The 38th Annual St. Louis Podiatry Seminar

March 20 & 21, 2026
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
4401 Floridian Way
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830
Friday, March 20, 2026
7:30am – 8:15 am Arthrodesis of the 1 st MPJ
Allen Jacobs, DPM
8:15am – 9:00 am Subtalar joint fusion: management of intermediate and long-term sequela
Allen Jacobs, DPM
9:00am – 9:45 am Ankle joint: TAA vs Arthrodesis, what does the literature actually tell us?
Allen Jacobs, DPM
9:45am – 10:00am BREAK
10:00am – 10:30am Is terbinafine resistance really a clinically relevant concern in daily practice?
Allen Jacobs, DPM
10:30am – 11:00am Treating osteomyelitis without surgery in podiatry practice
Allen Jacobs, DPM
11:00am – 11:30am Office based management of MRSA with oral antibiotic therapy
Allen Jacobs, DPM
11:30am – 12:00pm Management of osteomyelitis oral antibiotics
Allen Jacobs, DPM
12:00pm – 1:00pm LUNCH PRESENTATION: STRATEGIES FOR ULCERATION MANAGEMENT IN DAILY PODIATRIC PRACTICE.
Allen Jacobs, DPM
1:00pm – 1:30pm Strategies for increasing your RVU value.
Allen Jacobs, DPM
1:30pm – 3:30pm Making the 25 modifier more effective for expanding patient care services for the “at risk” foot care patient. Increase services and revenue without spending a dime!
Allen Jacobs, DPM
1:30pm – 2:30pm PART 1: Coexisting pathology, ICD-10 and documentation considerations
Allen Jacobs DPM & Michael Warshaw DPM
2:30pm – 3:30pm PART 2: CPT considerations, proper use of the 25 modifier with at risk foot care, commonly encountered issues ichart review and audits and how to protect yourself.
Michael Warshaw DPM
3:30pm – 3:45pm BREAK
3:45pm – 5:00pm Bunion surgery in 2026: Lapidus lunacy, missing the bunion, changing philosophies, corporate driven bunion thinking, and a return to normalcy: the Kuhn cycle at work.
Allen Jacobs, DPM
5:00pm – 6:00pm Question and Answer Session
Allen Jacobs DPM & Michael Warshaw DPM
Saturday, March 21, 2026
7:30am – 8:00am Transverse tibial transport to increase blood flow in the dysvascular.
Charles Zelen DPM
8:00am –8:45am
Office based evaluation and management of PAD by the primary care podiatric physician
Allen Jacobs DPM
8:45am – 9:15am
Biomechanical alterations in gait with aging, office revenue
Allen Jacobs DPM
9:15am – 9:45am
How to incorporate (and bill for) fall prevention strategies in geriatric patient
Allen Jacobs DPM
9:45am – 10:00am BREAK
10:00am – 12:00pm Symposium on the current status of skin graft substitutes in the management of lower extremity wounds.
10:00am – 10:30am Review of relevant Medicare requirements including documentation and proper coding to reduce the risk of audits and claw backs.
Michael Warshaw DPM
10:30am – 11:00am
Current status of skin grafts substitutes: what we have now, what we may have in the future, and a look at clinical applications.
Charles Zelen DPM
11:00am – 11:30am Case studies in the utilization of skin graft substitutes in wound management:
How to select the best product for wound management based on patient need and not corporate advertising.
Vincent Sollecito, DPM
11:30am – 12:00pm Interactive panel discussions and questions and answer session.
Presented by Drs: Warsaw, Zelen, Sollecito.
12:00pm – 1:00pm LUNCHEON
NON-CME LECTURE: UTIZATION OF EBM PRODUCTS FOR EFFECTIVE PATIENT CARE AND INCREASED OFFICE PROFIT.
1:00pm – 1:30pm Double crush syndrome; more common than you might suspect.
Allen Jacobs DPM
1:30pm – 2:30pm Changing clinical recommendations for the office management of diabetic neuropathy: Increasing recognition that nutraceuticals and topical therapies are safe and effective.
Allen Jacobs DPM
2:30pm – 3:00pm When is heel pain nerve pain?
Allen Jacobs DPM
3:00pm – 3:15pm BREAK
3:15pm – 3:45pm Soft tissue biopsies of the lower extremity: A significant malpractice concerns.
Allen Jacobs DPM
3:15pm – 4:15pm A critical examination of the future of podiatry.
Rodney Tomczak DPM
4:15pm – 5:30pm A look at the realities of malpractice in 2026
Allen Jacobs DPM
5:30pm – 6:00pm Panel discussion, interactive question and answer session with registrants.