Paula Pons

Daniel L. Kapp was born and raised in Miami. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and completed medical school at the University of South Florida followed by Plastic Surgery Residency at Ohio State University. He was the Anastasi Fellow in Plastic Surgery at Boston University. Dr. Daniel Kapp is a highly regarded board-certified plastic surgeon and has been in private practice for more than 15 years. He is the founder of Daniel L Kapp Plastic Surgery. He performs many types of plastic and reconstructive surgeries. He has extensive experience treating post Mohs defects and is a highly regarded author on the topic. Dr. Kapp is an editor of Journal of Wound Care. He is co-author of the following key consensus documents: ASPS/American College of Mohs Surgeons Consensus Document on Post Mohs Repair, Journal of Wound Care TIMERS Document, Journal of Wound Healing International CAMPs Consensus Document, and the lead author of the recently published CAMPs for Soft Tissue and Plastic Surgical Reconstruction. In addition, Dr. Kapp is the meeting chair and co-course director for the International CAMPs Conference. He has served as Chief of Surgery at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. He also served as the Medical Director of the Wound Center at Jupiter Medical Center.

Dr. Paula Pons is a General Surgeon, board certified in Wound Care.

A native of Argentina, Dr. Pons attended Medical School at the Catholic University of Cordoba. She immigrated to the US in 1994 and completed her General Surgery Residency at Georgetown University Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Since 2004, she has dedicated her carreer to wound care. She has served as the Medical Director at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is Fayetteville, NY, and most recently as the Senior Vice president for Physician Development and Medical Support Systems at Healogics, Inc.

Dr. Pons enjoys spending time with her family and traveling. She lives in Manlius, NY with her husband and two children.

Dr. Amy Tucker is a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon specializing in Trauma/Acute Care Orthopedics. Her area of expertise includes diagnosis and treatment of acute orthopedic injuries. Common conditions and specialty areas of her practice include injuries with multiple broken bones, compound and simple fractures, geriatric fracture, osteomyelitis, and wound care.
Dr. Tucker completed her orthopedic residency at Akron General Medical Center and fellowship training at the Cleveland Clinic. She has practiced general orthopedics for more than 18 years with an emphasis on Orthopedic Trauma and Acute Care. Dr. Tucker prides herself on providing individualized, patient-centered care through every phase of treatment.

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.

Dr. Paula Pons is a General Surgeon, board certified in Wound Care.

A native of Argentina, Dr. Pons attended Medical School at the Catholic University of Cordoba. She immigrated to the US in 1994 and completed her General Surgery Residency at Georgetown University Hospital and SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Since 2004, she has dedicated her carreer to wound care. She has served as the Medical Director at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is Fayetteville, NY, and most recently as the Senior Vice president for Physician Development and Medical Support Systems at Healogics, Inc.

Dr. Pons enjoys spending time with her family and traveling. She lives in Manlius, NY with her husband and two children.