Alisha Oropallo

Dr. Michael N. Desvigne is a true plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has chosen to dedicate his expertise to reconstructive surgery, specifically wound reconstruction. Dr, Desvigne believes performing reconstructive surgery has made him a better wound healing clinician and managing complex wounds has made him a better reconstructive surgeon. Dr. Desvigne brings a wealth of experience from a variety of disciplines. He is board certified in plastic surgery, general surgery, wound care and hyperbaric medicine. With this quadruple certification he approaches each wound problem with a staircase approach including surgical and nonsurgical solutions.

Dr. Desvigne is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS). He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the Arizona Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is also a member of the American Academy of Wound Specialists, Wound Healing Society and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. He is a world-renowned lecturer and consultant in wound healing technologies. He has created multiple programs for inpatient and outpatient centers of excellence in wound care, with a focus on the continuum of care.

Dr. Kirsner is Chairman, Tenured Professor and the endowed Harvey Blank Chair in the Dr. Phillip Frost Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery and Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is Chief of Dermatology at the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics and Jackson Memorial Hospital and directs the University of Miami Hospital Wound Center. Dr. Kirsner received his undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University, his medical degree from the University of Miami and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Miami, after he completed his clinical training. His clinical training included internal medicine, a clinical and research fellowship in wound healing and dermatology at the University of Miami. His research interests include Wound Healing and Skin Cancer Epidemiology. Dr. Kirsner serves as one of 3 academic editors for the journal Wound Repair and Regeneration and on the editorial boards for several other journals in dermatology and wound healing. Dr. Kirsner serves in national leadership positions in both Wound Healing and Dermatology, including serving as past Vice President of the American Academy of Dermatology and is currently President of the Wound Healing. In addition to career development awards, foundation, industry sponsored funding and CDC funding, he currently leads or is part of several NIH funded grants. Independent of books, book chapters and abstracts, he has published over 650 articles.

Alisha Oropallo, MD FACS, FSVS, FABWMS is a Professor of Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. She practices as the Director of the Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Northwell Health and Program Director of the Wound and Burn Fellowship program at Northwell Health. Dr. Oropallo completed her residency in Vascular Surgery at Boston University Medical Center and her General Surgery residency at Maimonides Medical Center, NY. She has been the lead investigator on multiple clinical trials, published papers, and has been invited to present lectures in wound healing globally. She is interested in education, research, and quality measures in tissue regeneration to help improve patient outcomes.

Rhonda Sullivan, DNP, PhD, MBA, MSN, CWON, LNCC, NE-BC, CSPHA, CLSSBB, is a nurse executive, researcher, educator, and legal nurse consultant with 33 years of nursing experience, including 26 years in wound, ostomy, and legal nursing specialties. She currently serves as Vice President of Implementation and Clinical Outcomes at Bruin Biometrics, LLC, where she leads harm reduction initiatives, including path to zero implementations, outcomes measurement, and collaboration with healthcare organizations to improve practice, workflow, and clinical and financial outcomes.

Dr. Sullivan holds doctoral preparation in nursing practice and business and is board certified as a Nurse Executive, Wound-Ostomy Nurse, Legal Nurse Consultant, Safe Patient Handling Associate, and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. She is a published author, award-winning researcher, and international speaker whose scholarly and clinical work focuses on pressure injury prevention, with a focus on deep tissue pressure injury, skin assessment in persons with darkly pigmented skin, acute skin failure, harm and waste reduction, evidence-based practice, health economics, and medic-legal issues.

Her leadership extends into her roles as President of Legal Nurse Partners™, Executive Director of the iWOC Nursing Foundation™, and Director on the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Certification Board. Dr. Sullivan is passionate about empowering nurses and other healthcare leaders to advance clinical excellence, improve outcomes, and strengthen organizational performance by reducing preventable harm, avoidable hospital-acquired conditions, waste, and unnecessary variation in care.

Dr. Dove is the Director of Clinical Research at the Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Podiatry at UT Health Science San Antonio. Dr. Dove has served as a Principal Investigator in over 50 clinical trials, over the past twenty years. She is currently establishing a research program, in which her colleagues, residents and students will be actively engaged.

She earned the Degree of Doctor of Podiatric Medicine at California College of Podiatric Medicine in San Francisco, CA, She also completed her Post Graduate Training at The University of Texas, Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas under the tutelage of Dr. Lawrence Harkless. She completed a surgical fellowship at North General Hospital, in New York, NY.

Dr. Dove was previously in private practice in Las Vegas. Her private practice combined industry sponsored research and general podiatry, with a focus on wound care. Before opening her practice, Dr. Dove was the director of podiatry at the Diabetic foot and Ankle Center - Hospital for Joint Disease - NYU. Concurrently, she served as the sub-investigator for multiple Phase I-IV clinical trials.

Dr. Dove has multiple publications, including the Lancet and other peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Michael P Ogilvie is a double-board certified Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon who has been in practice since 2017.
Originally from Chicago, IL, Dr. Ogilvie completed his undergraduate degree at Harvard University, graduating cum laude in field. He completed his dual degree MD/MBA at the University of Chicago before completing his General Surgery training, including a two-year Trauma and Critical Care research fellowship, at the University of Miami. His post-graduate training culminated in a three-year fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery at Duke University.
Dr. Ogilvie is an attending surgeon at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL, which is a Level 1 Trauma Center, with a practice that focuses on general plastic surgery, reconstructive facial trauma surgery, wound care management and breast reconstruction.
Dr. Ogilvie has a proven track record of thought-leadership and innovation in his field as evidenced with over 25 peer reviewed articles, various other book chapters and numerous presentations in his name.

Alisha Oropallo, MD FACS, FSVS, FABWMS is a Professor of Surgery at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra University/Northwell and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. She practices as the Director of the Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Northwell Health and Program Director of the Wound and Burn Fellowship program at Northwell Health. Dr. Oropallo completed her residency in Vascular Surgery at Boston University Medical Center and her General Surgery residency at Maimonides Medical Center, NY. She has been the lead investigator on multiple clinical trials, published papers, and has been invited to present lectures in wound healing globally. She is interested in education, research, and quality measures in tissue regeneration to help improve patient outcomes.