SUTUREGARD Medical has a focus on wounds that are difficult to close. Our technology manages suture tension during wound closure and allows surgeons to close thin, fragile or at-risk skin without traumatizing the skin or impairing skin edge blood flow vital for healing. Many of these wounds would otherwise require skin grafts, flaps or prolonged wound care. We bring value to the patient (faster healing, less copays), provider (more efficient practice, and more billable procedures) and payor system by creating a safer more cost effective care pathway for the wound closure patient.

Directed patient care in Plastic Surgery, Resident Education (Plastic Surgery Chief Resident rotation) as Clinical Assistant Professor of Oregon Health Sciences University, held offices including Chief Surgical Officer, Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital, Chief of Staff, Sunnybrook Ambulatory Surgery Center. Portland Monthly Top Doc for >10 years, taught courses for American Society of Plastic Surgery, other

Combined full spectrum reconstructive plastic surgery practice and lab research, continuously funded through translational research projects focused on wound healing and disorders of inflammation and scarring

Combined reconstructive surgery practice and lab research in collaboration with Thomas Mustoe MD. Co-author on NIH RO1. Research focus was on the role of oxygen in mediating wound healing processes.

Molecular biology research in wound healing, with focus on the role of oxygen as a mediator and signal for cell behavior (under Dr Ed Amento, Elaine Unemori PhD). This work was done in collaboration with University of California, San Francisco laboratory of Thomas K Hunt.