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Read a Message from the ABWM President, learn about Samaritan Medial Center's new Wound Care Center, see how you can utilize our Find A Specialist feature and more!
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Susan Dieter, RN, MS, CWS
ABWM President
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Message from ABWM President
Susan E. Dieter, RN, MS, CWS.
As more evidence emerges, so also comes change in wound care delivery. This includes the descriptions and terminology we utilize. When I first became ABWM certified in 1999, the terms, "Decubitus" and "Venous Stasis" were commonplace.
The American Association for the Advancement of Wound Care also published a Glossary of wound terminology in 2012 to assist in utilization of a common language of wound care. However, better clarification resulting in change in terminology has occurred recently as it relates to pressure injury.
To read more of Sue's message, click here.
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Thank you for visiting us at DLS and SAWC Spring!
If you stopped by our booth at either DLS in Washington D.C. or SAWC Spring in Atlanta, GA we want to say thank you! If you want to learn more about where we will be next, suggest future places for us to visit, or would like more information about becoming ABWM Certified please email [email protected]
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The ABWM Would like to introduce Elizabeth Foster Alexander, PT, DPT, CWS, CLT
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Elizabeth Foster Alexander
PT, DPT, CWS, CLT
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Dr. Alexander is the perfect person to attest to the importance on being certified in wound care, she says that, "10 years ago in 2006, that I felt that my wound care body of knowledge was growing and began to investigate wound certification. I found that the multidisciplinary CWS through the ABWM to be a perfect fit. I became certified in 2006 and went on to lead the wound care team at Shriners Hospitals for Children in Greenville, SC."
To learn more about Dr. Alexander, click here!
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Samaritan Medial Center - Wound Care Clinic
Now Open!
The ABWM would like to congratulate James V. Stillerman, MD, who is a Certified Wound Specialist Physician, and his team in the opening of the Samaritan Wound Care Center, an outpatient center of Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, NY.
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Samaritian Wound Care Center
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The development of the Samaritan Wound Care Center was due to the fact that over 26 million diabetics in America, and 20% of those people will develop a wound in their lifetime. This growing need for this service led to the development of the Samaritan Wound Care Center which would be a facility that provides comprehensive, advanced wound care in a local setting with on-site surgical back-up and intervention, avoiding the need for transfer or outside treatment.
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| | Dr. James V. Stillerman, M.D., CWSP, Medical Director and his team |
Dr. Stillerman and the Samaritan Wound Care Center is supported by;
Melissa Snyder, MSIOP, Program Director
Diane Freeman, PT, CLT, CWS, Operations Manager/Care Coordinator
Lesley Beasley, RN, CWON, Wound Care Nurse
Debra Mullin, RN, Wound Care Nurse
Emily Bachmann, LPN, CWCA, Hyperbaric Oxygen Technician and Safety Director
Suellen Allen, Clinic Office Support
Katherine Gamarra, Medical Assistant
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Dr. Stillerman examining a patient
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The center, which opened in July of 2015 in partnership with Healogics, currently has 250-300 wound care patients. Dr. Stillerman and his team are excited to be able to offer hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) to the community. During this treatment, the patient breathes 100 percent oxygen while relaxing in a pressurized chamber. HBOT is approved for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers, skin grafts and flaps, acute traumatic injury, and osteomyelitis (bone infection). HBOT also is used to treat patients experiencing complications following radiation therapy.
To read more about the Samaritan Wound Care Center, click here.
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Have you utilized our Find A Specialists feature on our Website?
The find a specialists portion of our website is not only for potential patients to find a Certified Wound Care provider, you can use it to connect with fellow certificates and diplomates in your area and expand your professional connection!
Click here to check it out!
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Recently Certified
Congratulations to those who were recently certified or re-certified! The ABWM would like to recognize all Associates and Diplomates who received or updated their CWCA�, CWS�, or CWSP� credentials from March 16 through April 15, 2016.
To view a list of those who were recently certified, click here! |
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P: 202 457 8408 | F: 202 530 0659
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