Symposium on Advanced Wound Care
Fostering Collaboration for Better Wound Care
SAWC champions inclusivity, innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Designed for clinicians from all practice settings, creating the perfect platform to connect the entire wound care team.
This curriculum brings together physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists, and other healthcare professionals to tackle wound care challenges from every angle.
This interdisciplinary event happens twice a year to give you more opportunities to grow. Together, we can continue making a difference.
Save the Date for SAWC Fall 2025
- September 3-6, 2025
- Las Vegas, Nevada
Network with Your Peers at SAWC Fall!
ACEWM is hosting a networking event at the Fall event. Come meet other Wound Management PTs at SAWC! Stayed tuned for the location and other details.
Those advancing wound care know: meaningful healing doesn't happen without movement, mobility, and function. That's why this fall, the Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management invites you to SAWC Fall 2025 - a national meeting where physical therapists and their interdisciplinary colleagues come together to elevate outcomes.
Whether you specialize in wound care or integrate it into broader rehabilitation practice, SAWC Fall delivers hands-on education, collaborative insights, and CE opportunities that directly support your role in healing.
Explore hands-on workshops, mobility-centered care strategies, and evidence-based approaches to pressure redistribution and edema management, all within a collaborative environment of wound care experts.
Why attend SAWC Fall:
- Learn from leaders in offloading, NPWT, pressure injury prevention, biophysical modalities
- Earn CE credit while expanding your clinical wound care knowledge
- Collaborate across disciplines with professionals who value the role of PTs
- Bring back practical tools to reduce complications and restore function
- Be part of the national conversation shaping the future of wound care
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SAWC Spring |WHS 2025
At SAWC Spring | WHS 2025 attendees have a unique opportunity to delve into Lymphedema and Wound Care, a session designed to explore the intersection of lymphatic health and wound healing. Led by renowned experts, this session will focus on how integrating lymphedema management across care settings enhances outcomes and supports holistic patient care.
Lymphedema and Wound Care
Thursday, May 1, 2025 | 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Speakers Include:
- Suzie Ehmann, DPT, PhD, CWS, CLWT, CLT-LANA
- Linda Miller, PT, DPT, CLT, CWT
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PT Networking Event
After the session: "Let's Get Physical! The Impact of Exercise on Wound Healing."
Poster Presentation
Academy members Karen Gibbs PT, DPT, PhD, CWS & Deborah Wendland PT, DPT, PhD, CPed presenting their poster on the new ACEWM Curriculum Guidelines for Wound Management! "Consensus-Based Integumentary Curriculum Recommendations for Entry Level Doctor of Physical Therapy Education: A Delphi Study"
PT Networking Event