Medical Director,   Advanced Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine Tel:  (718) 208-2484         (718) 208-2481 Fax: (718) 486-4259 Director, Advanced Wound Care Tel:  (718) 208-2456 Fax: (718) 486-4259 Email Us

Advanced wound care is a rapidly growing area of specialization in the United States .  The recent advances in the development of various topical agents, dressings and methods for applying state of the art tissue grafts are dramatic. Physicians now have the tools necessary to offer patients suffering with difficult to heal wounds a rapid return to a pain-free lifestyle. The Center for Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is dedicated to the promotion of wound healing and to returning patients to the best possible quality of life. Our highly trained staff uses a multidisciplinary approach to ensure that patients have access to the broad range of services they need to facilitate their wound healing. One of our primary goals is to exceed national wound healing rates and, in the process, preserve the continuity of care between the referring physician and the patient. Patients with particularly difficult or complex soft tissue problems may benefit from adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy  is administered via several monoplace chambers and promotes wound healing not just by increasing levels of dissolved oxygen in the body but also by inducing certain changes at the cellular level that contribute to blood vessel formation.  Indications for adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy include:  Necrotizing fasciitis  and severe soft tissue infections Non-healing chronic diabetic foot ulcers Chronic osteomyelitis Acute vascular thrombosis Osteoradionecrosis of the mandible and prophylaxis prior to dental extraction Soft tissue radiation injury Compromised skin and muscle flaps Crush injuries Various indications for patients enrolled in blood management programs Less commonly seen carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression sickness If you are suffering from a wound that is not healing and/or is causing discomfort, please contact the Center for Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine for expert assistance.  We have had excellent success closing wounds and we will do everything possible to help you.  To make an appointment please call 718-208-2442