APMA News - January/February 2018 - 57

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Original calendar graphic by Shutterstock/Jozsef Bagota. Original ballet ﬂats graphic by Shutterstock/Illustrateurs.

Kent State and the Cleveland Foot and Ankle Clinic to Open Wound Care Center
The Kent State University College
Chronic or non-healing wounds
of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM) is
represent a significant burden to pateaming up with the Cleveland Foot
tients, health-care professionals, and
and Ankle Clinic to help reach a segthe US health-care industry. Estimates
ment of the population that may not
show that nearly seven million paotherwise receive care for wounds that
tients are suffering from non-healfail to heal.
ing advanced wounds, and the cost to
Beginning in October 2017,
treat these conditions exceeds $50 bilKSUCPM began enrolling patients in a
lion annually.
clinical trial at the new Wound Care
"Given the increasing need for adand Research Clinic inside the Clevevanced wound care therapies in this
land Foot and Ankle Clinic in downgrowing patient population, and due
town Cleveland. The goal is to bring
to the unlimited potential opportuniclinical trials and cutting-edge therties to establish [KSUCPM] in this
apies to patients with non-healing
evolving sector in both clinical research
wounds. These advancements are
and publishing, we saw the need to
offered free of charge to patients
open a wound care and research clinWindy Cole, DPM
who qualify.
ic," said Windy Cole, DPM, associate
The efficacy of advanced wound care products is beprofessor and director of the college's Wound Care Program.
ing evaluated at this clinic. Patients entered into these tri"My hope is to help many of our area's uninsured and
als have access to therapies such as amniotic tissue grafts
underinsured patients receive treatments they may otherused to aid in healing difficult-to-treat diabetic foot ulwise be unable [to access]," Dr. Cole said.
cers. A novel ofﬂoading cast is being employed to help deTo learn more about KSUCPM, visit www.kent.edu/cpm.
crease pressure on the bottom of a patient's foot.

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n Prevention Magazine,
Melinda Reiner, DPM, and Phillip Ward, DPM-
"Your 10 Biggest Walking Pains, Solved"
http://ow.ly/2hYu30hfZl2
n Health Magazine,
Howard Osterman, DPM, and
Jackie Sutera, DPM-
"8 Comfortable Ballet Flats That Won't Wreck
Your Feet"
http://ow.ly/kYy730hfZvB

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