General Surgery | Center for Healing Solutions

The Complex Open Abdomen: Best Practices to Optimize Patient Outcomes

Luis G. Fernandez, MD, FACS, FASAS, FCCP, FCCM, FICS and Marc Matthews, MD, FASC, FASGS discuss the complex open abdomen

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3M Health Care, Medical Solutions Division

Faculty Contributors

Vedra Augenstein, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Atrium Health
Carolinas HealthCare System
Charlotte, North Carolina

H. John Cooper, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Division of Hip & Knee Reconstruction
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA
Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Specialist
Tower Health
Reading, Pennsylvania

Allen Gabriel, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California
Peacehealth Southwest Medical Center
Vancouver, Washington

Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Director
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Marc Matthews, MD, FASC, FASGS
The Arizona Burn Center
Associate Professor of Surgery
Creighton University, University of Arizona, Midwestern University, AT Still University School of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona

David Shapiro, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
University of Florida
Tallahassee, Florida

Devinder Singh, MD
Chief & Program Director, Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Miami and Jackson Health Systems
Clinical Professor of Surgery (interim)
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Wound/Education Consultant
Clinician; Saratoga Hospital Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine
Saratoga Springs, New York

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