EWMA.GNEAUPP 2025 CONFERENCE

Rachel Torkington-Stokes is a Podiatrist by profession, trained to Masters level in her specialist areas of Tissue Viability and Wound Management. She worked in the NHS for over 12 years in both acute and community-based settings developing dedicated services for the management of diabetic foot ulceration. Rachel has completed research, published, and presented nationally and internationally at core Congress. In 2005, Rachel joined Convatec in a medical education role and has progressed her career building teams to influence change in clinical practice, drive HCP engagement and promote high standards of patient care. Rachel’s current role is to lead our Wound Hygiene Strategy as global Director for Clinical Solutions and Advanced Wound Care portfolio.

Dr Daniel Metcalf is a biochemist with a PhD in biofilm therapy. He has served the wound care industry for 20 years, and during 19 years at Convatec has supported and developed infection management technologies such as FlexiSeal^®, Aquacel^® Ag and Aquacel^® Ag+ Extra. Holding a number of patents, he has received several international awards of recognition, and published 25+ papers on wound biofilm and wound care technologies. Daniel is currently Director; Medical Scientific Liaison in Convatec’s Advanced Wound Care business.

Professor Joachim Dissemond is a dermatology and venerology consultant, who has practised at the Dermatology Clinic, Essen University Hospital, in Germany since 1999.

His specialist areas are the diagnosis and treatment of ulcus cruris (open leg ulcer), chronic wounds and immunological wounds. He is a member of the Editorial Board of various journals on wound healing, and the author of several books. He is extensively published and has presented at numerous key national and international congresses.

Dr Melina Vega de Ceniga specializes in angiology and vascular surgery at the San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid, and has been working as a consultant at the Galdakao-Usansolo Hospital, in Bizkaia, Spain, since 2004.

A visiting surgeon at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and Stanford School of Medicine, California, she has published 147 original papers in national and international journals, as well as 13 book chapters, and is a reviewer for several journals.