UH Elyria, Lake West and Portage Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Centers Rank Top in Country

ELYRIA, STREETSBORO, WILLOUGHBY, Ohio — University Hospitals Elyria, Lake West and Portage Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Centers have earned the Healogics® President’s Circle Award. Healogics® is the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The award signifies outstanding clinical outcomes and exceptionally high patient satisfaction, distinguishing winners as the “best of the best” in patient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen treatment.

“I am very proud of the center for its consistent dedication to both high quality and compassionate care,” said Jared Storck, DO, FACOS, Medical Director, UH Portage Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center. “This team has been giving great effort, day in and day out, for many years now.  It’s a pleasure to work with such a skilled group of UH caregivers that achieve such high outcomes.”

Specialists at UH Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Centers collaborate to coordinate care for patients across the UH system including limb salvage patients at UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute who often experience persistent wounds.

Over the last several years, University Hospitals Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Centers have earned this prominent award, ranked among the best performing centers in Ohio, and also among the very best in the nation.

“Our team is devoted to improving the lives of every patient who walks through our door,” said Joanna Brown, MD, Medical Director, UH Elyria Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Center. “This award demonstrates we are consistently providing an excellent standard of care. Last year our center treated nearly 1,000 new patients. Our goal is to heal wounds and help people return to a new level of comfort in their day-to-day life.”

At UH Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Centers, specialists assist patients by helping to diagnose and manage care for a variety of wounds, including diabetic and neuropathic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds. Generally, wounds that haven’t healed in four weeks or more are considered chronic wounds; however, specialists can usually look at wounds and identify a course of treatment in less time.

“As a team, we are focused on getting patients on the path towards healing without delay,” said Olusegun Ogunlesi, MD, Medical Director, UH Lake Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine Center. “Our team takes pride in this national recognition of our care and works every day to make sure patients facing difficult circumstances can quickly get back to the lives they want to live without chronic wounds slowing them down.”

Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help accelerate wound healing.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a state-of-the-art adjunct to the comprehensive wound care program. This treatment delivers high doses of oxygen to wounds, and fills the blood with enough oxygen to repair tissues, leading to faster healing times.