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The Clinical Council

The We Know Wounds Clinical Council authors standards, reviews evidence, and governs the editorial integrity of the community.

Council members
10
seated · public directory below
Council standards
14
published · 6 revisions this year

Council directory

Every Council member files annual conflict-of-interest disclosures. Disclosures and recusals are public for every Standards vote.

SC
Dr. Sarah Chen, MD, CWS
Council Chair · Vascular Medicine
Council

Chairs the We Know Wounds Clinical Council. Authored the conservative therapy documentation standards revision (Q2 2026).

EV
Dr. Elena Vasquez, MD, FACS
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Leads the Council Evidence Review group. Published this year on bilayer matrix outcomes in full-thickness DFU populations.

MW
Dr. Marcus Williams, MD, RVT
Vascular Surgery

Co-authored the mixed-etiology VLU compression methodology. Council representative on Standards Sync.

JH
Dr. James Howard, MD
Internal Medicine · Diabetes

Diabetic foot ulcer specialist. Reviews Council standards through the primary-care and endocrinology lens.

AO
Dr. Amara Okafor, DPM, CWS
Podiatric Surgery

Podiatric surgery and limb preservation. Reviews Council protocols for offloading and DFU pathways.

RB
Dr. Rachel Bennett, MD, MPH
Geriatric Medicine

Geriatric wound care and pressure injury prevention. Reviews Council standards for the older-adult population.

DP
Dr. David Park, MD, FACP
Hospitalist · Inpatient Wound Care

Inpatient and consultative wound care. Reviews Council standards from the acute-care perspective.

PN
Dr. Priya Narayan, MD, PhD
Wound Healing Research

Translational wound-healing research. Helps the Council evaluate emerging evidence and methodology rigor.

TH
Dr. Thomas Hayes, MD, FACEP
Emergency Medicine

Emergency and acute wound management. Reviews Council pathways for the first-presentation setting.

LZ
Dr. Linda Zhao, NP, CWOCN
Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nursing

Council Education lead. Designs the Standards Update and Grand Rounds curricula.

Editorial independence

The We Know Wounds Clinical Council operates independently of any product distributor. We publish standards, screen evidence, and educate. We do not sell or recommend specific manufacturer SKUs.