AAWC Update

AAWC Pays Tribute to Members

  Whether involved for many years or just joining today, AAWC members are not ordinary wound care professionals; they are part of a special community that invests in career development and maintains an acute awareness of growth within the wound care industry.   For this month’s news, we’d like to recognize several noteworthy members for their contributions to the Association, as well as thank all members for their continued support.

AAWC Announces Newly Elected Board of Directors Members

  The following membership-elected board members will serve the Association for the 2012-2014 term:
    President-Elect: Vickie Driver, MS, DPM, FACFAS
    2nd Term Secretary: Susan Dieter, RN, MS, CWCN, CWS, FCCWS, DAPWCA
    2nd Term Treasurer: Teresa Conner-Kerr, PT, PhD, CWS, CLT
    Consumer: Joy Schank, RN, MSN, ANP, CWOCN
    International: Elliot Pollack, DPM, FACFAS, CWS
    Member-at-Large: Renee Cordrey, PT, PhD(c), MSPT, MPH, CWS
    Nurse: Tod Brindle, BSN, RN, CWOCN
    Physical Therapy: Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, MLT, FACCWS
  Additionally, due to the vacancy in the Podiatrist position created when Dr. Vickie Driver transitioned to President-Elect, the AAWC Board of Directors recently appointed Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS to serve the remaining 1-year term as Podiatrist Board Member.

AAWC Thanks Many Retiring Board Members for Their Service

  The following individuals stepped down from their posts as of April 20, 2012:

    William Ennis, DO, MBA: from Immediate Past President

    Greg Bohn, MD, FACS: from Physician

    Jose Contreras Ruiz, MD: from International

    Mary Haddow, RN, BC, CWCN: from Consumer

    Tim Paine, PT, FCCWS: from Interim Physical Therapy Member

  Special thanks to AAWC Immediate Past President, Dr. Terry Treadwell, for his service as President from April 18, 2010 to April 20, 2012. Dr. Treadwell will serve two more years on the board.

Annual AAWC Distinguished Member Awards Given at SAWC Spring

  The AAWC is proud to have honored three members at the AAWC Membership Meeting held in conjunction with SAWC Spring on April 20, 2012. Cathy Milne, APRN, MSN, CWOCN; Valerie Sullivan, PT, MS, CWS; and Allen Sawyer, PT, were awarded the AAWC Distinguished Member Award for their work on the AAWC Quality of Care Task Force. We also acknowledge Tim Paine, PT, FCCWS, a Co-Chair of the AAWC Quality of Care Task Force. He was instrumental in the development of the Wound Care Glossary; however, he had been awarded this honor already in 2006.

  This entire team has volunteered for the past 10 years, defining quality wound care and developing the first international, multidiscipline, and multi-association-validated wound care glossary. These dedicated members are continuing their work by cross-validating the AAWC photo discs with the AAWC wound care glossary.

  This team defines collaboration and is the picture of what interdisciplinary cooperation can accomplish. Each member provides a unique perspective during discussions, with the only intent being to provide the highest quality work product. Discussions are focused, respectful, and productive. Suggestions and corrections are frequent, and the outcome is always better after the team reviews and revises. These members are a pleasure and a treasure for those of us fortunate enough to know and work with them. Congratulations to the entire task force for a job well done!

New SAWC Spring Scholarship Program Names First Five Recipients

  The owners of SAWC Spring 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 were honored during the annual SAWC Spring VIP Party held on Thursday night, April 19, 2012, at the Terraces Restaurant in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Each of the scholarship winners received 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 included:

    “Wound Healing Fellow Scholarship” recipient: 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” recipient: 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 Researcher Scholarship” recipient: 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” recipient: 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” recipient: 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

  The AAWC congratulates everyone on his/her achievements and is very proud of long-time AAWC Member Susan Girolami, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Co-Chair of the AAWC Guidelines Task Force, for being selected for this honor. Susan has been a member of AAWC since 1997. Additional congratulations are extended to Malgorzata Plummer and Jaimee Haan, AAWC members who received awards from other organizations.

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