
A Message From Dr. Fishman
Dear
Colleagues,
Welcome to the 4th
edition of our newsletter.
Hope your holiday season was joyous and filled with peace. This year promises many new
and exciting events from WCI. To begin with, our first Wound Care Symposium,
"Principles and Practices of Wound Care" will be held in
New Orleans, LA in conjunction with
Medtrade and Semco productions. Some of our speakers include: Charles Baxter, M.D.,
Lawrence O. Kollenberg, D.P.M., Glenda Motta, RN, MPH, ET, Jeffrey Robbins, D.P.M., and
Robert Jordan,M.P.T, (More will be announced soon).
We have a very exciting program with dynamic speakers planned. Many opportunities for
sponsorship are still available.
As you can see, Newsletter 4 has a new look, we strive to improve the quality of each
newsletter. Remember, all are available on computer disk. Linda Kasyan is chairman of the
Internet Department and we thank her for all her hard work.
The Institute has many goals this year, but primarily we are planning to produce all
sorts of teaching and educational guides for healthcare providers. Our research department
is conducting clinical trials in long term care facilities. We would like to thank Amerx
Health Care Corporation, Atlantis Medical, BioCore Medical Technologies, Inc., Brennen
Medical Inc, Briggs Corporation, Carrington Laboratories, DeRoyal, Emmanuel
Pharmaceuticals, Ferris, Healthpoint Medical, Hill-Rom, Johnson & Johnson, Kendall,
Lakeside Health Center of West Palm Beach, Medline, Procyte Corporation, Sage, Smith &
Nephew United, and Vencor, Inc,
Finally, the continuing education department is developing seminar programs for CEU's,
stay tuned for more information.
I want to also thank all our sponsors and contributors to this edition. Please feel
free to contact me directly with any information or comments. I look forward to a very
exciting year, and look forward to hearing from you.
Happy New Year to all!
Dr. Tamara D. Fishman
Chairman
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