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Applewhite Named Medical Director of Comprehensive Wound Care Center at Baylor Dallas

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 15:22 CST

DALLAS, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Andrew J. Applewhite, M.D., C.W.S., a certified wound specialist on the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Baylor Dallas), has been named medical director of the hospital's Comprehensive Wound Care Center. In this role, Dr. Applewhite will lead the multidisciplinary team at the center providing specialized care for patients with chronic, non-healing wounds.

Dr. Applewhite earned his doctor of medicine degree from The University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Texas, and completed his residency in The University of Texas Medical Branch Family Practice Residency Program in Conroe, Texas. In addition to his board certification in family practice medicine, Dr. Applewhite is the only physician in Dallas/Fort Worth to be board certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine by the American Board of Preventative Medicine.

Reducing Complications, Risk of Infection

The Comprehensive Wound Care Center at Baylor Dallas provides specialized wound care services, with an emphasis on using evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and providing coordinated care that lasts beyond the patient's visits to the center. Research shows that comprehensive wound care can reduce the risk of infection or other complications for patients with chronic non-healing wounds.

Typical wounds treated at the center include diabetic foot ulcers, non-healing surgical sites, pressure ulcers, burns and arterial ulcers. A multidisciplinary team, consisting of physicians on the medical staff, nurses, technicians, dietitians and care coordinators, prepare and implement personalized treatment plans for patients. Treatment can include specialized dressings, specialized outer wraps, debridement, bio-synthetic grafts and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Patients give high marks to the Comprehensive Wound Care Center, with 94 percent stating they would likely recommend the center to others.

About Baylor Dallas

Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, a 1002-bed not-for-profit academic hospital, is a major patient care and research center in the southwest. The nationally acclaimed medical center serves as flagship hospital for Baylor Health Care System and has earned Magnet status for "Excellence in Nursing Services" from the American Nurses Credentialing Center -- the organization's highest level of recognition. In addition to its Level 1 trauma center, Baylor Dallas is also home to many nationally ranked centers of excellence including transplant, cardiovascular services, orthopaedics, oncology, digestive diseases, neurosciences and gynecology. In 2008, U.S. News & World Report recognized Baylor Dallas in five specialty areas for the 16th consecutive year in its "America's Best Hospitals" guide.

Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System's subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas or Baylor Health Care System.

SOURCE Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas

Source: PR Newswire

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