The ACCWS is the premier membership body dedicated to the advocacy and support of credentialed wound care providers to stimulate and promote education for the medical community and the public at large regarding quality management of patients with wounds thus improving the public’s health.
Message from the Chair
Jayesh B. Shah, MD, CESP, FACCWS has prepared a special message for the members. Please click here to read his message.
The Journal of the ACCWS
Become a Fellow of the College and receive your own subscription to
The Journal of The American College of Clinical Wound Specialists.
Subscribe to the ACCWS peer reviewed Wound Care Journal.
ACCWS Goes Digital!
The College has gone digital. This means that members will need to activate an online account on this Website. By establishing the account, members will update their mailing address, create a password to use with their email address to log into their account. Only in this way, can the College maintain accurate and up-to-date records for all its members and successfully communicate with all of its members on a regular basis.
Last year all members received a letter supplying them with an activation code. Using this code allow the member to update his/her account. If you did not receive this letter or have misplaced it, please contact Tony McNevin, the Executive Director, to receive your activation code. Tony can be located at info@accws.org or by phone at (717) 778-2124.
ACCWS Board of Directors appoints Anthony (Tony) McNevin Executive Director
Anthony (Tony) McNevin became the College’s Executive Director on March 1, 2011. Since then he has been at work establishing a stronger infra-structure for the College and moving the College’s business to the Web. Click below to find out more.
ACCWS 2010 Honorary Fellow: David Armstrong, PhD, DPM
An Honorary Fellow shall be an individual of national or international stature who has made an outstanding contribution to the interdisciplinary practice of wound management and who has been selected by the Board of Directors of the ACCWS.
ACCWS 2010 Chairman’s Creative Vision Award Recognizes:
Richard Simman, MD, FACS,FACCWS
The Chairman’s creative vision award is awarded to a Board of Director or committee member chosen by the current Chairman of the Board. The recipient is one who has shown exemplary vision and creativity to make ‘it’ happen. The creative vision award recipient is a person who takes a plan on paper and sees it through to fruition. One, who encourages, enlightens and inspires those around them to set goals, take action and make it work.