Welcome to WOCNext® 2024 Sunday, June 9, 2024 – Wednesday, June 12, 2024
WOCNext® is the ONLY educational event of the year hosted by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals that delivers what’s new, what’s needed, and what’s next in wound, ostomy, continence, foot and nail care.
Come for the research. Stay for the conversations. Leave knowing what’s WOCNext.
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WOCNext 2024 is full of Next-Level Education. It's the only conference that delivers ALL the newest need-to-know information. View the WOCNext 2024 preliminary event schedule to learn more.
Party like a WOCStar!
Start WOCNext with a bang at the WOC n Roll Welcome Party at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on June 8. Enjoy music history, networking, drinks, and snacks. Tickets must be purchased in advanced.
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Amy Folk, BSN, RN, CWON is a certified Wound and Ostomy Care Nurse with over 10 years of experience. She currently manages the WOC Nursing Department at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's Shadyside Campus. She has maintained her nursing career at UPMC, starting on the Surgical Oncology Unit where she gained a passion for caring for patients with complex wounds, ostomies and fistulas. Amy has also had the opportunity to work as a Clinical Research Coordinator and an Innovation Improvement Specialist at UPMC.
In a career spanning 35 years, Dr. Dea Kent has innovated clinical programs and has served as a mentor to many nurses. Dr. Kent has practiced as a board-certified Nurse Practitioner for 18 years, is a tri-specialty board-certified WOC Nurse, and is currently the Director of the Nurse Practitioner Program at Indiana University-Kokomo
Dr. Tilley is an Adult Primary Care and Pain and Palliative Nurse Practitioner with a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and a post-master’s certificate in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing. His carrier has spanned 35 years, encompassing clinical, education, and administrative experience.