Northern California’s Mecca of Wound Care

May 12, 2008

O’Connor Hospital’s Wound Care Clinic
San Jose, California
In 1990, O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif, was aware of the need for a wound care clinic. As a result, O’Connor Hospital’s Wound Care Clinic (WCC) was developed into a modern day Mecca for wound care in Northern California.

According to the current Medical Director, Peter Schubart, MD, PhD, it began when the hospital agreed to sign a contract with Curative Health Services (Nashua, NH) allowing the clinic to open its doors in 1992.

One patient was seen on the first day. Currently, the clinic averages 35–55 patients a day and offers 13,000 sq ft of space and 20 treatment rooms, with approximately 7,000 visits and 600 new patients per year.

The original clinical staff consisted of Dr. Schubart, vascular surgeon; Dr. Bruce Lerman, podiatry; and Dr. Jude Roussere, general surgeon. All of these physicians currently remain with the clinic. The facility currently employees 24 people including, two of the first RN staff.

TWC asked Schubart to fill in some of the details of the center’s operations.

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Northern California’s Mecca of Wound Care | Filed Under InCentive, Spring 2008 

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