Wound Clinic News & Notes

New Wound Clinic Partnering With Kent State

Chronic wound patients at the newly opened Wound Care and Research Clinic located within the
Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic in downtown Cleveland, OH, will reportedly be enrolled in clinical trials through a partnership that the facility has formed with Kent State University’s College of Podiatric Medicine. 

According to a report by Patch, enrollment for qualified patients began Oct. 24 and the trials include the use of amniotic tissue grafts and offloading casts.

“Given the climate of healthcare today, the increasing need for advanced wound care therapies in this growing patient population, and due to the unlimited potential opportunities to establish Kent State’s College of Podiatric Medicine in this evolving sector in both clinical research and publishing, we saw the need to open a wound care and research clinic,” said Windy Cole, DPM, associate professor and director of the wound care program at the college. “My hope is to help many of our area’s uninsured and underinsured patients receive treatments they may otherwise be unable to have,” she said.

For information, visit www.kent.edu/cpm. 

Vegas Wound Specialist Named “Top Doctor”

Bonnie Fraser, MD, FACS, a wound care specialist on staff at Valley Hospital Medical Center’s Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center, Las Vegas, NV, has been named a 2017 Top Doctor by Top Doctor Awards, an organization that selects and honors healthcare practitioners who have demonstrated clinical excellence while delivering high standard of care.

Fraser, a graduate of Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica, has been in practice for more than 16 years. She has also worked as an orthopedic surgeon and was particularly renowned as one of the leading hand surgeons in Nevada, according to Top Doctor Awards. She is now known in the region as an expert outpatient wound care specialist. She additionally serves as an educational speaker for Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., Cranbury, NJ. In addition to her full-time practice, Fraser is a ringside physician for Jiu-Jitsu competitions. She has previously been awarded the title of fellow for the American College of Surgeons.