Dr. Laura Swoboda is a translational scientist, family nurse practitioner, and wound specialist in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dr Swoboda serves as principal investigator for quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research projects in complex wound care. They serve as treasuror of the AAWC, and on the board of directors for the ISTAP and the SALSAL Foundation. Dr Swoboda volunteers on various committees and task forces including the NPIAP's prophylactic dressing standards initiative task force and co-chairs the American Heart Association's Peripheral Arterial Disease National Action Plan's patient and community education comminttee.