We talk with Interventional Radiologists Dr. Robbie Morrison and Dr. Srini Tummala about the pros and cons of adding a wound care services to your endovascular practice.

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SHOW NOTES

In this episode, Dr. Robbie Morrison and Dr. Srini Tummala join Dr. Aaron Fritts to discuss adding wound care to a practice. Dr. Morrison and Dr. Tummala tell us about their work and why they, as endovascular specialists, wanted to include wound care at their practice. We discuss some examples of the benefits of wound care, and Dr. Tummala shares why he thinks wound care is the future of the vascular speciality.

We explain how the referral process works and how it may vary from practice to practice. We discuss why it is important to be well-rounded in wound care and how a background in IR can help with this. Dr. Morrison tells us how he collaborates with a nurse practitioner to elevate his care and we explain why it can be difficult to differentiate patients at the referral level.

We discuss how to get wound care training and certification and Dr. Morrison talks about the learning curve during training. We review some of the pearls of wound care and give some advice on how to present yourself to other physicians when getting started.

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RESOURCES

BackTable Podcast Episode 86: Building a PAD Practice with Dr. Srini Tumala

https://www.backtable.com/shows/vi/podcasts/86/building-a-pad-practice

Dr. Tummala’s Vascular Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAbrKSywIzcobBpp0FUo34w

Dr. Tummala’s Twitter

@srinitummala

Medtronic Abre Stent

https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/healthcare-professionals/products/cardiovascular/deep-venous/abre-venous-stent.html