Wound Healing Clinic
The Wound Healing Clinic is a unique service that provides a comprehensive treatment regimen for chronic non-healing wounds. Chronic, non-healing wounds are often part of the disease process for serious conditions such as peripheral vascular disease, diabetes, major infections, cancer and the effects of radiation therapy.
We provide a team approach to the wound healing process, where the team treats not only the wound, but also provides specialists, education and support necessary to treat the underlying disease process. The Wound Healing Clinic is a partnership with the patients primary care physician, with updates provided to the physician after each visit.
Types of Wounds Treated:
- Diabetic Ulcers
- Pressure Ulcers
- Arterial Ulcers
- Venous Ulcer
- Trauma
- Cellulitis
- Radiation therapy wounds
- Any wound that has not healed in 1 month
Chronic wounds heal faster by treating the cause of the non-healing wound and applying evidence-based, medical and surgical techniques that are outcome focused and cost-effective.
Treatment methods include:
- Advanced wound dressings
- Vacuum Assisted Closure
- Bioengineered Tissue
- Debridement
- Wraps to decrease lower leg swelling
Patients and their families or caregivers are also taught how to care for their wounds at home to further facilitate faster and more permanent healing. The latest approved devices and dressings to promote healing are used. The Wound Healing Clinic also coordinates consultations and treatments for inpatients with chronic, non-healing wounds.
Dr Tim Spencer, a Board Certified Vascular Surgeon, is the Medical Director of the Wound Healing Clinic. Dr Spencer evaluates every patient, coordinating with other medical specialists as needed. Dianne Moody, a Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse, is the Program Director, and she coordinates a team that includes wound care certified nurses, with consultation and referrals to nutritionists, physical therapists, diabetic educators and other resources for a full continuum of care.
Teamwork, coordinated care, advanced technologies and excellent outcomes are all found in one convenient location. The Wound Healing Clinic is located on the 2nd floor of the Cancer Center at Augusta Health. The clinic provides a light, open and comfortable setting and a patient centered focus to help patients recover from chronic, often debilitating wounds.