Recommendations to inform National Coverage Determination development for skin substitutes in hard-to-heal wounds
Chair
Naz Wahab, MD, FAAFP, FAPWCA¹
Authors
Shaun Carpenter, MD, DABWMS, CWSP²
Justin Gooden, MD³
Daniel Kapp, MD⁴
Jeffery A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, MAPWCA, CHWS⁵
William H. Tettelbach, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FUHM, MAPWCA, CWSP⁶
Jason D. Toranto, MD, MBA, FACS⁷
Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP⁸
Neal K. Patel, DPM, DABPM⁹
Jenna Bishop, NP, CWS¹⁰
Jim Christian¹¹
William O'Malley¹²
Marshall Medley, DO, FACOS, CWS-P¹³
Zwelithini Tunyiswa, BA¹⁴
Lou Roselli¹⁵
Marty Kuser¹⁶
Medical Writer
Jennie Feight, MS, CPC, CPMA, CPC-I¹⁷
Corresponding Author: nazwahab@gmail.com
Affiliations
¹ CEO, Wound Care Experts, Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
² Chief Executive Officer, Chief Medical Officer, and Co-founder, MedCentris, LA, US.
³ Medical Director, Mid Kansas Wound Healing & Limb Preservation, US.
⁴ Chief of Plastic Surgery, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, FL, US.
⁵ Chief Medical Officer, RxOS Medical and Auxillium Health, Milwaukee, WI, US; Chief Medical Officer, Kent Imaging Inc., Calgary, Canada.
⁶ Chief Medical Officer, Restorix, US.
⁷ Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, CA, US.
⁸ Director of Wound Care Research, Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine, US.
⁹ Partner, Indy Wound Center for Limb Preservation & Reconstruction, Indianapolis, IN, US.
¹⁰ Director of Clinical Operations, Wound Care Specialists, Forest City, NC, US.
¹¹ President & COO, Greystone Medical Technologies.
¹² Chief Operating Officer, Engage Health Solutions.
¹³ Chief Medical Officer, Biolab Holdings.
¹⁴ CEO, Open Wound Research, Puyallup, WA, US.
¹⁵ Senior Vice President of Business Development, Biowound.
¹⁶ Chief Commercial Officer, Biolab Holdings.
¹⁷ Vice President of Health Policy, Kent Imaging.
