Center for Healing Solutions

Suzie Ehmann, DPT, CWS, CLT-LANA
, Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS, CWOCN-AP, Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS and Philip Wrotslavsky, DPM, FACFAS 
will review the challenges involved with managing various chronic wound types, assess the role of compression and advanced wound care therapies in optimizing chronic wound outcomes, and explore cases illustrating the stepwise approach to managing chroni...

Amanda Estapa, ACNP-BC, CWS, FACCWS
, Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS
 and Todd Shaffett, DNP, FNP, CWS, FACCWS, DAPWCA 
will discuss determining when to initiate negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for chronic wound management and examine the science and clinical application, explain the clinical application and best practice use of advanced wound dressings, and explore illustrative cases ou...

Kersten Reider, MSN, AGPNP-C, CWOCN and Catherine T. Milne, MSN, APRN, ANP/ACNS, CWOCN-AP will discuss employing a comprehensive patient history and assessment to the plan of care for patients with pressure injury, examine the use of negative pressure wound therapy for pressure injury management in the outpatient setting, examine the features and application of foam dressings in outpatient pressur...

Prinu Gabriel, MS, SM(ASCP), CIC and Kathleen Kohut, MS, BSN, RN, CIC will describe the financial and clinical burden of surgical site infections (SSIs) and bloodstream infections (BSI), review strategies and best practices to reduce the risk of SSIs and BSIs in the perioperative period and the intensive care unit (ICU), describe guidelines and recommended practices that support the strategies to...

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS will review historical evidence of impact of complications; review the evolution of incision management; and examine the latest technology to reduce SSIs, cases, tips and pearls. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podcasts .

Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD, FASA will describe the financial and clinical burden of surgical site infections (SSIs); review data from the randomized clinical trial on the effect of improving basic preventive measures in the perioperative arena on staphylococcus aureus transmission and surgical site infections; and describe how to measure S. aureus transmission and to choose operating rooms and speci...

Christopher L. Barrett, DPM, CWS, FAPWCA will explain the effects of bacterial bioburden, biofilm and inflammation on wound healing outcomes; employ immediate and long-term patient-centric treatment plans for managing bacterial bioburden and biofilm; and explore case studies leveraging the use of advanced wound dressings to overcome wound infection and the presence of biofilm. To view program info...

Ravi Karia, MD will describe the negative impact of surgical site infections; examine technologies and techniques that help reduce SSIs and seromas; tips and pearls for successful outcomes in lower extremity surgery; review recent evidence examining the importance of using negative pressure therapy for incision and surrounding tissue management; and discuss case examples of outcomes associated wit...

Kersten Reider, MSN, AGPNP-C, CWOCN and Robert J Snyder, DPM, MSc, MBA, CWSP, RCPS(Glasgow) will examine the clinical impact of ORC and addition of silver-ORC in the wound environment; determine when to use ORC/collagen/silver-ORC dressings and who to use it on; and examine, via cases, the application of ORC/collagen/silver-ORC dressings. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim y...

Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS will examine the prevalence of hospital readmissions, the economic impact, and the importance of preventing readmissions to improve wound healing; explore common challenges associated with discharging a NPWT patient to the post-acute care setting and the steps to develop a comprehensive discharge plan; analyze comparative effectiveness differences across NPWT supp...

Timothy B. Alton, MD will recognize the clinical and economic impacts of postoperative complications in ambulatory surgery; examine the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPT) for incision and surrounding soft tissue management to help reduce the risk of surgical site complications, hospital readmissions & post-op follow-up appointments; and explore, via cases, best pra...

Lee Kirksey, MD will recognize the clinical and economic burden of surgical site complications and surgical site infections; explore current challenges wound care practitioners face in the midst of a pandemic; examine strategies on how to keep patients out of the hospital; explore the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) for incision and surrounding soft tissue manageme...

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA; Matthew G. Garoufalis, DPM, FASPS, FACPM, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasg); and Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS will determine when to initiate negative pressure wound therapy for chronic wound management and examine the science and clinical application; explain the clinical application, timing and benefits of stepping down to a portable/disposabl...

H. John Cooper, MD and Carlos A. Higuera-Rueda, MD, FAAOS will review how risk-stratification algorithms help identify patients at risk for superficial surgical site complications (SSCs); explore how leveraging closed incisions negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPWT) reduces the risk profile and optimizes post-operative outcomes; and review the latest clinical evidence demonstrating significantly...

Luis G. Fernandez, MD, FACS, FASAS, FCCP, FCCM, FICS and Marc Matthews, MD, FASC, FASGS will examine strategies and thought process for the management of complex open abdominal cases; review the role of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) in the management of the open abdomen to improve patient outcomes; and investigate the efficacy of NPWT through best practices & case study results. To vi...

Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS will examine the latest trends that are shaping healthcare today and the overall focus on health care quality outcomes; explore technological advances that continue to shape and advance health care; and translate these advances into improvement in overall health care quality outcomes. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the se...

Casey Thomas, DO, FACS, FACOS will examine the evidence on the role of poor nutritional status as a risk factor for SSI; develop strategies to identify patients at nutritional risk; and employ interventions to prevent both SSI and nutritional risk among surgical patients. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com...

Richard C. Prielipp, MD, MBA, FCCM will explain the process for assessing the surgical patient for infection risk(s) during the preoperative phase; identify important strategies implemented in the preoperative phase to reduce risk of SSIs; describe preoperative patient education for preventing SSIs; and summarize the responsibilities of the preoperative team to implement surgical care strategies a...

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS and Devinder Singh, MD will recognize the impact of surgical care complications as it relates to postoperative infections; identify patient populations at risk for surgical site compromise; review considerations for steps to take when surgical site disruption occurs with the goal of achieving wound closure; explore the role of incision management to reduce the risk of wound...

David M. Shapiro, MD, CHC, CHCQM, CHPRM, LHRM, CASC will explore the association of hypothermia with surgical complications (delayed effects of pharmacologics, negative effects of coagulation); and examine the role of maintaining perioperative normothermia as a critical component to global standard surgical care and the prevention of surgical complications. To view program information/faculty disc...

H. John Cooper, MD will examine the science of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy; describe the clinically effectiveness for incisions at high risk for perioperative complications' and explain the process and implication of an FDA De Novo classification. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit centerforhealingsolutions.com/podc...

Vedra Augenstein, MD, FACS, H. John Cooper, MD, and Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS examine patient-related and perioperative-related risk factors for developing complications in general surgery, orthopedic and plastic and reconstructive procedures; and explore cases and outcomes on the use of ciNPWT to reduce postoperative complications in at risk patients undergoing general surgery, orthopedic and plast...

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS recognizes the importance of wound bed preparation prior to advanced wound care therapy, examines the TIME principles of wound bed preparation, and investigates the potential benefits of mechanically powered negative pressure wound therapy in improving the wound bed condition. To view program information/faculty disclosures and claim your CE credit after the session, visit...

Kyle Mueller, MD and David M. Shapiro, MD, CHC, CHCQM, CHPRM, LHRM, CASC will recognize the clinical and economic burden of surgical site complications and surgical site infections (SSIs); review the importance of pre-, intra-, and postoperative management strategies & best practices to reduce the risk of SSIs; explain unintended perioperative hypothermia, and illustrate why prewarming is bene...

John G. Apostolides, MD, FACS will recognize the clinical and economic impacts of plastic surgery complications; examine the role of closed incision negative pressure wound therapy (ciNPT) for incision and surrounding soft tissue management to help reduce the risk of surgical site complications, hospital readmissions & post-op follow-up appointments; an explore, via cases, best practices &...