Adrian Barbul

Adrian Barbul, MD is a General Surgeon with over 35+ years dedication to research and clinical activity to understanding wound healing, both at a basic science level and at the bedside. His basic laboratory research focused on studying the nutritional and immune regulation of wound healing. The laboratory was federally funded for over 15 years and trained numerous surgical resident and doctoral and post-doctoral fellows. As a practicing surgeon, he translated scientific advances to the bedside, such as being the first to study the effect of growth factors (EGF) on pressure ulcers and numerous other, often investigator initiated, clinical translational research. As founding member and then as President of the Wound Healing Society he has lead a team charged with the promulgation of clinical care guidelines for arterial, diabetic, venous and pressure ulcers which have been widely disseminated, accepted and adopted.

Dr. Lisa Gould earned her MD, PhD in the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has been practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery with an emphasis on difficult wound problems since 1999. She is an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at University of South Florida and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown University. Dr. Gould brought her passion for research and education in wound care to her clinical practice at South Shore Hospital and the South Shore Health Center for Wound Healing in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Now retired, she continues to serve multiple national organizations, including the Wound Healing Society, the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders, the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, the MAVEN project, the Wound Care Collaborative Community and the American College of Surgeons. A past president of the Wound Healing Society, she served on the executive board for more than 10 years. She currently serves on both the Education and Government Relations Committees. She is a recipient of the Wound Healing Society’s Distinguished Service and Lifetime Achievement Awards and the 2024 Robert Warriner III Award from the. Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. Her overarching goal is to improve patients' lives by preventing and healing wounds as fast as possible. She strongly believes this can be accomplished by providing basic wound education to all clinical providers and bringing a broad base of wound care stakeholders together to speak with one voice for the good of our patients.

Adrian Barbul, MD is a General Surgeon with over 35+ years dedication to research and clinical activity to understanding wound healing, both at a basic science level and at the bedside. His basic laboratory research focused on studying the nutritional and immune regulation of wound healing. The laboratory was federally funded for over 15 years and trained numerous surgical resident and doctoral and post-doctoral fellows. As a practicing surgeon, he translated scientific advances to the bedside, such as being the first to study the effect of growth factors (EGF) on pressure ulcers and numerous other, often investigator initiated, clinical translational research. As founding member and then as President of the Wound Healing Society he has lead a team charged with the promulgation of clinical care guidelines for arterial, diabetic, venous and pressure ulcers which have been widely disseminated, accepted and adopted.