Wound Care

Our Approach

At Summit Specialty Wound Care, we know that having a wound that isn’t healing as expected can be frustrating and painful. We also know there are multiple factors which can disrupt the healing process, including nutritional status, underlying conditions (such as diabetes or vascular disease), and the cause and location of the wound. Our core belief is that vascular damage is the start of an injury. The body’s failure to regenerate the small blood vessels after injury leads to an ischemic wound. During healing, repair of tissues or bone in this area lacking oxygen and nutrient rich blood causes scar formation by reducing macrophage recruitment, fibroblast deposition, stem cell migration, and decreasing laminin and elastin cross linking. Changing this microenvironment can improve healing towards normal, healthy tissue.

By addressing all of these known factors, we can develop a care plan that is tailored for the patient’s optimal recovery and function. At Summit Wound Care, we work with our patients to achieve better nutritional status and to minimize the effects of any underlying conditions. We also implement a proven step-wise approach to wound treatment, utilizing a combination of standard-of-care and state-of-the-art wound care products where and when appropriate to achieve the best outcome for each patient.

Risk Factors for Poor Healing

  • Age

  • Diabetes

  • Vascular disease

  • Infection

  • Poor nutritional status

  • Autoimmune disorders and treatments

  • Immunocompromise

Treatment Modalities and Options

  • Surgical debridement

  • Ultrasound-guided debridement

  • Skin grafting

  • Pressure off-loading dressings

  • Advance wound care therapies

    • Collagen based dressings

    • Fish-skin derived skin substitutes

    • Human placental tissue grafts

    • Angiogenesis stimulators

    • Vacuum assisted closure

    • Silver based therapies

Dr. Saju Joseph

Dr. Saju Joseph is a Harvard-trained board-certified general surgeon who specializes in complex oncology surgery. He has been involved in research and academic medicine his entire career and continues to be active in conducting research, publishing in peer reviewed medical journals, and presenting at national and international conferences.

Prior to entering medicine, Dr. Joseph was part of a research team investigating how the placenta develops and its ability to modulate the mother’s immune system.  He continued his research and academic interests in surgery studying the role of angiogenesis in cancer development. Dr. Joseph has been a thought leader in the field of regenerative medicine for over 20 years with 14 years of experience using placental membranes during surgery to promote healing. For more than eight years, Dr. Joseph has been using products containing amniotic membranes and/or fluid to treat a myriad of non-surgical injuries and illnesses in an outpatient setting.

In 2015, Dr. Joseph became a Certified Hyperbaric and Wound Specialist and served as the Medical Director of Midland Memorial Wound Care Center in Midland, TX.  He was given the President’s Award for Top Center by the Healogics Corporation and the District 3 Award for top HBO (Hyperbaric Oxygen) center in TX, OK, LA, MS, KA.  He has worked on the medical advisory board of Biolab Science and was a speaker and consultant for Mimedix.  He is currently a consultant and speaker for both Biolab Science and Kerecis., recently presenting at the Midnight Sun Wound Care Conference in Iceland.

Dr. Joseph is well versed in the applications of both the standard-of-care and most cutting-edge products for wound healing, having an excellent grasp on the science behind the products and the optimal techniques to deliver the best outcome.  He continues to seek out the most beneficial combinations of wound care treatment options to provide peak personally tailored results for every patient.