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Teaming up to care for chronic wounds
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A new wound care clinic on the edge of the Huntsville Hospital campus is primed for a late October opening.
Managed by Healogics in partnership with Huntsville Hospital, the clinic will provide physiciandriven care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with chronic, non-healing wounds. It will occupy a building on Whitesburg Drive that last housed the hospital’s Employee Assistance Program.
Other wound care centers include Athens-Limestone Hospital, Helen Keller Hospital and Marshall Medical Centers. Another is under construction at Decatur Morgan Hospital.
Dr. Timothy Howard, a longtime family physician, will be medical director of the Huntsville clinic.
The clinic will serve those suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, compromised skin grafts and flaps, and wounds that haven't healed within a reasonable time frame. The hospital's current Wound Care Clinic in the 420 Lowell Drive professional building and hyperbaric oxygen therapy services at Franklin Medical Tower will both relocate to Whitesburg Drive.
The clinic is opening in a recently renovated, freestanding clinic on Whitesburg Drive and Longwood. With new equipment, more space and parking this new location will help provide a better patient experience for this growing program.
Our former Employee Assistance Program building on Whitesburg Drive is being converted to a Healogics Wound Care Center.
