Biography
Dr. Thomas E. Serena MD FACS, Founder and Medical Director of SerenaGroupâ„¢, a family of wound, hyperbaric and research companies. Dr. Serena completed his residency in Surgery at the Hershey Medical Center. To date he has opened and operates wound care centers across the United Sates and globally. He has been the lead or Principal investigator in over 100 clinical trials and is recognized internationally as an expert in the field of wound healing: He has more than 100 published papers and has given more than 1000 invited lectures throughout the world. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Society and served two terms on the board of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) and is now the President-Elect. He has also been Vice-President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine and President of the American Professional Wound Care Association.
Research Interest
• Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy in the treatment of any of the 14 approved indications • Amputation prevention • the business of wound care • Research in wound healing • Diagnostics in wound healing • Indocyanine Green Fluorescent Angiography in wound healing • Advanced wound care
Biography
Jasmina Begic finished postgraduate study on the Sarajevo University Medical School of Medicine. She is Medical Consultant for BIOPTRON, Zepter Internastional for Bosnia and Herzegovina , Founder of Association for Wound management in B&H, Founder and author of Euro-Asian Forum, one of founder of www.BALWMA.org. She is member of EWMA Cooperating Organisations Board.
Research Interest
Wound Management, Wound Healing, Advance wound treatments
Biography
Michael Cioroiou is a board-certified general surgeon with more than 35 years of experience. He specializes in wound care as well as breast diseases. He have a caring and understanding nature and aim to answer all patient’s questions and concerns in order to make office visits as pleasant and professional as possible. He have been named as one of Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors in the New York Metro Area every year since 2002, and in 2011, he received a Patients Choice Award from users of the medical provider review Website Vitals.
Research Interest
Healthcare Management, Surgery, Clinical research, Patient safety.