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Dr. Kirsner is Chairman and the endowed Harvey Blank Professor in the Dr. Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is Chief of Dermatology at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics and Jackson Memorial Hospital and directs the University of Miami Hospital Wound Center. Dr. Kirsner received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, his medical degree from the University of Miami, and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Miami after he completed his clinical training. His clinical training included internal medicine and a clinical and research fellowship in wound healing and dermatology at the University of Miami. His research interests include wound healing and skin cancer epidemiology. Dr. Kirsner serves on the editorial boards for a number of journals in dermatology and wound healing and serves in national leadership positions in both wound healing and dermatology, including currently serving on the American Academy of Dermatology Board of Directors and the Wound Healing Society Board of Directors. In addition to career development awards, foundation, industry-sponsored funding, and CDC funding, he currently leads or is part of a number of NIH funded grants.  Independent of books, book chapters, and abstracts, he has published more than 550 articles.

A veteran wound care specialist with a passion for treating patients, Dr. Bhavin Mehta brings nearly two decades of experience treating a variety of lower extremity wounds. He earned his medical degree at New York College of Podiatric Medicine, finished his residency at Veteran’s Administrative Medical Center in Boston, MA and completed a fellowship at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute of Rehabilitation.