Wound Healing Specialists. Board of Medical Advisors

Jeffrey A. Niezgoda, MD, FACHM, FAPWCA, FACEP

Director of Board of Medical Advisors

Dr. Jeffrey Niezgoda is the Medical Director of The Centers for Comprehensive Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Health Care, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Hyperbaric & Wound Care Associates, a medical specialty group serving Southeastern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. He is the President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine and an Associate Professor and Hyperbaric Consultant at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Dr. Niezgoda is a recognized wound care expert and has served as faculty at both national as well as international conferences. He has participated on multiple Expert Consensus Panels and has appeared before Medicare and Medicaid Services as a wound care advisor. Dr. Niezgoda received his Medical Degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dr. Niezgoda is Board Certified in Hyperbaric Medicine and Wound Care.

Kim Eldridge, RN, CNOR, RNFA, CFCN, WCC

Clinical Wound Specialist Educator

Kim Eldridge, Registered Nurse, was born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi, and has over 10 years of clinical experience in complex wound care. Her commitment to provide the highest standards of wound care, while improving clinical outcomes and emphasizing patient education, and her passion for ensuring healthcare accessibility and cost-efficiency, make Kim a pioneer in the field of wound care.

Kim has been a surgical nurse for over 17 years. She works exclusively with a general surgeon who specializes in wound care, hyperbaric therapy, and limb salvage. She provides surgical wound care in both acute and long term settings, and also consults for major wound care companies and organizations nationwide. She has published several posters and articles in the field of wound care education. Kim is a Registered Nurse First Assistant, and is a certified surgical, foot care and wound care nurse

Angela Houston-Savage, RN, WCC, CWCA, DAPWCA

Angela Houston-Savage, RN & certified wound care clinician, has been involved in nursing for 15 + years ( 12+ years involved in complex wound care & 8+ years involved in wound care management ). Her entire nursing career has taken place in the Denver Metro area, where she demonstrates a deep commitment to providing successful patient outcomes in wounds that are chronic, infected, and at times life or limb threatening. Possessing multiple board certifications, maintaining active memberships in numerous distinguished associations, and acquiring extensive accolades, are all relevant segments of this wound care champion’s itinerary.

For the past two years Angela has been the Director of Wound Care at a large home health company dedicated to excellence in patient outcomes (225+ patients and 35+ Nursing staff). She is also the owner of Wound Care Concepts Consulting (since 2005) which has provided her with opportunities to consult in wound care for all health settings, train staff and develop formularies.

Known for her philanthropic spirit, Angela has volunteered for the past four years as the lead wound care triage nurse for Denver’s Project Homeless Connect which is held twice yearly and serves a growing population with mounting health care needs. She feels strongly that everyone should volunteer their time but especially clinicians in a specialty field.

Angela encompasses a passion for education which is evident in her ongoing efforts to teach wound care at local universities, her place of employment, and within various projects she is involved in. In an effort to reach a larger audience, she has successfully created interactive wound care groups on both Facebook and Linked In.com.

Milton N. Kondiles, DPM, FACS

Podiatry Coordinator

Dr. Milton Kondiles is a board certified foot and ankle surgeon and a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgery. He has been in private practice for over 25 years and currently is the head podiatrist at Our Lady of Resurrection Hospital and the past chairman of podiatry at Lincoln West Hospital. He has been teaching foot and ankle surgery to residents for over 20 years. He sits on the board of several prestigious medical organizations and societies such as Advanced Foot and Ankle IPA.

Dr. Kondiles has been on the front line in treating wounds for over twenty years and has vast experience with them. He has developed new innovative techniques in treating peripheral neuropathy which is often associated with wound ulcers. He is the director for the Clinics of Wellness and Neuropathy which treats neuropathic conditions.

Macy G. Hall, Jr., MD, FACS.
Reconstructive Surgeon & Wound Care Specialist

Dr. Macy G. Hall, Jr. is a native Washingtonian. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C in 1964 and his Medical Degree from Howard University, College of Medicine in 1968. He furthered his educational endeavors to General Surgery, becoming Board Certified and then sub-specializing in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Surgery of the Hand at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York in 1977. Dr. Hall has been the recipient of several awards during his training, including the Daniel Hale Williams Award (Intern and Resident of the Year). The Washingtonian Magazine has recognized him as one of the "Top Doctors" in the Washington Area since 1991. Dr. Hall also holds various memberships with societies such as the National Medical Association, the American College of Surgeons, the Washington Academy of Surgeons, and the National Chapter Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Hall is a former Chairman and Assistant Professor of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Howard University. Under his leadership, several young surgeons have also entered the field of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Hall is the former Chairman of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. He is currently serving on the Advisory Board of the National Youth Leadership Forum, a consultant to several wound care companies and he is currently a member AAWC and The Wound Healing Society

David A. Yeager, DPM. Foot and Ankle Specialist

It has always been my belief to treat patients’ ankle and foot problems as if they were my own. I will combine my knowledge, experience, and expertise in current technologies to educate patients so they maintain optimal health. I believe that a unity between a physician and patients is paramount to a successful outcome. This bond is established and reinforced through respect, compassion, and professionalism. In this ever-changing world in which we live, we must remember one fact remains a constant; the patient always comes first.

Carla O. Gamez, DPM. Podiatrist Surgeon

Dr. Carla O. Gamez, DPM, a podiatrist involved in promoting podiatric health through the utilization of state-of-the-art innovations at the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, LLC, Glenview IL, which provides complete orthopedic surgical care, primary care sports medicine, on-site radiology and physical therapy.

John Hallowell, RN, CWON.

John Hallowell RN, CWON from Citrus Memorial Health System in Inverness, FL, Lead Nurse in acute care hospital of over 200 beds and a Certified Registered Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse aka: Enterostomal Therapist since 1998. He also provides wound care consultation services for rehabilitation centers, long term care centers and home health care organizations.

Richard M. Millis, Ph.D. Research and Development

Dr. Millis has taught all aspects of physiology to medical, dental & allied health sciences students for more than thirty years. He is credited with authoring or co-authoring approximately 60 articles in peer-reviewed publications on various aspects of biomedical physiology and has co-edited two research reference books. He currently serves as a peer reviewer for The Journal of the National Medical Association and the Journal of Neuroscience Research. His recent research, funded by a grant administered by the University of the District of Columbia's Center for Nutrition, Diet & Health and sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is to identify physiological markers for obesity in African-American adolescents. He has authored a government report funded by the U.S. Army's Surgeon General on the effects of nicotine and nicotine withdrawal, which was instrumental in The Department of Defense's decision to create the first federal smoke-free workplace. He was chief scientist for the development of the federal government's first centralized database on medical aspects of chemical and biological warfare agents and he compiled the curriculum used to train physicians and allied health personnel on chemical casualty care for the first Persian Gulf War. He has served as the program director of scientific logistics support to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center and the training coordinator for a minority neuroscience fellowship program administered by the Society for Neuroscience and sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health. He has also served as an evaluator for the National Institute of Mental Health's Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness program and as a consultant to the National Institute of Drug Abuse on AIDS cofactors. He has worked in Ethiopia with the Ethiopian Armed Forces to help develop the first physician's assistant training program in sub-Saharan Africa under the auspices of a health capacity building grant from the National of Institutes of Health, and with the International Center for Insect Physiology & Ecology to train biology teachers how to use computer technology for teaching critical-thinking and scientific problem-solving. He has also worked in Rwanda under the auspices of a political conflict management and capacity building grant administered by the University of Maryland and sponsored by the Agency for International Development, where he taught the use of computers for scientific problem-solving after the Rwandan genocide decimated the faculty of the National University of Rwanda. He has been listed in the Who's Who Among America's Teachers and has received numerous merit awards for outstanding teaching and research, as well as distinguished author's awards, including the 2006 Teaching with Technology Award, by Howard University.