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Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS, FACHM, MAPWCA

Building a Multidisciplinary Wound Care Team: The Importance of Including Physical Therapists

September 14, 2011
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA One of the greatest honors of my life was being inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at The College of William and Mary. I was a gymnast there during ...

Commentary: What Wound Care Needs Most

August 15, 2016
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA "I believe we possess all the resources and talents necessary. But the facts of the matter are that we have never made the national decisions or marshale...

Deadline Reminder: Preparing to Submit Your PQRS Measures

January 28, 2016
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA An ancient Irish tradition dating back to St. Patrick permitted women to propose marriage to men on the additional day added during a leap year. The gend...

HBOT: The Office of Inspector General’s Most Wanted?

March 23, 2017
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA In 1950, J. Edgar Hoover published the first edition of the FBI’s most wanted list. Since that time, no less than 512 fugitives have been featured. Many ...

Highlights from the American Professional Wound Care Association's 2015 Annual Meeting

April 8, 2015
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA The American Professional Wound Care Association's (APWCA) annual meeting concluded in Philadelphia the last weekend in March. The meeting featured sever...

How to Determine If That Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Product Is Worth It

November 20, 2015
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Lawrence Mills introduced the concept of Value Analysis to the manufacturing industry a half century ago. The basic idea entails analyzing the function a...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Wound Care: Evidence that Demands a Verdict

April 8, 2011
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA I owe my humble thanks to GK Chesterton, the Christian apologist, for the title of this blog. In Chesterton’s book of the same title he observes that men...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: "Where Have All the Chambers Gone?"

February 19, 2015
by Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Pete Seeger died a year ago last January at the age of 94. Reading a tribute to the folk singer, I ran across his most memorable tune, "Where have all th...
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