Byoung W. Yang, M.D., has joined the Bon Secours Charity
Health System and has been appointed “System Medical Director Wound and
Hyperbarics” (http://www.goodsamhosp.org/our-services-wound-and-hyperbaric-programs-good-samaritan-hospital.html
). His responsibilities encompass three
hospitals within the Bon Secours network: Good Samaritan Regional Medical
Center, Suffern, NY; St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, NY; and, Bon
Secours Community Hospital, Port Jervis, NY.
Dr. Yang was board-certified in hyperbaric medicine, which
includes comprehensive wound management, after completing a hyperbaric fellowship
at the University of Pennsylvania. He received residency training at a large
wound care center in Mt. Vernon, New York, under the direction of the late,
renowned wound treatment physician, Dr. Jorge Beale. Dr. Yang is also
board-certified in Internal Medicine.
In his current position, Dr. Yang seeks to develop a safe and seamless approach to wound care that begins when the patient is admitted to the hospital and continues until the patient is discharged to the home, nursing home or rehabilitation facility and the wound is completely healed.
In his current position, Dr. Yang seeks to develop a safe and seamless approach to wound care that begins when the patient is admitted to the hospital and continues until the patient is discharged to the home, nursing home or rehabilitation facility and the wound is completely healed.
Dr. Yang has expertise in treating complicated wounds
such as venous insufficiency, arterial insufficiency, diabetic foot, delayed
healing surgical wounds, complications from radiation treatment, and decubitus
ulcers (bed sores). He observes that “The current trend in wound care is to
focus on how best to mobilize stem cells to facilitate healing.”
His past positions have included Medical Director at St.
Joseph Nursing Home, Frenchville, ME, and Attending Physician, Internal
Medicine and Wound Care, at Northern Maine Medical Center, Fort Kent, ME.
Dr. Yang is also a scientist. He has researched stem cell
mobilization in diabetes patients and presented his work at an international
scientific conference in Hawaii in 2007, where he received the President Award,
second place. Dr. Yang’s current research includes how best to develop a
hospital-wide approach for the prevention of pressure ulcers, including
specialty beds and the improvement of nursing care.
He delivered the key note address at the 2012 Wound Care
Symposium hosted by Bon Secours Charity Health System. He received the honor of
being selected as an oral presenter for his research abstract on “Wound Care in
Rural America” for the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care in 2011.
About the Life Support Technologies Group (LST)
The Life Support Technologies Group (LST) is a Tarrytown,
NY-based medical and life-support engineering company specializing in Advanced
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Services to hospitals in the NY, NJ, CT region. LST has been in business for 20 years and
currently provides services to 9 hospitals.
Glenn
Butler, CEO
Life
Support Technologies Group
(914)
333-8412
Life
Support Technologies group
580
White Plains Road
Suite
110
Tarrytown,
NY 10591
Phone: (914) 333-8412
