Owensboro, KY — Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Heather C. Green, MD, is acknowledged as a Top Pinnacle Healthcare Professional for her contributions in the Medical Field as Wound Care Specialist.
Highly educated, Dr. Green graduated from St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY with a double in biology and Spanish, and a minor in chemistry. She earned a medical degree (MD) from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse in 2000 and completed a family medicine residency at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center (of Rutgers University) in 2004.
Dr. Green, MD, is a board-certified family physician who practices family medicine and specializes in wound care. According to the doctor, she treats patients for diabetic foot ulcers and wounds caused by lymphedema and other diseases or chronic conditions. As part of her thorough service to patients, she works to optimize her their medical situations and coordinates their care with other physicians.
Dr. Green currently works at Owensboro Health Wound Center where she treats patients in Owensboro and Beaver Dam, KY. She notes that Owensboro Health Wound Center is dedicated to providing high-quality care and offers treatments and services to wound care patients, such as antibiotic therapy; compression wraps and stockings; debridement; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; nutrition counseling; pain management; physical and occupational therapy; and provides recommendations for additional treatments. Dr. Green asserts that a wound specialist is a professional who has specialized in the care and treatment of acute, chronic, and non-healing wounds, which includes cuts from surgical procedure; animal bites and burns; and also treats chronic wounds that range from pressure sores to diabetic ulcers.
The doctor is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians; the Wound Healing Society; the Academy of Physicians in Wound Healing; the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine; the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians; and the International Society of Female Professionals.