Trent Brookshier

Podiatric surgeon who has completed over 1000 limb salvage surgical procedures. Specializing in wound care and lower extremity amputation prevention. Has worked in tissue donation and with skin graft products for over ten years. Creator of BIOMES wound classificaiton tool to assist with early detection of non-healing wounds. Attending Physician and on the teaching team for the Residency program at Scripps Mercy San Diego. CEO and owner of a private practice in San Diego: North Park Podiatry.

I am an advanced practice nurse with over 15 years of clinical experience spanning acute care, outpatient services, and home health. My expertise centers on complex wound management, perioperative care, and advanced practice within plastic and reconstructive microsurgery.

Actively practicing in plastic & reconstructive surgery while maintaining advanced certification in wound, ostomy, and continence care uniquely positions me at the intersection of surgical precision and wound pathophysiology. My work emphasizes tissue viability, perfusion preservation, surgical healing optimization, and prevention of pressure and postoperative wound complications.

This integrated clinical perspective informs my approach to evidence-based wound prevention, assessment, and outcome-driven care across healthcare settings.

Dr. Laura Swoboda is a translational scientist, family nurse practitioner, and wound specialist at University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. They serve as regional director of North America for ISTAP. Dr Swoboda volunteers on various committees and task forces including chairing the Health Equity task force of the AAWC, the NPIAP's prophylactic dressing standards initiative task force terminology group, and co-chair's the American Heart Association's Peripheral Arterial Disease National Action Plan's patient and community education comminttee. Dr. Swoboda is also president of the Milwaukee Metro Nurse Practitioner Association.