Berlin doctor lauded for leg amputation research

BERLIN – A local doctor has received international honors for a scientific paper about a new scoring system he helped create to evaluate the risks of leg amputations.

 

Dr. Eric Newgent, medical director of sleep medicine at ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin, wrote the article for The Journal of Wound Care with Dr. Michael Miller, a general surgeon and full-time wound care specialist in Indiana, according to ThedaCare … read more

 

A comprehensive scoring system to evaluate patient-centered risk factors regarding lower extremity amputation