Newtowner Dr Charash Is

New Wound Care Center’s Director

Newtown resident David Charash, DO, has been appointed medical director of the Wound Care Center at Danbury Hospital’s Robert J. and Pamela Morganti Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine.

Board certified in emergency medicine and undersea and hyperbaric medicine, Dr Charash is a graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed an internship and residency respectively in emergency medicine at Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

It is estimated that nearly five million Americans suffer from chronic wounds, including those that are the result of diabetes, lower extremity arterial disease, lower extremity venous disease, edema, pressure ulcers, traumatic injuries, and other medical conditions, according to the National Alliance for Wound Care, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement and promotion of excellence in wound care.

“Current advances in wound care therapy help heal wounds faster,” said Dr Charash. “Hyperbaric oxygen therapy speeds up the wound healing process, and quicker healing significantly reduces the rate of amputation in diabetics.”

The Wound Care Center comprises a team of clinical professionals with advanced training in wound management and hyperbaric medicine, an advance practice nurse practitioner (APRN) who oversees clinic services and provides patient treatment, other nurses with specialized chronic wound care training, and technicians experienced in performing noninvasive studies and various therapies

The Morganti Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine also includes nutritional assessment and counseling, patient and caregiver counseling, diabetes education, pain management, and special supplies and equipment to relieve pressure from wounds.

To learn more about the current advances in would care therapy at the Robert J. and Pamela Morganti Center for Wound Care, visit danburyhospital.org.