Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics Names Program Director

Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Catawba Valley Medical Center Names Program Director

Center specializing in chronic wounds scheduled to open in early November

HICKORY, NC –Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., has named Richard Taylor as Program Director. Prior to being named as program director, Taylor served for over three years at Health Care Solutions as a medical equipment and testing representative.

Created in partnership with National Healing Corporation, one of the nation’s largest wound care management companies, Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics, located at 1501 Tate Medical Commons, Suite 105, is scheduled to open in early November. The center will specialize in the treatment of chronic wounds and non-responsive conditions and offer hospital-based outpatient wound care as well as disease management and diabetes care.

Taylor brings to the position 16 years of scientific and medical marketing experience and will be responsible for all aspects of the center’s operations including ensuring quality patient care, recruiting and hiring, compliance with federal and state guidelines, budgeting and fiscal policies, as well as marketing and sales.

A Hickory resident, Taylor received a Bachelor of Science degree from Francis Marion College in Florence, S.C. and a Master of Science in biology from Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. The Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics will offer highly advanced treatments

including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. For more information, call the Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics at 828/485-0924.

About National Healing Corporation

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., National Healing Corporation provides management services and the latest technology and expertise in wound healing to its client hospitals to establish quality wound healing programs. The Joint Commission has awarded National Healing Disease-Specific Care Certification for wound care. Committed to health care compliance and best practice medicine, National Healing emphasizes these priorities in its extensive clinical and business training programs. The privately-held company accounts for approximately 30 percent of all wound centers in the United States. For more information, please visit http://www.nationalhealing.com.

About Catawba Valley Medical Center

Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s largest not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community without direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive medicine and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from the American Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized for providing “An Outstanding Inpatient Experience” for a fourth consecutive year by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, please visit http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.

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