CHRONIC WOUND CARE
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Chronic wounds, both painful for patients and frustrating for healthcare providers, are complex problems that require a coordinated approach to treatment. The Chronic Wound Care Clinic (CWCC) provides a multidisciplinary team of health professionals uniquely qualified to enhance the care provided by the patient's personal physician. Our team of specialists is dedicated to treating wounds and ulcers that fail to heal or show delayed healing due to:

  • Vascular disease
  • Infection
  • Diabetes or other metabolic disorders
  • Immunosuppression
  • Unrelieved Pressure
  • Radiation Injury
  • Malnutrition

Treatments, focusing on the underlying factors that result in delayed healing, take a systematic yet personalized approach with a goal of promoting rapid healing and an effective, long-term resolution of the problem. Current and leading edge treatments available include:

  • Complete medical evaluation (coordinated with referring MD)
  • Vascular evaluation (overall patient and wound)
  • Directed metabolic evaluation and treatment when indicated
  • Specialized wound care
  • Surgical debridement and reconstruction
  • Rehabilitation and patient education
  • Antimicrobial agents
  • Innovative dressings
  • Growth factor therapy
  • Hyperbaric oxygen
  • Electrical stimulation

If you have wounds or patients whose wounds have failed to heal, we would like to assist you with the care. The wound care team at the University of Virginia Health System provides an efficient and convenient evaluation so that therapy may begin soon after.

For more information on the University of Virginia Medical Center's Chronic Wound Care Clinic or to initiate a referral please call (434) 982-CWCC (2922). For your convenience you may also call our Medical Information and Referral Service Office (MIRS) at (800) 251-3627.
If you are a referring physician please use the MIRS physician referral line at (800) 552-3723.

Questions or comments may be E-Mailed to Catherine Ratliff