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| The center’s staff, pictured from left, include Arthur Goldstein, MD, Pierre Dionne, MD, Michele Cone, RN, WCC, Dodie Sturdevant, program manager, April Crisafulli, RN, WCC, Rebecca Wilber, CHS, Tammy Sheeley, RN. Not pictured, Safi Malik, MD, and Rabbi Stephan, MD. |
The Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine at
Olean General Hospital celebrated its 10th anniversary this summer. As part of
the celebration, Wound Center staff held a contest and prize drawing for
employees and open house.
The center opened July 20, 2007 to improve the quality of
life for those with chronic, non-healing wounds due to burns, infected or
traumatic wounds, pressure ulcers or any other wound that does not heal on its
own after several weeks. In the last decade, staff have treated nearly 4,000
wound care and 157 hyperbaric oxygen therapy patients.
It is only one of two centers in western New York accredited
as a level 1 site, meaning the center treats acute and chronic conditions 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
In 2016, the center received a special four-year
accreditation with distinction for its hyperbaric oxygen services by the
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. OGH is the only hospital in western
New York and one of only about 24 percent of facilities in the nation to earn
accreditation with distinction.
Olean General Hospital is a member of Kaleida Health,
Buffalo, NY, and part of Upper Allegheny Health System.
