Not every wound is chronic. However, when a patient at Beth Israel reports a chronic wound, they receive special medical attention. Research shows that even the most persistent wounds can be healed with the proper guidance and treatment.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center has implemented a new program to help heal extremely advanced and chronic wounds, which can often be very difficult to treat. The Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Institute at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center provides the most comprehensive, modern, and compassionate wound care available.

A multi-disciplinary team of specialists–including general surgeons, podiatrists, plastic surgeons, infectious disease specialists, vascular surgeons, and highly-skilled certified wound care registered nurses–work to achieve some of the best healing rates and times in the United States.

The Center offers highly advanced clinical approaches to wound management. These cutting edge procedures include Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), a first-rate medical treatment that uses oxygen at levels higher than atmospheric pressure to enhance the natural healing process of chronic wounds. This is a highly effective treatment option for those suffering from chronic wounds. HBOT is also an effective adjunctive therapy to speed the healing of wounds resulting from diabetes and poor circulation.

Unfortunately, a few of the most chronic wounds occur as complications in hospitals. “Some of the most chronic wounds occur as complications of a host of medical conditions,” explains Dr. Leonard D. Benitez, the Division Chief of Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine at Newark Beth Israel. Dr. Benitez cites arterial/venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, chronic infections, unrelieved pressure sores, traumatic injuries, post-operative complications and radiation injuries as some of the underlying conditions which are frequently responsible for the delayed healing of many chronic wounds. “Our physicians focus on the source of the wound so that the best treatment plan can be determined,” he says.

During the patient’s visit, the wound care team is able to perform many advanced treatments, which help to make Newark Beth Israel Medical Center one of the most sophisticated wound care facilities in region. The hospital uses advanced treatments–such as applying bio-engineered skin and tissue substitutes to the wound, light therapy, and whirlpool therapy—in order to treat chronic wounds.
To contact the Advanced Wound Care and Hyperbaric Institute at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, please call (973) 926-8231.