Centre, Haukeland University Hospital and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen