Meet Our Wound Care Instructors
WCEI delivers world-class wound care education taught by expert, credentialed healthcare professionals, ensuring clinical relevance and real-world applicability.
Joy Hooper RN, BSN, CWOCN, OMS, WCC
Clinical Instructor
Joy is an RN with over 20 years of wound and ostomy care experience and has practiced in a variety of hospital and home care settings.
Becky Strilko RN, BSN, CWOCN, APRN-FPA, OMS, WCC
Clinical Instructor
Becky has practiced as an RN and APRN for over 30 years and has been board certified as a tri-specialty Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurse for over 25 years.
Don Wollheim MD, FAPWCA, WCC, DWC
Clinical Instructor
Dr. Wollheim is a Board-Certified surgeon with over 25 years’ experience in general / vascular surgery and wound care.
Allen Zagoren DO, MPA, FACOS, FACN, WCC, FAPWCA
Clinical Instructor
Dr. Zagoren is board certified general trauma surgeon with specialties in critical care nutrition and chronic and acute wound management with over 40 years’ experience.
Gloried Ebsworth DPM, WCC, DWC
Clinical Instructor
Gloried is a dedicated healthcare professional with over 13 years of experience in both private and federal-sponsored podiatry medicine and wound care.
Tamara Wilfong MSN, APRN-FPA, FNP-BC, WCC
Clinical Instructor
Tammy Wilfong is a board-certified family nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of experience treating patients with wounds.
Myra Varnado BS RN CWON CFCN
Clinical Instructor
Myra has been a Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse for 24 years, having graduated from Emory University’s WOC Nursing Education Program. She lives in the New Orleans area and provides consultation of a variety of Wound and Ostomy concerns.