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Aletha W. Tippett MD
Dr. Aletha W. Tippett, MD received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1975 and her MD from the University of Cincinnati in 1997. Dr. Tippett has done wound care for 2...voir plusDr. Aletha W. Tippett, MD received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1975 and her MD from the University of Cincinnati in 1997. Dr. Tippett has done wound care for 20 years and has treated over 15,000 wounds. Her main areas of focus in wound care are limb salvage and pressure ulcer prevention and treatment and she brings a bio-engineering approach to these. She has been honored with numerous awards in the healthcare community and is a published author and international speaker and teacher on wound care topics. She was president of the Hope of Healing Foundation, dedicated to limb salvage and novel wound therapies. She is a member of the International Biotherapy Society and is an active “biotherapist”, using maggots and leeches in her wound care practice. Dr. Tippett is also active in hospice and is a certified hospice medical director .
Dr. Tippett got her degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri, worked for five years as an engineer, then left work to stay home and raise her three daughters. Later in life, inspired by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, she went to medical school and became a family physician and wound specialist. This book is the odyssey of her twenty years in medicine and wound care.voir moins