Module: The Pressure Effect: A Wound Care Podcast

David Zabel
Chief of Plastic Surgery, Christiana Care

David D. Zabel, MD FACS, attended Case Western University, Cleveland Ohio where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering. Dr Zabel then attended University of Cincinnati where he obtained his medical degree. Dr. Zabel completed General Surgery Residency at Christiana Hospital. He also completed a research fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in the Wound Healing Research Lab. He continued his education at the University of Pittsburgh where he completed his Plastic Surgery Residency. Dr Zabel is the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Christiana Care in Newark Delaware and is Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Jenny Alderden
Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Jenny Grace Alderden, Ph.D., APRN, is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing. Previously, Dr. Alderden worked as a military nurse, where she was appointed lead nurse for a shock trauma platoon in Al-Anbar, Iraq. She also served as a fixed-wing and rotary-wing en-route care nurse.  Dr. Alderden maintains certification as a Critical Care Registered Nurse and Critical Care Nurse Specialist through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, focusing on gerontology and informatics. She also serves on the editorial board of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ journal Critical Care Nurse.

Kelly McPhee
Director of Wound Care, Mosaic Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, St. Joseph

Kelly McFee, DNP is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Certified Wound Specialist and Advanced Practice Certified Wound Care Nurse who has been practicing Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine in Northwest Missouri. She received a BSN from Missouri Western State University, MSN from the University of Missouri – Kansas City, and DNP from the University of South Alabama. She is an active member of the American Professional Wound Care Association, Association of Advancement of Wound Care, and the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society. She is also a member of the Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative, a joint collaboration between the NPIAP and EPUAP.

Cathy Milne
APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CS, CWOCN-AP

Cathy is an Advanced Practice WOC Nurse providing care to patients across the continuum in acute care, long-term care, home health and outpatient settings. Employed by Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, she also provides consulting to organizations wishing to improve wound outcomes, conducts clinical research, lectures nationally and internationally, is the Co-Editor of the text Wound, Ostomy, Continence Secrets and the recently published 3rd Edition of the Wound Care Certification Study Guide. She currently serves as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Nursing and has published numerous articles. Cathy is on the Executive Education Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care after holding a two term Nurse Board Member position as well as a member of the Post-Acute Wound and Skin Integrity Council (PAWSIC) and Co-Chair of Coalition for At-Risk Skin (CARS). Cathy also serves as the Co-Chair for WoundCon, and is a Clinical Advisor for WoundReference.com.

Lee Ruotsi
Medical Director, Saratoga Hospital Medical Group

Dr. Ruotsi is the Medical Director of the Advanced Wound Healing Centers at the Catholic Health System in Buffalo, NY. He oversees two outpatient wound care and hyperbaric medicine centers as well as a four-hospital, 1,200 bed in-patient wound care program. He is board certified in Family Medicine as well as Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is a Certified Wound Specialist. He is a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists (ACCWS) and sits on the Board of Directors as well. Dr Ruotsi is on the NPUAP Board of Directors. He is a Founding Diplomate and sits on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Wound Medicine and Surgery. He is certified as a Diving Medical Officer by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine with an active teaching role in nursing, physical therapy, medical school and residency programs. Dr. Ruotsi is a member of the Wound Healing society (WHS) and is on the faculty of the Wound Certification Prep Course.

The Pressure Effect: A Wound Care Podcast

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