Wound Healing Society Meeting-2015

Members of the Burn and Surgical Research Team represented The Burn Center, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and MedStar Health Research Institute at the Annual Wound Healing Society Meeting April 29-May 3 in San Antonio, TX. Presentations were as follows:

Shawn Tejiram, MD gave a podium presentation titled Pressure Therapy Augments Collagen Composition in Hypertrophic Scar. His coauthors on this work were Taryn E. Travis, MD, Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Hilary A. Hoffman, BS, Jenny Zhang, BS, Abdulnaser Alkhalil, PhD, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Laura S. Johnson, MD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD.

Nick J. Prindeze, BS presented a poster titled Dermal Penetration and Virulence Factor Secretion of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus in Murine Burn Wounds. His coauthors were Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Jeremy G. Ardanuy, BS, Jenny Zhang, BS, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD.

Bonnie C. Carney, BS presented a poster, Disruption of Biofilms Using Hypochlorous Acid Solution: An In Vitro Evaluation. Her coauthors were Laura S. Johnson MD FACS FACS, Lauren T. Moffatt PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp MD.

Laura S. Johnson, MD FACS presented a poster on behalf of Hilary A. Hoffman, BS titled Evaluation of the Effect of Hypochlorous Acid Solution on Venous Stasis Wound Biofilm and Colonization. Their coauthors were Bonnie C. Carney, BS, Nick J. Prindeze, BS, Lauren T. Moffatt, PhD, Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD.