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PARTNERSHIP TO OFFER STATE OF THE ART CARE TO INJURED VETERANS WITH 5 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION

Both organizations call on physicians to assist Veterans.

PENSACOLA, Fla. , Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Regenative Labs (Regenative), a leading HCT/P manufacturer, is partnering with Brothers in Arms Foundation (BIAF), a 501©3 nonprofit providing logistical and financial support to wounded, ill, injured and fallen Marines, sailors, and the families of those who served. Together, both organizations are dedicated to giving back and improving the quality of life for those who have served our country.

 

Regenative will donate approximately $5 million dollars of its state-of-the-art Wharton’s Jelly product, ProText™, to BIAF which will facilitate the care of qualifying veterans. To bring this care to veterans, Regenative and BIAF need the help of physicians to apply the product.

 

Physicians across the country may join in supporting our veterans by making a qualified donation of their time under the Brothers in Arms Foundation 501©3 non-profit.

 

“We’re extremely proud of this partnership,” shared Regenative Labs CEO, Tyler Barrett. “Ultimately our products are about improving patient quality of life. My grandfather served in the Marines in Korea, and so being able to serve those like him in unison with the mission of Brothers in Arms is important to me,” Barrett concluded.

 

Regenative’s Wharton’s Jelly product is a structural connective tissue allograft intended for homologous use to replace or supplement missing or damaged tissue directly at the site of a structural defect. Some doctors have used the product for muscle and cartilage tears and to replace missing or damaged tissue due to wounds and tissue defects, instead of masking the underlying connective tissue issue.

 

Regenative has been tracking patient outcomes of applications of their product for over two years. Retrospectively, the results have shown improvements greater than 33 percent in patient reported WOMAC improvement.

 

It is Regenative’s and BIAF’s goal to provide veterans with the best quality of life possible.

 

“We’re committed to bettering the quality of life for our veterans,” said Brothers in Arms Foundation President, Phillip Noblin. “This new, innovative treatment will give them the hope and support needed to heal. The partnership with Regenative Labs will further our mission of serving those who’ve served us,” said Noblin.

 

Physicians interested in taking care of qualified veterans by donating their services through a 501©3 non-profit may visit: https://regenativelabs.com/biaf-physician-time-and-services-donation/

Veterans who wish to learn more, or to refer their physician today may visit: https://regenativelabs.com/biaf/

 

One can make a monetary donation through the BIAF.

 

About Regenative Labs: Regenative Labs produces regenerative medicine products to address the root cause of a patient’s conditions using Wharton’s Jelly innovations rather than masking the pain with other treatments. Regenative Labs works closely with scientists, physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers to constantly monitor and improve patient progress and outcomes for new product development. Formed by veteran industry professionals familiar with daily challenges of innovations in healthcare, the company provides non-addictive, non-invasive options for patients. Regenative Labs’ expert product research and development team complies with FDA guidelines of minimal manipulation for homologous use. The company adheres to AATB and FDA guidelines. Learn more at Regenative’s website: www.regenativelabs.com

 

About Brothers in Arms Foundation: Brothers in Arms Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2009 that exists to provide financial and logistical support to wounded, ill, injured and fallen Marines, sailors, and the families of those who served within the Marines Special Operations community. Over the years, the foundation has supported active-duty Marines, sailors, veterans and military families with programs and services ranging from financial assistance, funding vocational and quality of life initiatives, as well as funeral support and childcare. Learn more at:

https://www.brothersinarmsfoundation.org

 

SOURCE Regenative Labs

 

Findings from a New Clinical Study Using MolecuLight Imaging of Diabetic Foot Ulcers Prompts New Diagnostic Terminology Enabling Proactive Infection Management

 

TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – MolecuLight Inc., the leader in point-of-care fluorescence imaging that locates and detects elevated bacterial loads in and around wounds, announced the publication of “Point-of-care fluorescence imaging reveals extent of bacterial load in diabetic foot ulcers“1 in International Wound Journal. The publication reports on the analysis of 138 diabetic foot ulcer wounds, highlighting the frequent presence of healing delays and elevated bacterial burden as identified through standard clinical assessment, fluorescence imaging (MolecuLight i:X®), and quantitative microbiology.

 

The emergence of data on the link between bacterial load and healing over the last decade, together with this current study, prompted study authors David G. Armstrong, Michael E. Edmonds, and Thomas E. Serena to define new clinical terminology, chronic inhibitory bacterial load (CIBL). CIBL is defined as “the chronic presence of bacterial microorganisms in a wound or its surrounding tissue at loads which can damage tissues and be inhibitory to healing, as well as require clinical intervention, with or without the presence of clinical symptoms”.

 

MolecuLight fluorescence imaging is currently the only way to detect and locate CIBL at the point of care. This term enables the proactive diagnosis of CIBL early along the bacterial-infection continuum, to facilitate its targeted removal, promote healing, and prevent the sequelae of infection in frequently asymptomatic diabetic ulcers.

 

Key findings of the study include:

• Less than 12% of diabetic ulcers exhibited clinical symptoms of bacteria and infection, despite the presence of loads >10⁴ CFU/g in over 90% (average bacterial load of 10⁸ CFU/g). Even as bacterial loads increased up to >10⁸ CFU/g, detection of clinical signs and symptoms of infection did not increase.
• Bacterial loads >10⁴ CFU/g can preclude wounds from healing through various biological mechanisms and are contraindicated for many advanced therapies. This study showed that the occurrence of delayed healing increased alongside bacterial load.
• Fluorescence imaging using MolecuLight increased sensitivity for the detection of CIBL across loads 10⁴–10⁹ (p < .0001), peaking at 92.6% for bacterial loads >10⁸ CFU/g. This was 8.3 times superior to standard clinical assessment alone.
• Fluorescence imaging further showed that 84.2% of ulcers contained high loads in the periwound region, an area that is frequently overlooked.

 

Infection prevention is a key goal of CIBL’s introduction, adoption, and management. CIBL is the result of these seasoned wound care clinicians’ long-time advocacy for proactive wound management as they see firsthand the devastating consequences of delayed treatment. “Infection is the greatest destroyer of the diabetic foot. It is the final common pathway for most amputations, and we need to fight it as early as possible in its natural history”, says Dr. Michael E. Edmonds, one of the paper’s authors and Consultant of Diabetologist at the Diabetic Foot Clinic, King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust in London, UK. “CIBL localization and proactive management is a crucial strategy in reducing unnecessary amputations and saving lives”, he concludes.

 

As MolecuLight is the only device capable of detecting elevated bacterial loads in wounds in real-time, regions of CIBL can be non-invasively and accurately detected and mapped. The device provides clinicians with immediate feedback to guide their therapeutic decision-making process in a number of clinical settings from the outpatient clinic to the operating room. Multiple routine procedures are enhanced by its proven capabilities, such as debridement, wound hygiene, and preparation for advanced therapies resulting not only in better outcomes,3,4 but more rational resource consumption and antimicrobial stewardship.4

 

“There is also a meaningful role for fluorescence imaging with MolecuLight in antimicrobial stewardship. This is critical considering that approximately 70% of patients with diabetic foot ulcers are prescribed antibiotics at some point during their care, and over 80% are prescribed antimicrobial dressings3, often in a haphazard manner”, says Dr. Thomas Serena, study author and the Founder and Medical Director of The SerenaGroup®. “Diagnostic uncertainty has been listed as a key factor in antibiotic overuse in wound care. Fluorescence signals as a real-time imaging biomarker of CIBL could enable clinicians to more effectively leverage hygiene-based strategies to remove bacteria rather than resorting to antibiotics”.

 

“The definition of an infection’s genesis and its resolution is a clinical one”, notes Dr. David G. Armstrong, study author, Professor of Surgery at the University of Southern California, and founder and co-Director of the Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA). “The problem is that many objective local signs may be blunted in the chronic wound and it is likely that we are not yet effectively measuring what we manage. Fluorescence imaging of chronic inhibitory bacterial load (CIBL) is positioned to potentially change contemporary paradigms of wound management. We are hopeful that this new clinical term, CIBL, can be a key indicator to enable pre-infection intervention such as debridement or modification of wound therapy.”

 

The MolecuLight i:X and DX are the only imaging devices for the real-time detection of elevated bacterial burden in wounds that are FDA cleared and CE and Health Canada approved. With clinical evidence including over 65 peer-reviewed publications involving 1,500 patients, they are used by leading wound care facilities globally.

References
1 Armstrong DG, Edmonds ME, Serena TE. Point-of-care fluorescence imaging reveals extent of bacterial load in diabetic foot ulcers. Int Wound J. 2023;20(2):554-566
2 Wounds International (2022) International Consensus Update 2022 International Wound Infection Institute (IWII) Wound Infection in Clinical Practice: Principles of best practice. Available from https://woundinfection-institute.com/
3 Price N. Routine fluorescence imaging to detect wound bacteria reduces antibiotic use and antimicrobial dressing expenditure while improving healing rates: retrospective analysis of 229 foot ulcers. Diagnostics (Basel). 2020;10(11):927.
4 Rahma S, Woods J, Nixon JE, Brown S, Russell DA. The use of point-of-care bacterial autofluorescence imaging in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Diabetes Care. 2022;45:1601-1609.

About MolecuLight Inc.
MolecuLight Inc. is a privately-owned medical imaging company that has developed and is commercializing its proprietary fluorescent imaging platform technology in multiple clinical markets. MolecuLight ‘s suite of commercial devices, which include the MolecuLight i:X® and DX™ fluorescence imaging systems and their accessories, are point-of-care handheld imaging devices for the real-time detection and localization of bacterial load in wounds and digital wound measurement. MolecuLight procedures performed in the United States benefit from an available reimbursement pathway which includes two CPT® codes for physician work to perform “fluorescence imaging for bacterial presence, location, and load” and facility payment for Hospital Outpatient Department (HOPD) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) settings through an Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) assignment. The company is also commercializing its unique fluorescence imaging platform technology for other global markets with relevant unmet needs in food safety, consumer cosmetics and other key industrial markets.

 

SOURCE MolecuLight

NOVEL APPLICATION OF UMBILICAL CORD FLOWABLE TISSUE ALLOGRAFTS IN DECUBITUS ULCERS

NEWS PROVIDED BY Regenative Labs

 

PENSACOLA, Fla., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — A case study analysis of two patients has been presented by Regenative Labs (Regenative), a leading HCT/P manufacturer, in collaboration with Dr. Michael Lavor of Saguaro Surgical. This case study demonstrates the use of Wharton’s Jelly, a connective tissue, allografts in combination with standard of care wound practices to accelerate the healing of refractory, Stage IV sacral wounds in paralyzed patients.

 

In reference to what he’s seen in the patient population regarding Wharton’s Jelly allografts, Lavor shared, “the patients have begged for more because it is the only thing that has helped them. I believe this is an excellent step prior to surgery, and will save hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

 

This case study demonstrates an application of Wharton’s Jelly allografts in late-stage sacral decubitus ulcers (SDU), also known as pressure sores, with associated tunneling in combination with standard of care. In the future, research may focus on the frequency and combination of procedural techniques that most efficiently promote granulation tissue formation and volumetric contracture of deep wounds with Wharton’s Jelly allografts.

 

“This, for wounds, is excellent for closing tunnels,” explained Dr. Lavor.

 

It was reported that for the first time in ten years, one patient experienced a highly accelerated wound closure rate, and observed volumetric reduction in the wound bed, healthy granulation tissue, and the resolution of deep tunneling. One patient achieved full one closure and epithelization.

 

Both patients in the presented case study had SDU classified as Stage IV with tissue loss and bone or tendon involvement. One patient had previously experienced a mid-sacral pressure sore with exposed tendon, bone, and tunneling for ten years. The other, had an ischial pressure sore with the same features that persisted for 30 months. After failing multiple conservative treatments such as wound vac placement, antibiotics, wet-to-dry dressings, and silver sulfadiazine dressings, both patients received several applications of Regenative’s Wharton’s Jelly allograft.

 

In both cases, after eight months of standardized wound care treatment combined with six applications of Regenative’s Wharton’s Jelly allograft, the wounds contracted by over 90% in depth, tunneling, and diameter.

 

Annually, thousands of individuals are affected by SDU. Treatment for these conditions is costly and far from perfect, with prices as high as an eye-watering 240,000 dollars for skin flap surgery. Inevitably, Stage II pressure ulcers can become serious if not handled swiftly. When deep, tunneling, and with both tendon and bone involvement, such as the two patients in this case study, late-stage pressure sores occur, and pose a great challenge to medical professionals.

 

Regenative is committed to providing patients with alternative options, and through what may be revealed in these studies, offering proven treatments to better address the root cause of their pain.

 

Regenative hopes to enlist physicians to take part in studies regarding uncovered uses. Physicians will have their outcomes highlighted, furthering the understanding of regenerative medicine and uncovering new applications for this groundbreaking field of medicine.

 

“The research at Regenative is very promising, and we’re calling on physicians across the country to engage with us and advance regenerative medicine,” shared Regenative Labs CEO, Tyler Barrett.

 

Contact Regenative to get your practice involved today.

 

About Regenative Labs: Regenative Labs produces regenerative medicine products to address the root cause of a patient’s conditions using Wharton’s Jelly innovations rather than masking the pain with other treatments. Regenative Labs works closely with scientists, physicians, hospitals, and surgery centers to constantly monitor and improve patient progress and outcomes for new product development. Formed by veteran industry professionals familiar with the daily challenges of innovations in healthcare, the company provides non-addictive, non-invasive options for patients. Regenative Labs’ expert product research and development team comply with FDA guidelines of minimal manipulation for homologous use. The company adheres to AATB and FDA guidelines. Learn more at Regenative’s website: www.regenativelabs.com

 

About Dr. Michael Lavor: Dr Michael Lavor has worked for over 28 years bringing the highest quality of medicine to his patients. He is currently based out of Arizona, and is planning to open his own practice within the first 2 quarters of 2023. In addition to his work as Assistant Medical Director at Saguaro Surgical, Dr. Lavor was a member of the Trauma Team at Tucson Medical Center where he also served as Chairman of the Department of General and Vascular Surgery. Dr. Lavor was board certified in General Surgery and was a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, past president of the Rocky Mountain Vascular Surgical Society, a Fellow in the Southwestern Surgical Congress, a member of the Tucson Surgical Society, a member of the International Society of Endovascular Surgery and the Pima County Medical Society. Lavor served in the Navy for ten years as a Navy Corpsman with the Marines; he returned to service in 2009 and served as a Commander / OIC of a wound surgical base in Afghanistan from 2012-2013. He also was a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona Medical Center Department of Surgery.

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in their 2023 Standards of Care in Diabetes

 

OCEANSIDE, Calif., Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced Oxygen Therapy Inc. (AOTI), the global leader in noninvasive topical oxygen wound healing solutions, announced today that the American Diabetes Association has awarded an “A” grade recommendation for utilizing adjunctive topical oxygen therapy in treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) in their 2023 standards of care in diabetes, the preeminent Clinical Practice Guidance (CPG) in the space, which was published today online: https://diabetesjournals.org/care/issue/46/Supplement_1

 

The American Diabetes Association is the leading clinical authority dedicated solely to combating diabetes and its complications. Based on the latest scientific research and clinical trials, their annually updated standards of care in diabetes provides the most comprehensive and trusted evidence-based clinical guideline on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes and its complications.

 

Dr. Mike Griffiths, CEO and President of AOTI commented; “We are delighted that the ADA’s Professional Practice Committee, in its 2023 update to their standards of care in diabetes, has assessed that the now overwhelming body of clinical evidence supports awarding topical oxygen therapy a converted “A” grade recommendation as an adjunctive treatment for healing DFU.”

 

AOTI’s unique Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) therapy is unlike any other topical oxygen approach, in that it is the only device that provides a multimodality treatment, combing higher pressure oxygen delivery with non-contact cyclical compression and humidity, in a therapeutic applied by the patient at home. This patented approach has been demonstrated in numerous Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) and Real World Evidence (RWE) studies to not only heal chronic wounds at a far higher rate, but perhaps more importantly, keep them closed longer term, thereby reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and amputations.1, 2

 

“The more sustainable long-term healing elicited when utilizing TWO2 therapy was highlighted in the ADA guidance, with their citing of all of the RCT and RWE studies conducted with TWO2, along with multiple recent Systematic Reviews and Meta Analyses, leading to their “A” grade recommendation ” stated Dr. Griffiths

 

1 Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Cyclical Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers; The TWO2 Study. Robert G. Frykberg et al, Diabetics Care 2020; 43:616-624. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc19-0476.

 

2 Reduced Hospitalizations and Amputations in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated with Cyclical Pressurized Topical Wound Oxygen Therapy: Real-World Outcomes; Jessica Izhakoff Yellin, et al; Advances in Wound Care 2022; http://doi.org/10.1089/wound.2021.0118

 

About AOTI
AOTI is a privately-owned company based in Oceanside, California USA and Galway, Ireland that provides innovative solutions to resolve severe and chronic wounds worldwide. Our products reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of life for patients with these debilitating conditions. Our patented non-invasive Topical Wound Oxygen (TWO2) homecare therapy is clinically proven to deliver Sustained Wound Healing that reduces both Amputations and Hospitalizations, So Life Can Get Back to Normal.

 

For more information see: www.aotinc.net

 

Contact:
Dr. Mike Griffiths
CEO & President
350571@email4pr.com
(760) 672 1920

 

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and Helping to Reduce Surgical Site Infections

 

Article is a Follow-On to MolecuLight’s Receipt an Innovative Technology Contract from Vizient Last Year

 

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – MolecuLight Corp., the leader in point-of-care fluorescence imaging for detection of wounds containing elevated bacterial loads, is featured in Vizient’s newly released Tech Watch publication as a key technology for visualizing bacterial load and its locations, and helping to reduce surgical site infections. The article, “Fluorescence Imaging: New technology enables point-of-care surgical wound bacterial assessment” is featured in Vizient’s Tech Watch (Medical Device) Volume 3 issue, issued this past week.

 

The Tech Watch article describes how surgical site infections (SSIs) occur in up to 38% of surgeries1 (depending on anatomical location and type of surgery) and account for 20% of all healthcare-acquired infections2. SSIs are also the costliest of these infections, extending the average length of hospital stays by 9.7 days and costing more than $20,000 per patient admission3,4.

 

Early and accurate diagnosis of post-surgical bacterial loads and infection is critical to enable prompt treatment before the infection worsens. Some cases require lab testing to accurately diagnose the bacteria colonizing the wound, allowing the offending bacteria to grow and spread and delay effective treatments. Test results can take days to weeks to be available and, if positive, could be too late to prevent infection.

 

Clinicians need real-time diagnostic tools that they can use at the point-of-care to help provide immediate information on the state of the wound and possible growth of bacterial burden. The article argues that MolecuLight imaging helps eliminate unnecessary subjectivity in assessing wounds for the presence of harmful bacteria by allowing quick and accurate visualization of locations of elevated bacteria load in wounds, along with clinical signs and symptoms. As such, it provides “invaluable real-time information to inform clinical decision-making”.

 

A recent per-reviewed study5 supports this position in demonstrating the benefits of using MolecuLight to help clinician visualize bacterial burden in surgical site wounds:

• 76% of surgical sites in the study that reach the stage of referral to a wound specialist had clinically significant bacterial loads (10⁴ to 10⁹ CFU/g), however only 6.8% exhibited symptoms of infection, resulting in delayed infection management.
  
  
• Point-of-care fluorescence imaging (using the MolecuLight i:X device) for detecting high bacterial loads improved sensitivity by 5.7-fold compared to clinical signs and symptoms alone.
  
  
• Clinician experience with fluorescence imaging and interpretation (>200 imaging sessions) increased sensitivity of fluorescence imaging to 11.3-fold higher than clinical signs and symptoms alone, and accuracy to 2.6-fold higher.

 

“Clinicians need an objective means of detecting infection or another surgical wound complication without having to rely on subjective judgment,” says Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts, PhD, Founder and inaugural President of the International Surgical Wound Complications Advisory Panel (ISWCAP).

 

“Fluorescence imaging using MolecuLight is positioned to change contemporary paradigms of post-surgical wound management due to its ability to quickly and reliably detect bacterial burden and visualize contamination at the point-of-care”.

 

In addition to the profile in Vizent’s Tech Watch, last year the MolecuLight i:X® fluorescence wound imaging device received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc., the nations’ largest member-driven health care performance improvement company. The new Innovative Technology contract for MolecuLight i:X signifies to Vizient members the device’s unique qualities that potentially bring improvement to the health care industry.

 

“We have been working with MolecuLight since 2021 when Vizient recognized the company as an awarded supplier through our Innovative Technology Program,” said Tami Maurer, VP, Contract & Program Services at Vizient, Inc. “Carefully evaluated and selected by our member council of clinical and supply chain professionals, Vizient’s Innovative Technology Program recognizes innovative advancements in care, enabling healthcare providers to offer the highest quality care while encouraging manufacturers to continue to pioneer new solutions.”

 

The MolecuLight i:X and DX are the only imaging devices for the real-time detection of elevated bacterial burden in wounds that are FDA cleared and CE and Health Canada approved. With clinical evidence including over 60 peer-reviewed publications involving 1,500 patients, they are used by leading wound care facilities globally.

 

About MolecuLight Corp.

MolecuLight Corp. is the US subsidiary of MolecuLight Inc., a privately-owned medical imaging company that has developed and is commercializing its proprietary fluorescent imaging platform technology in multiple clinical markets. MolecuLight ‘s suite of commercial devices, which include the MolecuLight i:X® and DX™ fluorescence imaging systems and their accessories, are point-of-care handheld imaging devices for the real-time detection and localization of bacterial load in wounds and digital wound measurement. MolecuLight procedures performed in the United States benefit from an available reimbursement pathway which includes two CPT® codes for physician work to perform “fluorescence imaging for bacterial presence, location, and load” and facility payment for Hospital Outpatient Department (HOPD) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) settings through an Ambulatory Payment Classification (APC) assignment. The company is also commercializing its unique fluorescence imaging platform technology for other global markets with relevant unmet needs in food safety, consumer cosmetics and other key industrial markets.

 

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ST. LOUIS, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Franklin W. Harry, DPM, is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Trusted Podiatry Surgeon for his exemplary work in the Medical field, acknowledging his private practice achievements at Best Foot Forward.

 

A skilled, board-certified podiatrist, Dr. Harry is the founder of Best Foot Forward, with offices located in Festus and St. Louis, MO. With 13 years of experience practicing medicine, he enjoys working in all areas of foot and ankle care, specializing in diabetic wound care and foot and ankle surgery. His other areas of expertise include bone deformities and arthritis, and foot and ankle injuries.

 

Podiatry is a branch of medicine devoted to the study of diagnosis and medical and surgical treatment of various disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremities. A podiatrist, also known as a podiatric physician or a foot and ankle surgeon, is a medical professional devoted to treating disorders of the foot, ankle, and lower extremities. They can treat injuries and complications from ongoing health issues like diabetes.

 

Best Foot Forward (BFF) is committed to providing excellent podiatric care by enhancing the quality of life of patients with foot, ankle, and leg problems. BFF strives to preserve and restore the health of the lower extremities and provide patient-centered care. Their podiatrists treat everything from difficult to trim toenails, calluses, warts, foot infections, diabetic wound care, fall prevention, and surgical foot and ankle repairs.

 

Before starting his medical career, Dr. Harry earned his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Barry University in Miami, FL. He completed his surgical residency at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center and received advanced training with the Central Kentucky Diabetes Fellowship, specializing in complex wounds, limb salvage, and the biomechanics of fall prevention.

 

An authority in his field, the doctor is a member of the American Association of Podiatric Practice Management and is board-certified by the American Board of Multiple Specialties in Podiatry. He is a member of the American Board of Podiatry, the Relias Wound Care Institute, the Missouri Podiatric Medical Association, and the Illinois Podiatric Medical Association.

 

Outside of his practice, the doctor volunteers with Peter and Paul and Biddel House homeless shelters, providing podiatric medical care for the less fortunate. In addition, the doctor goes on mission trips to Haiti with Hands Helping Haiti and to Guatemala with Washington University.

 

In his free time, Dr. Harry enjoys spending time with his wife, Misty Gonzalez, Pharm. D., to whom he has been married since 2017. They have one child and a dog named Bentley. They enjoy cooking, hiking, scuba diving, exploring new restaurants, and are avid sports fans.

 

In light of this recognition, Dr. Harry wishes to thank his mentors: Ronald Guberman, DPM, Jonathan Moore, DPM, and Pamela Jensen, DPM.

 

For more information, visit www.bffdocs.com.

 

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HIGH WYCOMBE, England, Nov. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Firstkind Ltd, innovator and manufacturer of the clinically proven geko™ device – a ground-breaking advanced therapy for chronic venous leg ulcer healing – is seeking senior tissue viability nurses, willing to embrace and drive innovation advance, to join its Partner-With-Us program.

 

The Partner-With-Us program precedes the imminent publication of a statistically significant randomised controlled study that compares the rate of wound healing in chronic venous leg ulcer patients receiving the geko™ device as an adjunct to compression therapy, compared to compression therapy alone.

 

A transformative innovation, the geko™ device is a small, self-adhesive, wearable neuromuscular electro-stimulator (NMES) that is applied to the skin just below the knee, over the head of the fibula. It delivers a gentle intermittent electrical pulse, once per second, to the common peroneal nerve. This elicits a muscular twitch that activates the calf and foot muscle pumps, increasing venous, arterial, and microvascular blood flow – transporting oxygenated blood to the wound bed and edge to promote wound healing.

 

In addition to the benefit of better patient outcomes and the release of significant cost savings for primary care, TVNs keen to join the Partner-With-Us program – to drive innovation advance – will gain:

• Early access to evaluate the geko™ device
• RCN accredited user training
• The opportunity/option – through a comprehensive handrail of support – to generate and present patient use data at local and national level.

If you would like to know more about the Partner-With-Us program, and what the geko™ device can do for your patients, please email: Fiona.Young@firstkindmedical.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

 

About Firstkind Ltd (a Sky Medical Technology Company)

 

Firstkind Ltd is a UK-based medical devices company. Through its innovative mechanism of non-invasive neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES), Firstkind has developed a ground-breaking NMES technology platform, OnPulse™, embedded in its industry-leading product, the geko™ device. The company develops a range of products tailored to the needs of different medical application areas, selling both direct and through strategic partnerships or distributors in each major clinical area. Clinical areas of focus include chronic wound healing, the treatment and prevention of oedema (swelling) and venous thromboembolism prevention (VTE). The goal in each therapy is to partner with healthcare professionals to improve clinical outcomes and patient care while at the same time reducing costs for health systems.

 

www.gekodevices.com

 

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SIERRA MADRE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Our doctors, nurses, and clinicians have been at the front lines of treating the consequences of diabetes every day. With over 20 years of supporting wound centers, we’ve learned 2 important truth’s about diabetes:

 

Diabetes continues to grow at an alarming rate
More action and education are needed

 

To commemorate November’s National Diabetes Awareness Month, Wound Care Advantage does not want to focus on the statistics of Diabetes. Like the 37 million people suffering from diabetes, or the fact that up to 34% of those patients will develop a foot ulcer (DFU) in their lifetime, and that DFUs are the number one leading cause of non-traumatic amputations. Instead, we realize that diabetes is not going anywhere anytime soon, nor is the knowledge that if not managed properly, diabetes can lead to serious and fatal outcomes.

 

This is why this November, WCA is giving Wound Programs a Diabetes Month Resource Kit to build awareness of diabetes and the high risk of chronic wounds. With 70% of diabetic foot ulcers ending in amputation and leading to a 2-year life expectancy after surgery, wound care programs deserve the support and resources to save the limbs and lives of all patients. Help us put a spotlight on this disease with our free Diabetes Month Resource Kit. Steal our professional resources for your clinic.

 

Our Resource Kit will supply you with:

• Diabetes Community Education Flier
• How Living with Diabetes Increases your Risk of Chronic Wounds Video
• Diabetes Infographic
• Diabetes Infographic video
• Patient education and prevention flier
• DFU patient education video

 

Even with the disease of diabetes keeping its alarmingly quick growth rate, the population of patients that develop an ulcer that leads to an amputation does not have to. Join us in building the awareness that 70% of DFU patients do not need to end with an amputation this November.

 

Diabetes Month Resource Kit: thewca.com/2022/11/01/steal-this-diabetes-month-resource-kit/

 

About Wound Care Advantage:
Founded in 2002, Wound Care Advantage (WCA) has been supporting wound centers for 20 years. With a strong commitment to care and innovation, WCA advocates for the financial independence of partner hospitals and the rapid healing of patients they serve. Wound Care Advantage is a privately held company headquartered in Sierra Madre, California. For additional information, visit www.thewca.com.

 

SOURCE Wound Care Advantage

The North American Center for Continuing Medical Education, LLC (NACCME), the CE-sponsor for the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) Spring and Fall meetings, and SAWC co-host, HMP Communications, LLC, today announced the inaugural class of five SAWC Spring scholarship winners, selected in cooperation with several prominent wound care societies and associations.

 

The SAWC Spring and SAWC Fall meetings are the largest wound care conferences in the United States with 2,000+ attendees expected at the 25th annual SAWC Spring and Wound Healing Society (WHS) Meeting to be held, April 19 -22, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Wound care is predominately a multidisciplinary focused practice with optimal outcomes often provided by a team including physicians, podiatrists, therapists and nurses. The SAWC Spring scholarships not only target these clinical specialties but wound care fellows and researchers as well.

 

The owners of SAWC Spring have reached out to several major wound care societies and associations, along with key opinion leaders, to choose the inaugural 2012 SAWC Spring class of honorees. The five SAWC Spring scholarship winners will be honored during the annual SAWC Spring VIP Party to be held on Thursday night, April 19, 2012, at the Terraces Restaurant in the Georgia World Congress Center. Each of the scholarship winners will receive complimentary registration to SAWC Spring/WHS along with a framed certificate presented by their sponsor during the ceremony.

 

The inaugural list of SAWC Spring scholarship winners at the 2012 SAWC Spring/WHS Conference includes:

 

“Wound Healing Fellow Scholarship” – Malgorzata Plummer, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Section of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, University of Illinois at Chicago,

 

Presenter – William Ennis, DO, MBA, FACOS, President, American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair (ACWHTR)

“Wound Care Nursing Scholarship” – Sue Girolami, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Clinical Manager, Therapy Support, Inc.
Presenter – Terry Treadwell, MD, FACS, President, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC)
“Wound Healing Research Scholarship” – Kenneth Finnson, PhD, Research Associate, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Surgical Research
Presenter – Harriet Hopf, MD, President, Wound Healing Society (WHS)
“Wound Care Therapist Scholarship” – Jaimee Haan, PT, CWS, Team Leader – Physical Therapy Wound Management Department, University of Indiana Health
Presenter – Rose Hamm, DPT, CWS, President – American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Wound Management Special Interest Group (WMSIG)
“Wound Care Training Scholarship” – Jeffrey S. Danetz, MD, FACS, Medical Director, Edward White Hospital Wound Center and Largo Medical Center Wound Center

 

Presenter – Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD, Co-Chairperson, SAWC
Recognizing the importance of appropriate and timely wound care in high-risk patient populations, and in concert with SAWC Spring/WHS, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has proclaimed April 2012 to be “Chronic Wound Care Month.”

 

For more information on the 25th Annual SAWC Spring/WHS meeting being held in April 19–22, 2012 in Atlanta, GA, please visit http://spring.sawc.net/ or contact Tiffney Oliver at 609-630-6223.
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