Welcome
Introducing the Center for Wound Healing
Dr. David Kirlin, Dr. Ryan Meredith and Dr. Wagner Santiago are experienced wound care specialists who will now offer comprehensive wound care for chronic, complex and complicated wounds at the Center for Wound Healing in their office in Gastonia.
Treatment is available for a variety of foot wounds such as severe infections, diabetic foot ulcers, serious cuts, burns, and snake or spider bites. Services available include in-office debridement of wounds, skin grafts, Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) testing, off-loading devices, custom-molded and fitted shoes, custom-molded shoe inserts and reconstruction.
The primary goals of the Center for Wound Healing at Gaston Foot & Ankle Associates are:
- Prevention: encouraging at-risk patients with wounds to have regular visits with a wound specialist
- Healing: provision of coordinated, comprehensive care to heal wounds
- Maintenance: education of patients on day-to-day care of wounds and the importance of regular follow-up visits
Gaston Foot & Ankle Associates uses a multidisciplinary approach which includes a thorough diagnostic examination to identify the type of wound and to determine the underlying complications prolonging the healing process. Once examined, a personalized treatment plan is developed to accommodate each patient’s individual needs.
“We are pleased to offer an affordable option for patients by providing these services all in one place with no extra fees,” said Wagner Santiago, DPM. “Our objective is to save limbs and prevent unnecessary amputations.”
If you’re looking for a podiatrist in the Gastonia, NC area we welcome you to our practice.
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We’ve loaded this website with information about podiatry, podiatric problems and treatments to help our patients become informed decision makers and to fully understand their health issues. Please visit this site whenever you have a concern about your foot or ankle. Gaston Foot & Ankle Associates is recognized as the preferred providers of foot and ankle medical and surgical care in the Gaston County region.
Treatments Offered Include:
- Internal Fixation Techniques which correct fractured bones and joints with more mobility and less disability
- Computer-assisted and -designed orthotics with space-age materials
- Flatfoot reconstructive surgery with minimally invasive joint implants
- State-of-the-art wound care techniques for hard-to-heal wounds
- Low-dose, in office X-rays to uncover any hidden problems
- Diabetic Therapeutic Shoes in a vast array of styles and colors
Team Approach: We are on staff at nearby Gaston Memorial Hospital and work closely with our fellow physicians. This team approach ensures that our patients will always receive whatever they need, and get the best care possible.
We’ve earned the trust of other doctors in the community – they refer their own patients to us for expert foot and ankle care. This is also why, when other doctors (and many operating-room nurses) and their families have a foot or ankle problem, they come to us.
