Meet Our Wound Care Educators & Instructors

Ann has an extensive background in wound care education, wound program management and legal issues.  Her motivational teaching style delivers enhanced wound knowledge to health care professionals across the nation.

DISCLOSURE: Ann Avery, RN, CWCN, LNC, WCC, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

As an RN with over 20 years of wound and ostomy care experience, Joy has practiced in a variety of hospital and home care settings. She is a successful nurse entrepreneur, and is board certified by the WOCNCB as a CWOCN, and by the NAWCO® as a WCC and OMS. Her informal and down-to-earth teaching methods enable students to learn easily in a relaxed and enjoyable environment. Joy is the lead instructor of our Ostomy. 
DISCLOSURE: Joy Hooper, RN, BSN, CWOCN, OMS, WCC, AWCC, faculty for this educational event, is on the clinical advisory board for Safe n Simple, Stomagienics, and Ostoform. She is also a subject matter expert for Stomagienics and Ostoform. All the relevant financial relationships listed for Ms. Hooper have been mitigated.

Becky has practiced as a Registered Nurse and Advanced Practice Nurse for over 25 years. She has been a board certified WOC nurse since the year 2000 in a variety of healthcare settings. She recently started her independent nurse consulting business. She is a published author in the Journal of Ostomy Wound Management. She has presented and authored numerous educational posters at national conferences on the topic of wound and ostomy care. Becky is passionate about preventative care and improving the quality of life for patients and their families. DISCLOSURE: Becky Strilko, RN, BSN, CWOCN, APRN-FPA, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Dr. Wollheim is Board Certified in General Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is medical advisor and supervising provider for an outpatient multiplace hyperbaric oxygen therapy clinic in Madison Wisconsin.  He has 25+ years of experience in general/vascular surgery and wound care, as well as extensive experience in medical-legal consulting and teaching college advance science courses.  His teaching style includes emphasizing the fundamental concepts of wound care, incorporating additional visual aids, and utilizing clinical scenarios during his presentations.  He is the lead instructor for the Diabetic Wound Certified^® (DWC^®) course and is also on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Wound Care Advisor and Wound Central^® electronic journals. DISCLOSURE: Don Wollheim, MD, FAPWCA, WCC, DWC, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Allen Zagoren DO, MPA, FACOS, FACN is board certified general trauma surgeon with specialties in critical care nutrition and chronic and acute wound management with over 40+ years of experience. He has served as the Medical Director for the Center for Advanced Wound care and the Wound Care Collaborative at Unity Point Health, Iowa Methodist Medical Center Des Moines, IA, Iowa, since 2003.
 
Dr Zagoren holds national prominence in his specialty areas with multiple published papers, texts, and book chapters.  He also holds adjunct academic appointments as Adjunct Professor of Surgery and Nutrition at Des  Moines University and as  a former Professor of Surgery and Nutrition, Assistant Dean of Research and  Clinical Affairs at Western University, Pomona California, and The University of Medicine and Dentistry  of New Jersey (New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, UMDNJ, now Rowan University). Dr Zagoren is emeritus professor of Public Administration at Drake University with expertise in medical ethics and health policy.
DISCLOSURE: Allen Zagoren, DO, MPA, FACOS, FACN, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.