Advanced wound care to help heal a variety of wounds, including:

• Lower extremity diabetic wounds
• Ulcers from poor circulation
• Venous stasis ulcers
• Surgical wounds
• Pressure sores
• Resistant bone infections
• Radiation injury
• Treatments include:
• Oxygen therapy
• Podiatric care
• Medical and surgical intervention

For more information, call Wound Care & Hyperbaric Services at 956-632-4460.

Aggressive, Individualized Treatment Helps Speed Wound Healing
Most wounds can heal on their own, but every so often
we get sores and other wounds that just won’t heal. That’s when our bodies need some help.

If you have an open wound or a sore that shows no sign of healing, you can get the help you need at Wound Care & Hyperbaric Services at McAllen Medical Center.

The service’s multidisciplinary team of physicians – including internal medicine, podiatrists and cardiologists – use comprehensive wound care and individualized treatment plans that include some of the most advanced wound care therapies available today.

Therapeutic treatments for wounds promote healing and can help slow-healing wounds from worsening into bone infection, which could lead to limb amputation.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that is delivered by placing patients in an enclosed chamber that is filled with 100 percent oxygen at pressures greater than air at sea level.

The pure oxygen at high pressure acts similar to a drug and causes varying levels of response at different treatment depths, durations and dosages. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been proven effective as adjunctive therapy for specifically indicated conditions.

Jeffrey J. Brown, MD PA
Medical Director, Internal Medicine
Dr. Brown completed medical school at Loma Linda University in California, a Seventh-Day Adventist institution that integrates health, science and Christian faith. He completed training in internal medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and received a certification for Hyperbaric Medicine from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society (UHMS). Dr. Brown is the Medical Director for the Wound Care & Hyperbaric Services at McAllen Medical Center.


Bryan J. Prukop, DPM
Podiatry
Dr. Prukop was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley. He attended Des Moines University of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. The doctor finished his residency training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dr. Prukop is board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine. He is currently in private practice with Complete Family Foot Care.


Ofsman Quintana, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Cardiology
Dr. Quintana attended Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, where he also finished his residency. He completed a fellowship at The New York Hospital -Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Quintana is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and specializes in general, invasive, interventional cardiology, vascular intervention and cardiac pacing. He is currently in practice with the Heart Clinic in McAllen.

The physicians and staff at the Wound Care & Hyperbaric Sevices make up a multidisciplinary team that collaborates to provide patients with the highest possible quality of care.

The team consists of:

• Program director
• Registered nurse
• Hyperbaric technicians
• Registration staff

Wound Care & Hyperbaric Services works with the following departments and specialists:

• Nutritional Services
• Diabetes education
• Endocrinologists
• Infectious disease specialists
• Pharmacy