Centers & Services

• AAMC Services A to Z
• DeCesaris Cancer Institute
• Breast Center
• Heart and Vascular Center
• Joint Center
• Spine Center
• Surgical Services
• Women's & Children's Center

Hours

• The AAMC Wound Center and Diabetes Center are located in the Clatanoff Pavilion.
• The entrance is on the first floor between the Clatanoff Pavilion and the Edwards Pavilion.
• Reach the entrance by car by driving around the traffic circle until you see the entrance marked 'Wound Center and Diabetes Center,' to the left of the Clatanoff Pavilion main entrance.
• The entrance is handicap accessible.
• Wound Center and Diabetes Center patients are encouraged to park in garage C

The Wound Center

The Wound Center at Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) offers comprehensive therapies for outpatient treatment of chronic, non-healing wounds resulting from poor blood circulation, diabetes or long-term immobilization. For patients with these conditions, a simple blister can result in a chronic open wound with difficulty healing.

“Our main mission is to cure chronic wounds before they progress to the most serious stages,” said Dr. James Chappell, a plastic surgeon and medical director of AAMC’s Wound Center. “We have a team of skilled specialists associated with the center so we can apply an interdisciplinary approach to each individual patient,” he said.

Vascular surgeons, podiatrists, surgical hospitalists, plastic surgeons and physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists comprise the core physician group associated with the Wound Center. Specialists in infectious diseases also are available.

People with diabetes are at the greatest risk for chronic, non-healing wounds. Up to 15 percent of the estimated 26 million Americans with diabetes may suffer from chronic wounds—most commonly non-healing foot ulcers. With most wounds, healing follows a relatively brief, predictable and uncomplicated course. But chronic wounds need specialized treatment.

Our Approach

AAMC’s wound management program includes a complete evaluation and non-invasive vascular studies, followed as needed by debridement, infection control, revascularization, skin-grafting, state-of-the-art wound healing technology, compression therapy, patient education and preventive measures to preclude the recurrence of wounds. The center is located on the first floor of AAMC’s Clatanoff Pavilion.