AAWM President Stan McCallon and Exam Chair Joe McCulloch
Go to Hati
News release from LSU Health Science Center

Three wound care specialists, all faculty physical therapists from the School of Allied Health Professions, LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport will soon join the international disaster relief effort in Haiti.

The team members are Joseph McCulloch, Ph.D., Dean, Stanley McCallon, D.PT., Director of the Post-Graduate Wound Management Residency in Physical Therapy, and Ed Mahoney, D.PT., Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy.  Each is a  Certified Wound Specialist of the American Academy of Wound Management and participating in the medical mission through an effort jointly sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and the Global Institute of the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami.

According to Dr. McCulloch," We were contacted through one of our professional associations (Association for the Advancement of Wound Care) and informed of a high demand for certified wound care professionals at the field hospital operated by the Global Institute of the University of Miami.  The hospital itself is located on the grounds of the Port au Prince airport.  Volunteers travel to Miami on their own, then are flown to Haiti on charters operated by the Institute.  The deployment is for seven days of actual duty in Haiti.  Working in teams of two, we will handle all of the wound care needs of patients including debridement, dressing changes and application of negative pressure wound care devices that speed healing.  The teams will work in 12 hour shifts and will be housed in a tent dormitory adjoining the hospital.

The team will depart Sunday, February 21.

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AAWM Public Board Member Kelly Smith
Appointed Chief Academic Officer of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy

Washington, DC - The American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM), is pleased to announce that public Board of Directors member Kelly Smith, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, FCCP, has been appointed chief academic officer of the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.  In this role, Dr. Smith will oversee all operations of the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. 

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Article on Wound Certifications:

An overview of the current state of wound certification is presented by Lauri M. Rappl, PT, CWS, et al.

Rappl, Lauri M., et al. Wound Care Organizations, Programs, and Certifications: An Overview. Ostomy Wound Management 2007;53(11):28–39