Vita Boyer
Hofstra University, USA
Biography
Vita Boyar, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Hofstra University Medical School, is a Board Certified Neonatologist and Certified Wound Specialist Physician, practicing both neonatology and wound care at Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY, Northwell Health. She combines both specialties as a director of Neonatal Wound Services. Her neonatology research involves respiratory care and devices; it is closely intertwined with her work in Quality Improvement, specializing in pressure injury reduction. As a chair of Pressure Injury Prevention group at CCMC, she had implemented numerous protocols in Pressure Injury Prevention, achieving a reduction in medical-device related and ECMO related pressure injuries. Additional studies include treatments with natural products, point-of-care ultrasound in pediatric cutaneous wounds and skin integrity in preterm neonates. She serves as an advisor to Neonatal Israeli Society in their quest to implement Neonatal Skin Improvement Initiative and is a member of the International Society of Pediatric Wound Care.