Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Marks Official Opening of Kessler Center for Wound Care in Ramsey

Kessler Center for Wound Care (www.kesslerwoundcare.com), which provides specialized treatment for individuals with chronic wounds, marked the official opening of its new Ramsey clinic with a ribbon cutting ceremony led by Ramsey Mayor Christopher C. Botta. Local officials, physicians and community residents attended the event.

            “I am pleased to welcome Kessler Wound Care, and the extended Kessler Institute family, to the Borough of Ramsey,” said Mayor Botta.  “We look forward to them being a wonderful corporate neighbor and an asset to our residents and the community in general.”

            The new, state-of-the-art center, located at 470 North Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey, offers leading-edge treatment to help heal wounds, including diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections, radiation injuries to soft tissue and bone, and skin grafts and flaps, and improve the quality of life for its patients.

                  “We are proud to be part of the Ramsey community and to be able to offer people in this area new hope for healing chronic wounds,” said Bruce Pomeranz, M.D., medical director of the center.

            The Kessler Center for Wound Care has partnered with HealogicsTM, the world’s largest wound care management organization, to provide the advanced treatment and proven protocols to effectively treat chronic wounds, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure therapies, bioengineered tissues and biosynthetics.   Education, training and community outreach are also part of the Center’s commitment to care excellence. Patients may also have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials and multi-center studies.

            For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call the Kessler Center for Wound Care at 201.962.8558 or visit www.kesslerwoundcare.com.

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About Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

Kessler Institute, the nation’s largest single rehabilitation hospital, is one of only eight federally-designated Model Systems in the nation for the treatment and research of both spinal cord and brain injuries. That same level of quality care and innovative treatment distinguish its programs for stroke, amputation, neurological diseases, orthopedic and musculoskeletal rehabilitation and cardiac recovery.  Ranked as one of the top two rehabilitation hospitals in the nation and best in the East by U.S.News & World Report, Kessler has three hospital campuses in West Orange, Saddle Brook and Chester, N.J., and more than 85 outpatient centers throughout the state. For more information, visit  www.kessler-rehab.com.

About Healogics, Inc. 

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Healogics and its affiliated companies manage more than 500 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and see nearly 200,000 patients per year through a connected network of centers, partner hospitals, academic medical centers, patients and families.  Leveraging its scale and experience, Healogics utilizes an evidence-based systematic approach to chronic wound healing in treating an underserved and growing patient population.  For more informa-tion, please visit www.healogics.com or to find a Wound Care Center near you, please call 1-800-373-HEAL (4325).

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