Chronic Wounds: Unraveling the Mystery of Venous Leg Ulcers

Dr. Terry Treadwell received his medical education at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas.  He continued his training doing his general and vascular surgical residencies at Scott and White Medical Center in Temple, Texas.  He practiced vascular and general surgery in Montgomery, Alabama.  In October 1998, Dr. Treadwell founded The Institute for Advanced Wound Care at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery.  He served as Medical Director of the center and treated wound patients on a full-time basis providing the best possible care to this seemingly forgotten group of patients.  In February 2006, the Institute for Advanced Wound Care moved to Baptist Medical Center in Montgomery.  Dr. Treadwell serves as the Medical Director of the Institute.  He has been involved with numerous educational and research initiatives and directs wound care educational programs at his wound center to help educate physicians and other medical personnel in the current therapy of acute and chronic wounds.  Dr. Treadwell has shared his experience in the treatment of chronic wound through lectures and presentations and publications.  Wound care practitioners from around the world have attended preceptorships at the Institute for Advanced Wound Care.  He has assisted in the establishment of wound treatment centers in Ghana, Africa, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.  He is the Senior Clinical Editor of Wounds magazine and is a member of the World Association of Medical Editors.  He is a member of the Wound Healing Society and the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care.  He has served two terms as the Physician Member of the AAWC Board of Directors.  He has served as the President-elect, President, and Past-President of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care.  He is serving on the World Health Organization Committee, the World Alliance for Wound and Lymphedema Care, to develop wound education and treatment guidelines for treatment of acute and chronic wounds in underdeveloped countries of the world.  He is the current Vice-President of the World Alliance for Wound and Lymphedema Care Board of Directors and the President-Elect. He was appointed Associate Professor of Wound Care at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Dr. Treadwell and his wife, Sheryl, have three married children and nine grandchildren.