Becoming a Wound Care Center Physician

Physicians selected for our Wound Care Center’s are:

• Experience in wound-related specialties, including general, vascular or plastic surgery
• Passionate about wound care
• Clinicians respected by the medical community
• Respectful of the role of other physicians and disciplines inpatient care
• Open-minded with respect to learning and applying state-of-the-art wound healing methodologies
• Supportive of quality care consistent with specific clinical pathways
• Willing to commit blocks of time to the Wound Care Center
• Team Players who work well as part of interdisciplinary teams of nurses and other physicians
• Considerate of patients and their families
• Aware of and limit the length of waiting times
• Computer-literate

Becoming a Wound Care Center® Medical Director

Physicians selected to be Wound Care Center Medical Directors are all of the above and:

• Experienced in medical leadership, such as hospital medical staff officer, committee chairperson, or specialty leadership
• Confident and outgoing
• Supportive and champions of a quality driven approach to data-driven patient care
• Spokespeople for and promoters of the program through community education presentations
• Excellent communicators
• Able to build an interdisciplinary team of physicians by involving and including others
• Entrepreneurial in spirit

The Medical Director, Program Director and Clinical Coordinator comprise the Wound Care Center® Management Team. The duties, role and responsibilities of the Medical Director are divided into three principle areas signified by the letters QMP.

Our Medical Directors follow the Quality Management Philosophy (QMP) which helps each Wound Care Center realize its full potential. The Medical Director’s first and most important job is “Q” for Quality Patient Care. This is a responsibility that cannot nor may not be delegated. The second letter “M” is for Mentor signifying the Medical Director’s responsibility for providing both education and “coaching” to the entire wound care and hyperbaric medicine team. The last letter “P” stands for Promoter, indicating the Medical Director’s role and responsibilities in promoting the clinic and building the multidisciplinary panel. All three letters, taken as a whole, symbolize the leadership that is the unspoken fourth responsibility of the medical director.