Advanced Wound Center Receives National President’s Circle Award
March 27, 2024
Clinch Valley Health physicians, leaders and clinicians are proud to announce that The Advanced Wound Center has been awarded the prestigious President’s Circle award by Healogics, the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Advanced Wound Center have been rewarded with Healogics most prestigious recognition for centers that achieve clinical and operational excellence.
“We are very proud that our wound center has been recognized as one of the highest performing centers across the country in healing very difficult wounds that many patients have dealt with, in some cases, for very long periods of time,” said Peter Mulkey, CEO, Clinch Valley Health.
Clinch Valleys Advanced Wound Center is a member of the Healogics network of over 600 Wound Care Centers® and offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds.
Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. Clinch Valley’s Advanced Wound Center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help accelerate wound healing.
“I am grateful to the staff who had worked diligently and been dedicated to excellence and keeping the highest level of wound care standard,” said Jamal I. Sahyouni, MD, CWSP, Clinch Valley Medical Center Advanced Wound Center, Medical Director. “This is a great achievement, and I am very proud to announce this award to our communities in Southwest Virginia. It means our patients have the highest standard of wound care close to home. I am honored to serve the patients in our area.”
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About Clinch Valley Health: For more than 85 years, Clinch Valley Health has been an integral part of the lives of people throughout southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia. Our 175-bed acute care hospital offers a range of inpatient and outpatient services including medical and radiation oncology services, specialty care for the heart, lungs and vascular system, cardiac catheterization lab, 24-hour emergency services, physical rehabilitation, sleep studies, skilled nursing, pediatrics & obstetrics, an advanced wound care center, and advanced diagnostics. For more information, please visit ClinchValleyHealth.com.
About Healogics:
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year, over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of better outcomes and a better way to provide care.