Chief Wound Healing Tissue Repair, Prof Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the State University of New York at Stony Brook Dr Ennis earned his medical degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed residencies, and is board certified in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Family Medicine and has an added certificate of qualification in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He subsequently received an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of management, a Master’s degree in Medical Management from the Marshall School of Business at USC, an executive scholar certificate in finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, and is a Certified Physician Executive. Dr Ennis has been practicing wound care for 28 years and is currently the Catherine and Francis Burzik Professor of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair and Chief of the Section of Wound Healing Tissue Repair at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He founded, and is director, of the first Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Fellowship in the United States, also at UIC. Dr Ennis is a founding board member and President of the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, a 501c3 non-profit educational organization that has a mission of bringing wound care to the level of a formal medical specialty. Dr. Ennis currently holds the title of Chief Medical Officer for Healogics Inc., a wound care company based in Jacksonville, Florida on a consulting basis.
Dr Ennis has published over 100 articles, abstracts and book chapters and has lectured through-out the world on wound care and vascular diseases. Current research interests include microcirculation, healing outcomes, health economics, and regenerative tissue mechanisms.
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RAPID FIRE: Amateur to Professional: Choosing a Career in Wound Healing
Saturday, November 4, 2023
3:45 PM – 4:10 PM PDT