Wound Care University Announces 2022 HBO Medicine Course Schedule

Wound Care University has announced the 2022 schedule of course offerings for the 40-Hour Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine Course approved by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) for health care providers.

This five-day, 40-hour live course is designed to equip health care providers with a base of knowledge in Hyperbaric Medicine and advanced wound care management. Approved by the UHMS as an Introduction to Hyperbaric Medicine, this course is taught by our nationally recognized physicians who actively work in wound care and hyperbaric medicine every day.

The Hyperbaric training course will be held in-person in New Braunfels, Texas (just outside of San Antonio, Texas) and the course is available for live streaming.

The HBO Medicine Course is designed for physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, registered respiratory therapists, physical therapists, physician assistants, emergency medical technicians (EMT), and paramedics involved in advanced wound care management.

To learn more and register for the HBOT Course visit the Wound Care University website at https://woundcareuniversity.com/introhbo/
To learn more about WoundCentrics, Inc. visit www.woundcentrics.com

Next Course: January 10-14, 2021 in New Braunfels, Texas

UPCOMING 2022
COURSE DATES:

JANUARY 10-14
FEBRUARY 14-18
MARCH 14-18
APRIL 11-15
MAY 9-13
JUNE 13-17
JULY 11-15
AUGUST 15-19
SEPTEMBER 12-16
OCTOBER 10-14
NOVEMBER 14-18
DECEMBER 12-16

Veteran Plastic Surgeon and Wound Care Physician Joins WoundCentrics in San Antonio

John L. Baeke, M.D. has joined WoundCentrics and will serve as the Medical Director for the Christus Santa Rosa Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center at the Westover Hills Campus. As a plastic surgeon, he will also provide reconstructive services as well as cosmetic surgery to patients in the San Antonio market.

The Kansas native received his medical degree from the University of Kansas School of Medicine; completed his general surgery and plastic surgery residencies in Santa Barbara and San Francisco, California.  Dr. Baeke served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corp.

Dr. Baeke has had a long and distinguished career as a surgeon in Kansas City and more recently had a successful plastic surgery and wound care practice in the Lompoc/Santa Ynez Valley, California area.

Earlier in Dr. Baeke's career, he developed a medical center burn unit and a wound care center; was an advisor to Johnson & Johnson Wound Care division; was one of the original investigators for the KCI Wound V.A.C.; taught at the university level; lectured on the national stage; published in peer-reviewed journals; received patents for improvements to breast implant design; and testified in Washington, D.C. as an FDA clinical investigator.

Upon his relocation to Texas, Dr. Baeke completed the Wound Care University course.  He was recently credentialed at Christus Santa Rosa Hospitals and is currently accepting patients at the Wound and Hyperbaric Center located at 1121 State Hwy 151, Plaza 2, Suite 300, San Antonio, Texas 78251.

"We are very excited to have someone with the level of experience and talent that Dr. Baeke brings join our team of wound care and limb salvage experts in San Antonio. Patients will love Dr. Baeke's bedside manner, and his physician colleagues will appreciate the collaboration he brings to the care they already provide."

WoundCentrics was founded 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The company has grown to have a large regional footprint, operating in ten states and in more than ninety-two facilities. Through its physician employment group, Physician’s Unity, it employs sixty-four providers and more than seventy-five other clinical, administrative, and support staff. In 2019, WoundCentrics founded Wound Care University to provide state-of-the-art wound care training and development for wound care clinicians, including an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved course for new hyperbaric clinicians (www.woundcareuniversity.com). To learn more about WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com 

New Office in New Braunfels, TX

WoundCentrics, LLC, recently relocated to its new corporate offices located at 2124 Gabriel’s Place, Suite 101, New Braunfels, Texas 78130. 

The office provides more than 5,000 square feet of office space that will enable WoundCentrics to support its continued growth throughout Texas and the other ten states where it provides wound care services. 

“After nearly two years of development and construction, we are excited to relocate into our new offices. In addition to offices, the new space will house approximately 2000 square feet of education and conference space to support the growth of our wound care training and education programs which we offer under the name Wound Care University™.” 

WoundCentrics was founded 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The company has grown to have a large regional footprint, operating in 10 states and in more than 92 facilities. Through its physician employment group, Physician’s Unity, it employs more than 60 providers and m 75 other clinical, administrative, and support staff. In 2019, WoundCentrics founded Wound Care University in collaboration with Physician’s Unity to provide state-of-the-art wound care training and development for wound care clinicians, including an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved 40-hour course for new hyperbaric clinicians For more information visit www.woundcareuniversity.com

Partner Educational Webinar featuring Dr. Marcus Gitterle

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
PARTNER EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR — One Session
Session One — 2:00 PM ET

A Wound Clinic for my LTACH?
Presented by WoundCentrics — NALTH 2021 Advocate Partner
SPEAKER Marcus Gitterle, MD FACCWS,
Chief Medical Officer, WoundCentrics

TOPICS OF DISCUSSION
Understanding the realities and opportunities:

• What is a “Minimalist Wound Clinic”

• Is HBOT viable for my center: rules of thumb

• Cost and value considerations

• Management options and risk sharing models

• Provider models

• Success pearls

SIGN UP FOR A PARTNER EDUCATIONAL WEBINAR
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAsceurqTMvGd3bvQhSz_zWBNeA-5Qh-uwq

Memorial Health University Medical Center Savannah

WoundCentrics, LLC, located in New Braunfels, Texas has announced that it has entered into a Management Services Agreement with Memorial Health University Medical Center (MHUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, a part of HCA Healthcare.

MHUMC Savannah has 665 licensed beds, is a level 1 trauma center, and is the largest Hospital system in Savannah providing healthcare services in 35 counties in Southeastern Georgia and Southern South Carolina. The Outpatient Wound & Hyperbaric Center began providing services under WoundCentrics management on October 1, 2021.

“We are pleased to be able to provide our wound care management services in partnership with HCA Healthcare and the clinical and administrative leadership teams at MHUMC,” shared Stuart Oertli, WoundCentrics' Chief Operating Officer.

“During our engagement with the MHUMC management, we identified opportunities to enhance the advanced wound care services being offered in MHUMC's existing wound center while improving business and operational efficiencies that will align with the standards that HCA healthcare expects,” added Ben Simpson, WoundCentrics' Vice President of Operations who will be directly overseeing the implementation of wound center's operations.

Since becoming a part of the HCA Healthcare in 2018, Memorial Health has continued to make a positive impact in the 35+ counties it serves. Providing advanced wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy services will meet the goals of the hospital's mission and serve the communities it serves. Memorial Health states that it aims to provide a culture of caring for patients and colleagues.

“WoundCentrics will support and meet that goal for the Advanced Wound & Hyperbaric Center,” stated WoundCentrics' Chief Executive Officer, Rodney Franklin, MD.

To schedule an appointment at the outpatient Wound & Hyperbaric Center at Memorial Health located at 4700 Waters Avenue, Savannah, GA 31404, call the wound care center at (912) 350-8375.

WoundCentrics was founded 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The company has grown to have a large regional footprint, operating in 10 states and in more than 92 facilities. Through its physician employment group, Physician’s Unity, it employs 64 providers and more than 75 other clinical, administrative, and support staff. In 2019, WoundCentrics founded Wound Care University to provide state-of-the-art wound care training and development for wound care clinicians, including an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved course for new hyperbaric clinicians (www.woundcareuniversity.com). To learn more about WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com

Nursing Home Facilities in Southeast Kentucky sign Wound Care Agreements with WoundCentrics

WoundCentrics, a full-service wound care company based in New Braunfels, Texas, has announced that it has signed Agreements to provide wound care services to four (4) area skilled nursing homes in the Corbin, Kentucky area owned by the Forcht Group of Lexington, KY.

WoundCentrics currently provides inpatient wound care services to the Baptist ContinueCARE Hospital and the outpatient Wound Care Center at Baptist Corbin Hospital, Corbin, Kentucky.

The four area nursing home facilities that a WoundCentrics wound care specialist will provide wound care services to include:

• The Heritage Nursing & Rehabilitation, Corbin, KY

• Hillcrest Health & Rehabilitation Center, Corbin, KY

• Williamsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center, Williamsburg, Ky

• Barbourville Health and Rehabilitation Center, Barbourville, KY

These skilled nursing homes, in addition to the Somerset, Ky facility that WoundCentrics currently services, make a total of five area nursing homes that WoundCentrics contracts with for wound care. WoundCentrics also provides wound care services for the Baptist Wound Care Center, giving WoundCentrics the largest and strongest wound care presence in the southeast Kentucky market.

“WoundCentrics continues to grow our presence in the Corbin area and to provide quality healthcare to the patients and facilities we service in the region,” stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operation Officer for WoundCentrics.

For more information on WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com

Dr. Susan Tower joins WoundCentrics in the Corpus Christi Market

WoundCentrics has announced that prominent Corpus Christi physical medicine and rehabilitation physician Susan Tower, MD, MBA will begin seeing wound care patients at Regional Wound Care of Corpus Christi, a WoundCentrics facility, in July. Dr. Tower has served as a medical director for WoundCentrics for the past seven years.

Dr. Tower relocated to Corpus Christi in 2006 from Longview, Texas to start her practice in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, providing services in several area hospitals, with the Christus Spohn Health system being the primary focus of her practice. Starting July 1, Dr. Tower will be the Medical Director for outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine at Regional Wound Care and Hyperbarics, located at 1533 5th St, Corpus Christi, TX 78404.

Dr. Tower did her undergraduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and subsequently graduated with a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She has Wound Care Certification (WCC) through the National Alliance of Wound Care and holds a Diabetic Wound Care Certification from the same organization. In 2014 she earned an Executive Healthcare Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.

“Dr. Tower has been a valuable part of the WoundCentrics team for many years. We are excited to have her join us full time to lead our outpatient wound care programs at Regional Wound Care and Hyperbarics.”

Regional Wound Care Center is the only outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine center in the Corpus Christi metropolitan service area and services the greater South Texas regional market. The clinic is open 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. To refer a patient or to book an appointment call (361) 371-5544. To learn more about Regional Wound Care Center visit the website at www.regionalwoundcare.com

Christus Santa Rosa San Marcos Hospital and WoundCentrics announce new Medical Director for the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center

Christus Santa Rosa San Marcos Hospital and WoundCentrics have announced that Eduardo Sandoval, M.D., MBA will become the new medical director at the outpatient Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center. 

Dr. Sandoval has a background in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and has served as the medical director for the WoundCentrics’ wound care and hyperbaric medicine program in West Monroe, Louisiana prior to accepting his new role in San Marcos. 

Dr. Sandoval is an El Paso, Texas native. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from The University of Texas at El Paso. He then attended medical school at Texas Tech University, graduating in 2014.  He studied surgery at the University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center as well as the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Philadelphia from 2014 to 2016.  He completed his Family Medicine Residency at Yuma Regional Medical Center in 2020. He subsequently completed the Alteon Health Emergency Medicine Fellowship and is pending board certification.  

Dr. Sandoval will begin serving in his new role as medical director for the outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine center when WoundCentrics assumes the program oversight and management on July 1, 2021. 

“We are excited to have Dr. Sandoval continue as a medical director for WoundCentrics as he returns to Texas. He joins a fantastic team of wound care professionals already in place in San Marcos and will bring valuable experience leading our advanced wound care programs to CSR San Marcos”, stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer of WoundCentrics. 

Dr. Sandoval is available for wound care consultations at the Christus Santa Rosa Wound Center and Hyperbaric Center San Marcos located at 1305 Wonder World Drive, San Marcos, Texas 78666.   

To schedule, an appointment with Dr. Sandoval call (512) 353-6430.

To learn more about WoundCentrics go to the website at www.woundcentrics.com

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Dr. Robert Thompson joins Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center San Antonio Wound Program

Dr. Robert P. “Bud” Thompson, Jr., MD, FACS, CHCQM has joined the WoundCentrics medical staff and wound care team at the Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center.  Dr. Thompson began working for WoundCentrics May 10, 2021 and will be responsible for the clinical management of both the outpatient and inpatient advanced wound care programs at the Christus Medical Center Hospital.

Dr. Thompson will begin accepting patients May 25th in the Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center and is already available to assist with inpatient wound care consults.  He recently completed his onboarding at Wound Care University in New Braunfels, Texas at the WoundCentrics corporate offices.  With an extensive background as a General Surgeon, Dr. Thompson has been managing surgical wounds his entire career and more recently an increasing number of diabetic wounds.

Dr. Thompson relayed, “I am looking forward to working with WoundCentrics and their existing team of wound care experts to begin specializing more deeply in advanced wound care techniques.”

“WoundCentrics is pleased to have a veteran, experienced physician and surgeon like Dr. Thompson join our company and lead the wound care program at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in the South Texas Medical Center,” stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer for WoundCentrics.  “The community and patients will be well served through his clinical and leadership skills,” said.

Dr. Thompson was most recently employed as a General Surgeon by the Seton Surgical Group in Kyle, Texas for the past 8 years.  Prior to that, he was a General Surgeon based in the Texas Medical Center in Houston and nearby Brazosport Hospital in Lake Jackson, Texas beginning in 1990.

He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and completed his General Surgery Internship and Residency at The Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut.  He completed clinical surgical rotations at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Babies Hospital at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, both affiliated with New York Medical College.

The CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Medical Center Wound Care and Hyperbaric Center has been managed by WoundCentrics for the past 12 years. WoundCentrics employs a multidisciplinary team of professionals, providing the most advanced, state-of-the-art treatment currently available for chronic non-healing wounds.

The Wound Center utilizes advanced treatment techniques such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, artificial skin applications, and aggressive wound care strategies with the goal of preventing amputations and restoring patients to the full quality of life they experienced before the onset of their non-healing wounds. The goal is to restore a patient's quality of life through individualized treatment planning as well as through education to patients and their families.

To learn more about WoundCentrics go to the website at www.woundcentrics.com

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WoundCentrics Announces Agreement to Manage the Christus San Marcos Wound Care Center

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WoundCentrics, LLC, of New Braunfels, Texas, announced they have signed a Management Services Agreement to manage the inpatient and outpatient wound care programs at Christus Santa Rosa Hospital San Marcos. The Agreement will be the fourth Christus Santa Rosa System Hospital to partner with WoundCentrics, joining New Braunfels, San Antonio Medical Center and Westover Hills.

WoundCentrics will begin providing management services in July at the San Marcos Hospital. The comprehensive approach to advanced wound care management includes medical staff, corporate clinical support, nursing and hyperbaric staff, compliance and business support personnel. The outpatient Center for Advanced Wound Healing will expand its operations from three to five days a week. The WoundCentrics providers and nursing team will be available daily as needed for inpatient wound care as well.

“We are excited to expand our relationship with Christus Health. They have been great partners for our company for the past 12 years, and we look forward to strengthening that partnership with Christus in the Texas market,” said Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer for WoundCentrics.

According to the Christus website, the vision of CHRISTUS Health, a Catholic, faith-based ministry, is to be a leader and advocate in creating exemplary health care services, processes and structures that improve the health of individuals and of local and global communities so all may experience God's healing presence and love. The CHRISTUS Health Department of Community Health focuses on improving the health of communities.

“Our commitment is to develop the wound care program at the Christus San Marcos Hospital in a manner that will be aligned and consistent with the goals and mission of the Christus vision while creating a wound care center of excellence for the patients they serve,” stated Ben Simpson, Vice President of Operations for WoundCentrics.

WoundCentrics was founded 12 years ago in San Antonio, Texas. The company has grown to have a large regional footprint, operating in 10 states and in more than 90 facilities. Through its physician employment group, Physician’s Unity, it employs 62 providers and more than 75 other clinical, administrative and support staff. In 2019, WoundCentrics founded Wound Care University to provide state of the art wound care training and development for wound care clinicians, including an Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS) approved course for new hyperbaric clinicians (www.woundcareuniversity.com). To learn more about WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com

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