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Thomas E. Serena, M.D., FACS

Assistant Professor


Gannon University
College of Science, Engineering, and Health Sciences

serena@gannon.edu
www.healingwounds.com
(814) 871-7189
Office: Palumbo Academic Center, Room 3000L

Information: Dr. Serena is founder and Medical Director of the Penn North Centers for Advanced Wound Care. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of The College of William and Mary and Penn State Medical School.

He completed his residency in Surgery at The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with fellowship training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Southern Illinois University. At Gannon he has established a state-of-the-art research program and developed an acute wound-healing model.

To date he has opened and operates eleven wound care centers in Northwestern Pennsylvania and the southern tier of New York. In 2005 he established three hyperbaric medicine centers. Dr. Serena has been the lead or Principal investigator in over 20 clinical trials, including testing blood platelets, topical and parenteral antibiotics and bi-layered cell therapy. As a result of the overwhelming demand for his services as a research scientist, he founded the NewBridge Medical Research Corporation.

Recognized internationally as an expert in the field of wound healingm, he has published more than 40 papers and made nearly 100 presentations throughout the world. In 2003 he was elected to the board of directors of The Wound Healing Society, the leading scientific society dedicated to wound healing. He is now co-chair of the Clinical Trials course for the Wound Healing Society.