Fellows & Recognition

The WHS Fellows Program honors members who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of wound healing, recognizing excellence across research, clinical practice, education, and advocacy.

About the Program

WHS Fellowship Program

The Fellows Program of the Wound Healing Society recognizes individuals who have made significant and sustained contributions to the advancement of wound healing through research, clinical care, education, leadership, and service to the Society. Fellowship is both an honor and a commitment to continued engagement with WHS and the broader wound healing community.

“The WHS Fellows Program is meaningful because it recognizes sustained contributions and long-term service to WHS and not just individual accomplishments in the field. What is even more important, it provides a platform for connection and service and creates a way for experienced members to support, mentor and help advance the next generations of WHS Fellows and reinforces a shared responsibility to strengthen the Society over time.”

Marjana Tomic Canic

2025 Wound Healing Society Fellow

Fellows

Individuals recognized for outstanding and sustained contributions to wound healing science, clinical practice, and the WHS community.

2026 Current

Boris Hinz

Boris Hinz, PhD, is the Keenan Research Chair in Fibrosis Research at St. Michael’s Hospital and a Distinguished Professor of Tissue Repair and Regeneration at the University of Toronto, where his research on myofibroblasts in tissue repair and fibrosis has produced 169 peer-reviewed publications, an H-index of 85, and more than 43,000 citations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief for basic science at Wound Repair and Regeneration and previously served on the WHS Board of Directors.

David Margolis

David J. Margolis, MD, PhD, is the Gerald S. Lazarus Professor of Dermatology and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, where his research applies epidemiologic and biostatistical methods to chronic wound natural history, treatment, and prevention. With an H-index of 121, more than 350 publications, and continuous NIH funding since 1995, he has served on the WHS Board of Directors twice and remains active on WHS committees.

Kath Bogie

Kath M. Bogie, DPhil, FAIMBE, is a Professor of Orthopaedics at Case Western Reserve University and Research Career Scientist at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, where her translational research focuses on chronic wound prevention and pressure injury management in spinal cord injury populations. A WHS member for 15 years and past Board of Directors member, she has published over 95 papers, holds 12 patents, and chaired the WHS Education Committee from 2022 to 2025.

Susan Volk

Susan W. Volk, VMD, PhD, is the Corinne R. and Henry Bower Professor of Small Animal Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where her translational research program spans wound healing, surgical repair, and tumor microenvironments across discovery science through clinical trials. A WHS member since 2005 and current president of the Society, she has served two terms on the Board of Directors, chaired the International and Sister Society Committee for nearly a decade, and contributed to the Annual Meeting every year as presenter, moderator, and judge.

Timothy Koh

Timothy Koh, PhD, is a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago whose research on monocyte and macrophage plasticity in wound healing has produced 114 peer-reviewed publications, an H-index of 56, and nearly $13 million in funding from the NIH, VA, and DoD. A WHS Editorial Board member for Wound Repair and Regeneration, he co-chaired the 2024 WHS Annual Meeting Program Committee and has trained more than 75 students and fellows across his career.

2025

Richard Clark

Jeffrey Davidson

Robert Diegelmann

Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD, is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Emergency Medicine at VCU Medical Center, where he directed the Laboratory of Tissue Repair for 50 years. A founding member of WHS and its 2013-2014 president, he has published more than 200 manuscripts on wound healing and received the WHS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

Luisa DiPietro

Luisa A. DiPietro is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago. Over 25 years, her lab has studied mechanisms of wound healing and regeneration, focusing on inflammation, angiogenesis, and oral mucosal repair. She is the proud mentor of >70 trainees, many of whom continue to advance the field.

William Eaglstein

Vincent Falanga

Lisa Gould

Lisa Gould, MD, PhD, FACS has been practicing plastic and reconstructive surgery with an emphasis on difficult wound problems since 1999. A dedicated surgeon-scientist, she brings her passion for innovative wound research and education to her clinical practice, students at all levels, new investigators and the national organizations she serves.

Geoffrey Gurtner

Patricia Hebda

Patricia A. Hebda, PhD, spent her faculty career at the University of Pittsburgh researching wound healing in skin and mucosa, tissue engineering, and biological therapies for tissue regeneration. A longtime WHS leader, she served as president in 2009-2010 and as editor-in-chief of Wound Repair and Regeneration for a decade from 2006 to 2015.

Allen Holloway

Harriet Hopf

Professor, Anesthesiology and Bioengineering, University of Utah. TK Hunt mentee and WHS member since 1989. Recognized infection control expert, leader, coach and mentor.

Roslyn (Rivkah) Isseroff

Roslyn Isseroff, MD, is a professor of dermatology at UC Davis and staff physician at the VA Northern California Health Care System, where she established a dedicated wound clinic and telewound program. A senior editor of Wound Repair and Regeneration, she has published more than 100 papers on wound healing and tissue repair, with federally funded research spanning NIH, VA, DOD, and DARPA.

Robert Kirsner

Dr. Kirsner is President-Elect for WHS 2027, and serves as Chairman and the endowed Harvey Blank Chair in the Dr. Phillip Frost Dermatology in the Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery and Professor of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Ken Liechty

Ken Liechty, MD, is the division chief of pediatric surgery in the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Surgery, as well as director of fetal medicine at Banner – University Medicine and surgeon-in-chief of Banner Children’s at Diamond Children’s Medical Center.

Manuela Martins-Green

Manuela Martins-Green, PhD, is an internationally recognized wound healing researcher at UC Riverside who pioneered the role of chemokines in wound healing and angiogenesis, and developed a widely used murine model of chronic wound initiation. A WHS member since the mid-1990s, she has served on the Board of Directors, chaired the Awards Committee, and created the Anita Roberts Award.

Sashwati Roy

Sashwati Roy, PhD, is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh and senior faculty member at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, where she leads research on chronic wounds and diabetic foot ulcers. With more than 250 publications and 37,000 citations, she has served the Wound Healing Society in multiple leadership roles including secretary and president.

Chandan Sen

Dr. Chandan K. Sen, PhD, FNAI is the Bartley P. Griffith Chair of Regenerative Medicine and serves as Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Sen is also the Editor of Advances in Wound Care, top-ranked journal in wound care by impact factor.

Marjana Tomic-Canic

Marjana Tomic-Canic, PhD, holds the Eaglstein Chair in Wound Healing and directs the Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A WHS member for 25 years and its 2016-2017 president, she has published 175 peer-reviewed articles establishing the field of human wound genomics and received the WHS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

Alan Wells

Alan Wells, MD DMSc, is the Thomas Gill Professor of Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh and a past president of WHS, where he has been active for over 25 years with a particular focus on publications and early-career investigators. His wound healing research has produced more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, an H-index of 97, over $20 million in federal funding, and a dozen patents licensed and commercialized by industry.

Traci Wilgus

Dr. Wilgus is a Fellow Scientist at Regeneron leading a team focused on keloid and fibrosis research. Previously, she was an Associate Professor at Ohio State. Her academic research focused on scarless fetal wound healing and understanding the roles of inflammation and angiogenesis in wound repair, scarring, and skin carcinogenesis.

Associate Fellows

Professionals who have demonstrated meaningful involvement in wound healing and engagement with WHS, earlier in their leadership trajectory.

2026 Current

Kristo Nuutila

Mithun Sinha

Norifumi Urao

Qing Lin

Lindsay Kalan

2025

Rummana Aslam Linda Benskin Kath Bogie Kellen Chen Patrick Cottler John Dorsky Mohamed El Masry Brian Eliceiri Robert Galiano Margaret Ganey Subhadip Ghatak Nandini Ghosh Daniel Gibson Angela Gibson Lynne Grant John Gwin Veronica Haywood-Ragland Harvey Himel Boris Hinz Sara Holtman Abe Janis Sundeep Keswani Timothy King Timothy Koh Eric Lullove Christina Megal Lauren Moffatt Daria Narmoneva Alex Ortega Loayza Irena Pastar Julia Paul Lindsay Poland Heather Powell Kyle Quinn Piul Rabbani Akita Sadanory Asmat Salim Mitch Sanders Sasha Shafikhani Deepti Sharma Jeff Shupp Kanhaiya Singh Herbert Slade Melanie Spero Kara Spiller Rivka Stone Dorothy Supp Shawn Tejiram Artem Trotsyuk Leticia Vallejo Aristidis Veves Lucian Vlad Susan Volk E. Foy White-Chu Jordan Yaron Carlos Zgheib

Get Recognized

Nominate a Fellow

Recognize a colleague whose contributions have made a lasting impact on wound healing science, education, and the WHS community.

Applications will open in Fall 2026

Associate Fellow

Purpose

Designed for professionals who have demonstrated meaningful involvement in wound healing and engagement with WHS but may be earlier in their leadership trajectory. Option available for self-nomination.

Eligibility Overview

EXPECTATIONS

Fellow

Purpose

The highest level of recognition within WHS, honoring sustained and impactful contributions to the field and the Society.

Eligibility Overview

EXPECTATIONS

How It Works

Application & Nomination Process

A straightforward five-step process from eligibility review through notification.

Review Eligibility

Review the eligibility criteria for Associate Fellow or Fellow using the cards above to confirm the appropriate nomination level.

Prepare Documentation

Gather required supporting documentation including the nominee's CV, a nomination letter, and any supporting endorsements as specified in the nomination form.

Submit Application

Complete and submit the nomination form by the posted deadline. Applications and nominations are open in the fall. Late submissions will not be considered for the current award cycle.

Committee Review

Nominations are reviewed by the appropriate WHS committee. The committee evaluates each submission against published eligibility criteria.

Notification

All nominees are notified of the committee's decision following the review period. Fellows are recognized at the WHS Annual Meeting.

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