Wound Healing Center

Memorial Hermann Baptist Wound Healing Center provides comprehensive, outpatient wound care services, including Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. The center utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to wound care by coordinating the efforts of multiple specialties trained to treat patients with chronic or non-healing wounds. The center is staffed by physicians in the following specialties:  Family Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Podiatry, and Thoracic/Vascular Surgery. 

Conditions which generally benefit from specialized wound management include: 

• Chronic, Non-Healing Wounds
• Diabetic Ulcers
• Pressure Ulcers
• Venous Ulcers
• Arterial Ulcers
• Traumatic Wounds
• Acute Wounds
• Surgical Wounds
• Osteomyelitis
• Fasciitis

Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapyare:

• Diabetic Wounds of the Lower Extremity of Wagner, Grade III, or Higher
• Compromised Skin Grafts and Flaps
• Delayed radiation injury
• Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
• Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
• Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
• Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene) 
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Decompression Sickness
• Air or Gas Embolism
• Select Problem Wounds

Examination/Assessment of patients with chronic or non-healing wounds includes a medical history and physical examination, a nursing assessment, and an individualized plan of medical care that incorporates evidence-based practices. The physician and clinical staff utilize and implement advanced wound healing technologies, as well as outpatient diagnostic and laboratory studies to assess and resolve the non-healing wound. Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy is also available as a successful treatment modality when indicated. The Wound Healing Center is actively involved in patient, community and professional education.

As a partner of Praxis Clinical Services, the Memorial Hermann Baptist Wound Healing Center follows wound care standards that are regarded as the most rigorous in the industry. Our certified program is compliant with the most stringent standards of performance. By utilizing these rigorous standards and clinical practice guidelines, we are proud to be providing superior care to our community. Praxis Clinical Services has received the Gold Seal of Approval in Disease State Management from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospital Organizations.

For more information or to schedule a wound assessment, please call the Memorial Hermann Baptist Wound Healing Center at 409-833-0308.  The center is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM until 4:30 PM.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call (409) 833-0308 or toll free 800-455-6850.