Vickie R Driver

Vickie has served as a member of the board of directors since May 2017. Dr. Driver is board certified in foot surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, licensed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Her career as a podiatric physician and surgeon has included a special emphasis on limb preservation and wound healing in her medical practice, as well as, research and education. Dr. Driver was a Professor of Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics at Brown University (Clinical) from 2014 to 2019 and is now Adjunct Professor at Barry University and Visiting Professor at Cardiff University. She has served for 11 years on the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (“AAWC”), and recently completed her tenure as President of this international organization. Dr. Driver is also the chair of Wound Care Experts and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) Clinical Endpoints Project. She also serves as a member at large of the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Society (“WHS”) and a Board Member of the Critical Limb Ischemia (“CLI”) Global Society. In addition, she serves on multiple national and international clinical committees that focus on preventing limb loss and improving wound healing in the high‑risk population. She has served as an investigator for more than 70 important multi‑center randomized clinical trials, as well as developed and supervised multiple research fellowship training programs. She has served and chaired multiple committees for large national and international pivotal clinical trials and has authored over 120 publications and abstracts. Dr. Driver is credited with the development and directorship of multiple major multidisciplinary Limb Preservation – Wound Healing Centers of Excellence, including Military/VA, Hospital, and University-based programs.