Meet our North American editorial board members
2024; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/iwj.70061
ISSN1742-481X
AutoresDouglas Queen, Keith G Harding,
ResumoIn our recent editorial, we discussed the expansion of our Editorial Board1 and introduced you to our Senior Editorial Advisors. We promised a series of further editorials introducing our wider membership. This will be the first in a series of three providing insight into the group of outstanding and distinguished individuals that comprise our board. We have created the largest most internationally diverse board to greatly increase the capabilities and expertise of the journal as it moves to its third decade of life. Look out for a series of editorials in the coming month introducing our new board members by providing some background on their valued experiences. As the editorial team, we are excited to expand this group to help maintain the high-quality standards of the International Wound Journal moving forward into our third decade of existence. Please meet the North American Editorial Board Members for the International Wound Journal: Afsaneh Alavi is a professor of Dermatology at the Mayo Clinic with special interests in inflammatory disorders and wound healing. Prior joining to the Mayo Clinic, Dr Alavi completed her residency in dermatology both in Iran and Canada and a 2-year fellowship in wound healing at the University of Toronto in Canada. She earned her Master of Science in Community Health from the University of Toronto. She has received multiple prestigious awards including the Physician of the Year Award by the Canadian Dermatology Association in 2017 and the Supervisor of the Year Award by Mayo Clinic Dermatology in 2021. Dr. Alavi has been involved in numerous clinical trials from phase I-IV and basic science research. She is currently the Director of Complex Medical Dermatology Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and runs the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Specialty Clinic. Dr. Alper is a podiatric physician who recently retired from working in the private solo practice he started 36 years ago in Belmont, MA. Specializing in preventative diabetic foot care, he is now Emeritus Surgical staff at Mt. Auburn Hospital (a Harvard teaching hospital). He is currently a member of the Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New England, having served as its President for over 20 years, and is an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). He also had the honour of serving as Chair of the Belmont (MA) Board of Health for 30 years, where he was seen as a leader in public health for the community. This led to his being appointed by the Governor to his current position on the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB), allowing him to continue his public health work. Since his retirement, Dr. Alper has spent much of his time in the world of limb amputation prevention, using his connections in diabetes, podiatry and vascular fields to create collaborations between medical societies. He currently serves on the Board of the Wound Care Collaborative Community (WCCC), The Way To My Heart (a patient advocacy organization) and the Foot and Ankle Health Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Dr. Arany trained as a dentist, oral pathologist and biomedical engineer. He served as an Assistant Clinical Investigator at NIDCR/NIH, Bethesda, from 2012 to 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University at Buffalo, NY. He has six patents and over 150 scientific publications with more than 8000 citations and an h-index of 36. His work has been featured in many mainstream media highlights in over 70 countries. He has received numerous awards recognizing his research contributions, including the Young Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health and Wound Healing Society, the Horrace Furomoto Award from the American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine and the Theodore Maiman Award from the Academy of Laser Dentistry. He has been invited to speak in various national and international forums, reviews for over 75 scientific journals, serves on nine journal editorial boards (including associate editor in four) and reviews grants for national and international funding agencies. He is the immediate past president of the World and North American Association for Photobiomodulation Therapy, Chair of the PBM group in SPIE and Optica (OSA) and Chair-elect of Lasers and Biophotonics Group at the International Association of Dental Research. Dr Rummana Aslam is an Associate Professor and Chief of Physical Medical and Rehabilitation at Yale School of Medicine. She is also the Medical Director of Yale New Haven Health Wound and Hyperbaric Center. She founded the new ACGME-accredited PMR residency programme at Yale and has initiated/designed the Yale Fellowship in Chronic Wound Care and Regenerative Medicine, where she serves as the Fellowship Program Director. She has a patent on a wound gel for chronic wounds issued in many countries. She has served on multiple panels and has co-authored several guidelines on chronic wounds. Currently, she is leading a team of experts in developing guidelines for the management of lymphoedema. She is a board member of the Wound Healing Society Board of Directors. Her research in wound healing has focused on the biochemistry of oxygen and lactate in chronic wound healing, as well as on the wound healing properties of sugar. Her clinical practice focuses on brain injury rehabilitation in addition to chronic wound care. She is the co -lead of the Yale Avascular Necrosis Program, which offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy in addition to core decompression surgery as a treatment for early avascular necrosis. She has a keen interest in Rehabilitation Engineering and is a principal investigator on multiple clinical trials at Yale, developing new innovative technologies to enhance mind and body performance. Dr. Mona Baharestani is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, Tennessee, and the Associate Chief of Wound Care & Research at the James H. Quillen VAMC. In her multi-faceted role, she serves as a VHA pressure injury subject matter expert and directs health system-wide wound care programmatic development in acute care, the Community Living Center (CLC), Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), and the Telewound programme. She provides interprofessional education, offers second opinion consultation, serves on multiple national pressure injury initiatives and performs clinical research. Selected as a Gold Status Fellow in the VA Diffusion of Excellence Program, she has mentored multiple VA healthcare systems in the development and advancement of TeleWound programmes aimed at increasing Veteran's access to wound care. This TeleWound Care Programme, 'No Wound Left Behind Initiative' (NWLB) was diffused across the Veteran's Health Administration (VHA) enterprise. Prior to returning to her native home of Tennessee, Dr. Baharestani served as the Director of Wound Healing at the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Healthcare System in New Hyde Park, New York. She also developed paediatric wound care guidelines which have been adopted worldwide. Dr. Barbara Bates-Jensen is engaged in clinical research and education that highlights wound care best practices and focused on eliminating the disparities that exist in the detection of skin and tissue damage among persons of colour. Her research on pressure injuries and chronic wound care (screening, detection methods, assessment and management) focuses on vulnerable populations such as nursing home residents, elders, veterans with spinal cord injury and critically ill patients. Chronic wounds, such as ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers and leg ulcers have become a silent global epidemic. Working with UCLA professors in computer science and bioengineering, Dr. Bates- Jensen helped invent a wound care medical device that measures skin and tissue damage before it becomes visible on the skin surface. Dr. Bates-Jensen is the author and developer of the Bates-Jensen Wound Assessment Tool (BWAT) a wound assessment tool that is used worldwide and incorporated into multiple EHRs. The research her team is doing has the potential to improve sustainable patient wound care throughout the global medical community. Professor in the Department of Health at the University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR), Campus Lévis, since August 2020, after 11 years in the Department of Nursing at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières. She completed her Bachelor of nursing science at the University of Montreal and her Master's in nursing science at UQTR. She has completed a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal (May 2016–January 2019) after an almost complete Ph.D. in Community Health at Laval University (2010–2015) (doctoral exams completed with success). Scientific director and researcher at the CISSS Chaudière-Appalaches Research Center. Involved in the development of wound care for more than 20 years, author of Best Practice Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Peripheral Arterial Ulcers, Director of the Board at the Canadian Association of Wound Care 2009–2012, member of the editorial board of Wound Care Canada 2010–2020 and for Limb Preservation in Canada de Wounds Canada since 2021, government advisor at the RQSP 2012–2015 and now member of the Groupe international de la francophonie en soins des plaies of Société française et francophone des plaies et cicatrisations (SFFPC) in France. Amputation's prevention, instrument development/validation, the organization of health services and legislative and ethical aspects support his research interests. Dan Berlowitz, the chair of the Department of Public Health, has decades of experience as a physician, researcher, educator and administrator while serving at the Department of Veterans Affairs. His research interests centre on assessing and improving the quality of medical care in ambulatory and long-term care settings. With strong methodological expertise in the areas of quality assessment, risk adjustment and the use of large databases, his research findings have led to improvements in uncontrolled hypertension and pressure injuries. A prolific author with more than 220 publications, Dr. Berlowitz's most recent article in the Journal of the American Geriatrics concluded that intensive blood pressure therapy is not associated with fear of falling among older hypertension patients. Joyce M. Black, PhD, RN is an Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She is a past president of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. Dr Black served as the co-chair of the task force to define deep tissue injury and as the chair of the task force to update the definitions of the stages of pressure ulcers. Professor Bogie is a Research Career Scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and a Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve University, with an international reputation in translational research, leading interdisciplinary teams to develop patient-centred interventions that meet the complex, multifactorial problems of wound management. Her contributions include evidence-based preventive measures, personalized biomarkers and bioinformatics for better understanding of risk, complemented with smart and cost-effective technology development. Dr. Bogie is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, recognized for outstanding contributions to wound biotechnology development and patient-centred pressure injury management. Dr. Bogie is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, where she also co-chairs the Research Committee and serves on the Standards Committee. She also currently chairs the Education Committee of the Wound Healing Society, having completed a 4-year term on the Board of Directors. Dr. Bogie is co-chair for the International Organization for Standardization microclimate standards development and serves on the RESNA Standards Committee on Wheelchair and Related Seating. She has received continuous funding for over 20 years, from the DoD SCI Research Program, VA Rehabilitation Service, the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation and the Paralysed Veterans of America. She has published over 80 papers and chapters and holds 10 patents. Dr. Bolhack is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine, with additional credentials as a Certified Wound Specialist Physician and a Certified Medical Director in long-term care. He has experience as a medical director for skilled nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, home health agencies and wound centres. He has spoken on many topics nationally and has presented over 35 scientific posters in the areas of wound care, quality improvement and post-hospital care. As chief executive officer of Wounds Canada, Mariam is responsible for both the implementation of the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of the organization. She is a chiropodist and diabetes educator by training and completed her Master's in Educational Leadership. Mariam has also published, developed and lectured in multiple programmes both nationally and internationally. She is also the vice president of D foot International. Through her different roles as an executive director, healthcare practitioner and educator, researcher and faculty member for many well-recognized organizations, Mariam has extensive practical and professional experience in advancing public health policy and is respected as a strategic, visionary, system thinker. Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation at the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) and Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology (RST). Dave Brienza is an electrical engineer and has been investigating, developing and evaluating technology for mobility (wheelchairs) and tissue integrity management (seat cushions and mattresses) for the last 28 years. In addition to his role as Associate Dean for Research in the SHRS, he holds additional faulty appointments in the Department of Bioengineering and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He has served as the Director of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) on Wheeled Mobility (2001–2004), Director of the RERC on Telerehabilitation (2004–2015) and Director of the RERC on Spinal Cord Injury (2007–2013). Brienza has an extensive record of federal funding and publication in the area of rehabilitation technology. The scope of his work ranges from technology development in the seating and mobility to investigations on the physiological responses to mechanical and heat loading, to clinical effectiveness research in the form of large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs). He is the inventor on seven patents related to technology for people with disabilities. Dr Campbell is a nurse and current Field Leader for the Master of Clinical Science in Wound Healing at Western University in London, Ontario. As well, she is an Associate Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute and President-Elect of the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel (ISTAP). She has functioned as an advanced practice nurse in wound care, continence and geriatrics. Karen was the co-chair of the RNAO's new Best Practice Guide (BPG) on Pressure Injuries and contributed to the Canadian BPG on Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Treatment in the spinal cord injury populations. She has been a panel member on the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel and Incontinence Associated Dermatitis International Best Practice Principles. Karen has a strong interest in skin health and frequently speaks and publishes on this topic. Dr. Virginia Capasso, is an Advanced Practice Nurse for Patient Care Services, Office of Quality, Safety, Informatics and Practice and a Nurse Scientist, Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research, at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and an Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists as well as a Diplomate of the American Board of Wound Management. She was a Director on the Board of Directors of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) from 2018 through 2023. Her other NPIAP roles include Co-Chair of the Standing Committee on Research (June 2022–December 2023), member of Support Surface Standard Initiative (S3I) [2014-present], the international Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative (PDSI) [2021-present] and two PDSI subgroups focused on adhesiveness and mechanical properties / durability. Her research has focused on methods of measurement of wound volume and the cost and effectiveness of wound treatments. Dr. Windy Cole holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Cincinnati. She is also an honour graduate from the Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. Dr. Cole has practiced in Northeast Ohio for over 22 years. She is an adjunct professor and Director of Wound Care Research at Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine. She is board-certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and the American Board of Wound Management. She has been a dedicated wound care advocate for two decades with interests focused on medical education, diabetic foot care, wound care, limb salvage, & clinical research. Dr. Cole has published many peer-reviewed and industry articles on these topics and is a sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally. She is an Editorial Board member of Wound Management and Prevention, Podiatry Today, The Foot Journal, Wound Masterclass, Podiatry Management and Lower Extremity Review. She is also the Podiatry Section Editor for the ePlasty Journal and a Guest Editor for Foot and Ankle Quarterly. She is a wound care advocate on the forefront of wound research and was the 2020 World Union of Wound Healing Silver Medal Award recipient for her work in technology-driven research and the 2022 recipient of the Kaplan-Kanat Memorial Lecture Award. Dr. Cole is a member of the ACCWS BOD. Ms. Couch graduated with her Master of Science in Nursing (FNP) from Georgetown University in 2002. Currently, she works as the Director of Wound Care Services at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington DC. She is an Associate Research Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University. Her primary wound interests are in amputee care, wound infection and venous ulcers. Ms. Couch is the current nurse board member of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders and the Secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). She is an editorial board member of Wound Management and Prevention, Today's Wound Clinic and WoundSource 2021. Kara is the liaison for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners to the Alliance. In 2017, she was voted onto the Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee of the Amputee Coalition. She became Chair of the SciMAC in 2019. She is a member of the Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative, a joint collaboration between the NPIAP and EPUAP. Dr. Cuddigan received her PhD in Nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (1999) and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City and University of Iowa (2003–2005). She has extensive clinical experience in critical care nursing and wound care. Her research interests focus primarily on pressure injury prevention, assessment and treatment, particularly in relation to prevention of device-related pressure injuries; risk assessment and prevention in critically ill patients; and dissemination & implementation of evidence-based pressure injury guidelines. She currently teaches interprofessional graduate students and DNP students in research methods, translational research and evidence-based practice implementation. Dr. Cuddigan also has extensive experience in the development of evidence-based guidelines. She was the Panel Manager for the original Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR, now AHRQ) guidelines on pressure injuries. She has been a member of three international pressure injury guideline development groups, serving as the Co-Chair for two international guidelines and the Editor-in-Chief for one. She is a nationally and internationally known expert and speaker on pressure injuries. She has served in leadership positions on the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) including as the organization's President from 2019 to 2021. She has held several administrative positions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing including as a Department Chair (2006–2014), Interim Associate Dean for Administration (2011) and Acting Dean of the College of Nursing (July–October 2011). Professor Stephen Davis started his research career in 1984 at the University of Pittsburgh where he worked with Bill Eaglstein, MD and Patricia Mertz who pioneered the porcine models for wound healing and infection. He has been in the Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami for over 38 years and has been Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PI on research grants totaling over $28 million from DARPA, Canadian Defence, US Army, Office of Naval Research, NIH, NSF and various industry. Professor Davis has worked with well over 200 companies in research and development of various products that are on the market today. His research over the years has focused on the role of occlusive therapy, debridement, biofilms, topical oxygen and electric stimulation. Anna de Jesus is the President and Owner of Food and Nutritional Solutions, LLC providing consultant services to business and industry and public speaking engagements to healthcare clients. She is also the Founder of Nutrition Alliance, LLC, the largest provider of dietitian services for skilled nursing and behavioural hospitals in AZ. Prior to these, Anna was Regional Dietitian for Sunbridge healthcare where she directed the clinical nutrition and food service operations of skilled nursing & assisted living communities in AZ and California. Anna received her Master's degree in Business Administration at Keller Graduate School of Management where she graduated with distinction and her BS in Community Nutrition from the University of the Philippines. Anna has published several operational and training manuals on clinical nutrition services and food service operations. She developed the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) nutrition-specific process to maximize reimbursement for nutrition-related triggers for long-term care communities. She is one of the authors of the newly published, SPIPP 2.0 by the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel. Anna is a sought-after speaker and has presented at various state and national conferences, both onsite and virtually. She has served in various committees for the Dietitians in Health Care Communities, Arizona State University's Internship, Maricopa County Internship, Arizona Health Care Association AZ Chapter's Quality Committee and is currently the Treasurer for the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). Professor Driver is Professor, Washington State University, School of Medicine and is the Founding Chair, Board of Directors for the Wound Care Collaborative Community, an important collaboration with the FDA, CMS and the NIH. She is also Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons-Glasgow, PM and Inaugural Fellow, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, FAAWC. Dr Driver received the prestigious honour of receiving The Robert A. Warriner III, MD Memorial Award. She serves as Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University (UK) in the Department of Medicine and Professor-affiliate at Barry University (USA). Dr Driver serves in multiple key leadership positions across national and international sectors of medicine, academia and the arts. Her career has a special emphasis on wound healing and limb preservation, and she is proud to be an outspoken ambassador for improving care to patients that face the burden of limb loss. As lead investigator, she has served on and initiated more than 70 important multi-centre randomized clinical trials, as well as developed and supervised multiple research fellowship training programmes. She has co-authored well over 150 publications and abstracts and is former Director, Translational Medicine at Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research. Her love for teaching has transcended her career and continues to be an important focus of her professional attention. Dr. Driver is very involved in both clinical and translational medical research in the field of wound healing and limb preservation. She has proudly served as a member of the Wound Healing Society (WHS) Board of Directors and Board of Directors for the Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI) Global Society. She completed her tenure as president for the Advancement of Wound Care Association (AAWC) and served for 9 years on the Board of Directors. She is Board Certified with American Board of Podiatric Surgeons and is a Fellow at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, licensed in VA, MA and RI. Patricia Dykes is President/Board Chair of AMIA and elected fellow of ACMI. She is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Program Director of Research in the Center for Patient Safety, Research and Practice at Brigham and Womenís Hospital. Her research aims to improve quality and safety through patient engagement and CDS. To reduce falls and injuries, she developed the Fall TIPS Toolkit (www.FallTIPS.org) which has been shown to reduce falls and injuries and is adopted in over 250 hospitals in the United States including the VA and DOD. Currently, she is leading two federally funded projects to improve fall prevention CDS in primary care including developing a care plan collaboration tool and personalized exercise prescriptions. Dr. Dykes is also leading the development of a set of eCQMs for CMS and for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. She is the author of two books and over 150 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Laura Edsberg is Professor of Natural Sciences and Director of the Center for Wound Healing Research at Daemen University in Amherst, NY. She is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Daemen University Institute for Mobility Innovation & Technology (IMIT). Dr. Edsberg is a past-President of the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). She is currently serving on the NPIAP board of directors. She co-chaired the 2016 NPIAP Staging Task Force, as well as the NPIAP Unavoidable Pressure Injury Consensus Conferences. She has written numerous articles and chapters about the microstructural and mechanical properties of pressure injury tissue and the proteomics of wound healing. Dr. Edsberg was awarded the Kosiak Award for her work in the field of pressure injuries. Dr. Edsberg's research is focused on the proteome of healing and non-healing wounds. Currently, her research group is working to identify biomarkers associated with healing in wounds. Dr. Mohamed Salah El Masry has received his medical degree from Zagazig University, School of Medicine (Egypt) where he also completed his general surgery residency and plastic surgery training. He earned his doctoral degree in Plastic Surgery from Zagazig University, School of Medicine and The Ohio State University via a jointly sponsored programme. Prior to joining the McGowan Institute and the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. El Masry was an Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery at Indiana University, as well as an investigator at the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering (ICRME). Dr. El Masry's primary research focus is regenerative medicine in wound healing. He developed a clinically relevant swine model that reproducibly recapitulates features characteristic of human critical limb ischaemia (CLI) that is validated comprehensively by both non-invasive and invasive assessment and that lends itself to detailed mechanistic studies and interventional drug testing. Additionally, Dr. El Masry has studied the effect of tissue scaffolds on the wound microenvironment by utilizing a stabilized collagen matrix dressing. Dr. El Masry's laboratory is currently working on a novel wound care dressing to combat multidrug-resistant biofilm. Dr. El Masry has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Molecular Therapy and The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Journal (FASEB J). He serves as a co-investigator on several grants funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD). He serves on the editorial board of Advances in Wound Care and is on the education committee of the Wound Healing Society. Elizabeth Faust, known as Liz or Lizzie, is a Nurse Practitioner and Wound, Ostomy and Continence specialist. She graduated from Gwynedd Mercy University with her MSN in Adult Nurse Practitioner in 2009 and went on to become a CWS, CWOCN, CWOCN-AP and CSWS. She served for 13 years at Tower Health System in West Reading, PA in a variety of roles including inpatient CWOCN, system administrative lead for Wound Ostomy practices and department head of inpatient wound care under plastic surgery at a 700+ Level 1 Trauma Center in Eastern Pennsylvania. She previously served as a Nurse practitioner in an outpatient wound care centre with a physical therapy model. She has a passion for education, particularly with NPWT and Pressure injury prevention and management. She has lectured internationally, in addition to facilitating Bioskills labor
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