Franciscan St. James Health to again serve as UIC Wound Conference satellite site

OLYMPIA FIELDS, IL – June 6, 2011 St. James Health again to serve as satellite site for the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC) Wound Conference

The Inaugural Meeting of the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair (ACWHTR) will take place in Chicago on August 4 and 5, 2011 and will be co-hosted by the UIC Department of Surgery and the Angiogenesis Foundation. This two-day, scientific and educational program will gather leading researchers, clinicians, and government officials in a unique, interactive setting. The first meeting will be unlike traditional wound meetings in both content and venue. The UIC conference venue provides an academic setting, and includes live cases from both the operating room and wound clinics as part of its agenda. Friday afternoon tours of the UIC Robotic Surgery Laboratory and the Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management at St. James Health are also part of the program.

Dr. William Ennis, Director of The Center for Comprehensive Wound and Disease Management at St. James Health, will be the conference co-chair.

Franciscan St. James Health served as the satellite site for the Wound Symposium in 2009, with more than 100 attendees being transported from the conference to view its Wound Care practice and facility.

In addition to his position at Franciscan St. James, Dr. Ennis is the Chief of the Section of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a founder of the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair and past president of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC). Dr. Ennis has been in the field for over 20 years and has published over 75 articles, abstracts, and chapters on wound healing and tissue repair.

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