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

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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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Dr. Laura McNamara joins Regional Wound Care in Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi physician and hospitalist Dr. Laura McNamara recently joined Regional Wound Care to provide wound care services to the community. Dr. McNamara is now accepting wound care and hyperbaric consults at Spohn Shoreline Hospital.

“We are pleased that Dr. Laura McNamara has joined Regional Wound Care in Corpus Christi and she will provide advanced wound care to the patients we serve in the region,”

stated Dr. Bridget Sanders, Managing physician for Regional Wound Care / WoundCentrics in the Corpus Christi area.

“Dr. McNamara will align her provider wound care with the facility’s wound team to treat the patients that require specialty wound care,”

Sanders explained. Dr. McNamara completed medical school at the UNTHSC Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Worth, Texas in 2005 and has worked as a hospitalist in the Corpus Christi market for the past 12 years. She recently completed her wound specialist training at Wound Care University in New Braunfels, Texas. Dr. Laura McNamara’s extensive hospital background will complement her efforts to work closely with the hospital’s wound care team to provide wound care expertise and leadership. As a wound care specialist, she will provide wound care consults, advanced wound care treatment plans, perform bedside procedures like debridements, and provide education to the nursing staff and patients. To learn more about the wound care service in Corpus Christi and Dr. McNamara visit the website www.regionalwoundcare.com or call (361) 371-5544

WoundCentrics To Lease 12,000 Square Feet of Space in New Braunfels, Texas

WoundCentrics To Lease 12,000 Square Feet of Space in New Braunfels, Texas

New Braunfels, Texas - WoundCentrics plans to lease and build out 12,000 square feet of new office space in New Braunfels. The company plans to occupy the new space at 2124 Gabriels Place in New Braunfels, on or about July 1, 2021.  WoundCentrics was founded and located in New Braunfels, Texas in 2008 and has grown to multiple client facilities in the central Texas region and has operations in 12 states currently.

WoundCentrics provides wound care services to Hospital clients that focus on the optimization of a Hospital’s wound care service line.  The WoundCentrics business model provides a managed, system-based wound care program that delivers specialty wound care for a Hospital’s wound care service line through the healthcare system’s entire continuum of care.  The WoundCentrics wound care program will increase referrals to the hospital’s other service lines, provide specialty-trained physicians and advanced practice providers to lead a hospital inpatient and outpatient wound care, and thereby increase hospital profitability.

WoundCentrics providers are trained to deliver both evidence-based wound care and support the hospital’s wound care nursing team.  The WoundCentrics management team will maintain management oversight of their providers that lead a Hospital’s wound program by the delivery of state-of-the-art advanced wound care.   WoundCentrics providers are trained in one of the busiest wound care systems in the world, in the San Antonio, Texas area in a broad-based training program at Wound Care University.  WCU incorporates proven clinical methodologies as well as operational knowledge of a healthcare systems continuum rarely imparted by other training programs.

To learn more about WoundCentrics, visit the website at http://www.woundcentrics.com/

2021 Best of New Braunfels Award

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NEW BRAUNFELS March 23, 2021 - WoundCentrics, LLC has been selected for 2021 Best of New Braunfels Award in the Medical Group category by the New Braunfels Award Program.

WoundCentrics, LLC is a healthcare company that started in New Braunfels in 2008 and has grown to provide healthcare services throughout the Central Texas market and in 12 states across the country. The company provides wound care services and specialty-trained physicians and advanced practice providers to patients in all healthcare settings including hospitals, post-acute facilities, and home health.

“We are honored to receive 2021 Best of New Braunfels Award in the medical group category. We strive to serve our patients, our client facilities, and the communities we work and live with integrity and excellence. New Braunfels has been a great location for our corporate headquarters, and we plan to continue to grow our business in our hometown community of New Braunfels,” stated Ken Rideout, Chief Development Officer for WoundCentrics.

Each year, the New Braunfels Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. Recipients are local companies that enhance the positive image of small businesses through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the New Braunfels area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2021 New Braunfels Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the New Braunfels Award Program and data provided by third parties.

The New Braunfels Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the New Braunfels area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value. The mission is to recognize the small business community's contributions to the U.S. economy. And to learn more about WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com

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WoundCentrics Offers Continuing Education on the Topic of Covid-19 and Wound Care

News Release: For Immediate Release

Dr. Marcus Gitterle, Chief Medical Officer for WoundCentrics of New Braunfels, Texas, provided a lecture to the National Association of Long-Term Hospitals (NALTH) membership on the topic of Covid 19 and the impact on wound care in November 2020.

The 50-minute video presentation offers an in-depth review of the implication and changes in wound care being provided to patients that have tested positive with Covid 19. The unique challenges that nursing and clinical staff are managing during the on-going pandemic has yielded new information on how to manage Covid 19 patients that present or develop wounds during and after hospitalization. Dr. Gitterle presents several important pearls of wisdom to educate wound care providers from the lessons learned from treating thousands of patients with Covid 19 in multiple states in all types of facilities.

The Covid 19 and Wound Care lecture is very informative and educational for all clinical personnel that are treating and exposed to Covid 19 patients.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to our health systems, including wound care. What is encouraging is that we have already identified valuable best-practices that can prevent complications in these patients while supporting and protecting caregivers,” explained Dr. Marcus Gitterle, Chief Medical Officer for WoundCentrics. “ Our goal is to share these lessons learned and valuable pearls of wisdom with other providers during this pandemic,” Gitterle said.

The Continuing Education presentation is available on the WoundCentrics website under the topic of Continuing Education / CNE. After viewing the educational Covid 19 and Wound Care video presentation, a quiz and form is available to complete and receive your 1.0 Hours of CNE credit and the CNE Certificate.

To learn more about WoundCentrics as a company and its educational offerings visit www.woundcentrics.com/ceu

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WoundCentrics Expands Inpatient Wound Care Services to Cornerstone Hospitals in Oklahoma

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WoundCentrics has announced that it has expanded its services to Dallas-based Cornerstone Healthcare Group. WoundCentrics is now providing its specialized wound care services to Cornerstone Specialty Hospital Broken Arrow and Cornerstone Specialty Hospital Muskogee. With more than 60 combined long term acute care beds, Cornerstone's two Tulsa area locations serve a medically complex patient population, including complex wounds, for which WoundCentrics has proven success in achieving improved outcomes.

WoundCentrics initially began providing wound services for Cornerstone Healthcare Group in Texas and Louisiana in 2017 and started services in Oklahoma in December 2020. 

“We are pleased to expand our wound care services to Cornerstone Hospitals in Broken Arrow and Muskogee,” stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer for WoundCentrics.  “We have proven track record of success with Cornerstone Hospitals in Texas and Louisiana and excited about expanding our relationship to the Oklahoma hospitals and with Cornerstone and as a company,” Oertli explained.

WoundCentrics is located in New Braunfels, Texas and operates in 11 states with nearly 60 employed physicians and APPs servicing acute and post acute facilities and wound centers.  To learn more about WoundCentrics visit www.woundcentrics.com

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In Service to Our Neighbors

The season of giving has arrived. Spending time helping at local shelters or food banks provides an important service to our neighbors. Our New Braunfels corporate office made the commitment to provide for those in need this Thanksgiving. Our team members from the WoundCentrics corporate office made a call to the New Braunfels Food Bank and the list of items needed was quickly filled. It was important to provide non-perishable items for families in need and pop-top canned items for the homeless population. From soups to chili, tuna and cereal, rice and beans, each of these items will be distributed to individuals and families in need this season and within our community. 

Giving back to our community brings people together, and together our corporate office provided service in action and kindness. The donation made its way to the New Braunfels Food Bank two days before Thanksgiving, weighing in at 100 pounds of food. Our plan for Thanksgiving 2021 is to expand our collection efforts to both our corporate offices located in Lubbock and New Braunfels, Texas, and at our clinic and hospital locations in 12 states to help benefit those in need in each of the local communities we serve. 

WoundCentrics provides aligned wound care across the continuum of care that produces efficient, cost-effective care and exceptional patient outcomes. We, at WoundCentrics are not only committed to our patients and their healing, but we are also committed to providing for our local communities, building a strong reputation within the community, and participating in charitable initiatives. This month WoundCentrics also sponsored the Texas Tech Alumni Association San Antonio Chapter Golf Tournament as a hole sponsor. Our efforts to support our community will help provide for those in need through in-kind donations and to provide for those in need of financial assistance through educational scholarships. We, at WoundCentrics, are grateful for our patients and families who trust us to provide high quality care. And we are grateful for our partners and team members who work tirelessly to care for those we serve. From our WoundCentrics family to yours – Happy Thanksgiving!

Interested in making a donation to the New Braunfels Food Bank, visit https://nbfoodbank.org/ or call 830-327-6000.

WoundCentrics corporate associates donate 100 pounds of food to the New Braunfels Food Bank. Pictured from left to right: Stuart Oertli, Stacie Huggins, Samantha Stahl, David Jones, Dr. Marcus Gitterle, Brandye West, and Emily Santana.

WoundCentrics is a sponsor for Texas Tech Alumni Association - San Antonio Chapter golf tournament. Pictured left to right: Stuart Oertli, Tim Vernon, and Christina Chapman.

UVA Transitional Hospital Enters an Agreement with WoundCentrics

Press Release: For Immediate Release

University of Virginia Health System and University Physician Group partners with WoundCentrics to provide advanced wound care services.

The University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health) and University Physician Group have engaged WoundCentrics of New Braunfels, Texas to implement and oversee an advanced wound care program for its Transitional Care Hospital (TCH) in Charlottesville, Virginia. TCH is a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTACH) serving medically complex patients with an average length of stay of 25 days or greater.

WoundCentrics offers an inpatient wound care program designed for LTACHs that coordinates care with the high acuity patients that the Hospital manages. WoundCentrics will begin to provide services later this year.

“We are very excited to partner with an academic institution like UVA Health and the experienced administrative and clinical team at UVA Transitional Care Hospital,” stated Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer at WoundCentrics. “This unique partnership will allow us to train UPGs designated wound care provider(s) through our Wound Care University and allow UVA, UPG, and TCH to develop care pathways across the continuum of care.”

WoundCentrics is a full-service wound care management and services company that has been operating since 2008 and currently operates in 12 states and more than 50 facilities including acute care, hospital outpatient departments, long-term acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and free-standing clinics. For more information on WoundCentrics visit the website at www.woundcentrics.com.

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WoundCentrics to provide Inpatient Wound Care Services at Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital

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WoundCentrics, a specialized wound care services company based in New Braunfels, Texas, announced that it began providing inpatient wound care to the rehabilitation patients at Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital in Austin, Texas on September 1, 2020.

Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital is an Ascension Seton Healthcare facility in partnership with Kindred Healthcare of Louisville, Kentucky.  The Hospital offers stroke, neurological, orthopedic, and general rehabilitation through its physical, occupational, speech and other rehabilitation focused services.

Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital was recently named the best Rehabilitation Hospital in the greater Austin area and 12th overall in Texas by Newsweek magazine based on the results of a Statista Inc. survey that ranked the country’s Best Physical Rehabilitation Centers.

“Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital began discussion with WoundCentrics with the focus on providing specialized wound care services for their rehabilitation patients with a goal of complementing each patient’s rehabilitation plan of care,” according to Stuart Oertli, Chief Operating Officer at WoundCentrics.

“We are excited to have our specially trained wound care providers working with the physicians and clinical staff at Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital to provide advanced wound care services that will ultimately improve patient outcomes and enhance the overall quality of services received,” stated Marcus Gitterle, WoundCentrics’ Chief Medical Officer.  “Seton Healthcare and Kindred Healthcare are industry leaders and we believe our wound program will fit seamlessly with their high standards of care.”

Ken Rideout, Chief Business Development Officer for WoundCentrics offered that, “our clinical model is designed to provide specialized wound care to patients in all settings, including the inpatient acute care hospital as well as the many post-acute settings where wound care needs are often complex and prevalent such as Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Rehabilitation Hospitals, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Long Term Care Facilities and in the patient’s home.”

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