Thomas E. Serena
Medicine
Angiogenesis Foundation
Sweden
Biography
Dr. Thomas E. Serena M.D. FACS FACHM FAPWCA, Founder and Medical Director of The Serena Group™, a family of wound, hyperbaric and research companies, 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. To date he has opened and operates wound care centers from New York City to Tulsa Oklahoma. Dr. Serena has been the lead or Principal investigator in over 55 clinical trials, including testing blood platelets, gene therapy for critical limb ischemia, antimicrobial dressings, growth factors, topical and parenteral antibiotics and bi-layered cell therapy. As a result of the overwhelming demand for his services as a researcher, he founded the NewBridge Medical Research Corporation, a non-profit corporation (501(c)3) dedicated to advancing the science of wound healing. On four occasions NewBridge has received funded from the National Institutes of Health. He currently consults for the government of Rwanda on AIDS prevention research.
Research Interest
He is recognized internationally as an expert in the field of wound healing: He has 100 published papers and has given more than 200 invited lectures throughout the world. He consults for numerous wound care industrial partners in the development of new products for the wound care space. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Society and recently was an author on four of the national guidelines for the treatment of chronic wounds. In 2009 he was elected Vice-President of the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine. He also currently serves on the board for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. Recently, Dr. Serena returned from Haiti where he was the wound care team leader for the University of Miami’s Medishare Hospital. He has done extensive medical relief work with Health Volunteers Overseas and serves as chairman of the AAWC Global Volunteers/HVO Steering Committee. He also a member of the World Health Organization’s wound care outreach program (WAWLC).
