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Maria Goddard, MD, CWS, MAPWCA CEO Burn & Wound Care Specialist Goddard Medical, LLC Overland Park, KS

Maria Goddard, MD, CWS, MAPWCA is a board-certified wound care specialist in the Midwest. She received training in general surgery at Wake Forest School of Medicine and completed fellowship training in burn surgery at both the University of Tennessee-Memphis and the University of Kansas Medical Center. She is board certified in wound care by both the American Board of Wound Management and the American Board of Wound Healing. She is an instructor for Advanced Burn Life Support and a member of the Global Health Committee of the American Burn Association. Dr Goddard also currently serves as the Chair of the Communications Committee and member of the Education Steering Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. She has practiced in multiple care settings, including long-term care, and her extensive training, research, and clinical experiences provide a unique perspective of wound management. Her mission is to bridge the gaps that exist among care settings because of differences in regulations and resource availability. Her interests include burn care, geriatrics, global health, telemedicine, and reducing disparities in health care. Recent Presentations:

•  Goddard MS & Swaboda L: Management of Chronic Wounds in Various Climate Conditions. HMP. 
WoundSource. WoundCon Summer. June 2024.
•  Goddard MS: Disparities in Care in Chronic Wound Patients. HMP. SAWC Spring. May 2024.
•  Goddard MS: Stop Saying Non-Compliant: A Guide to Strengthening Clinician- Patient Relationship. WoundSource. WoundCon Fall. October 2023.
•  Goddard MS and Kim PJ: How to Prepare for the AI Revolution. HMP. WoundSource. Practice 
Accelerator Series. September 2023.
•  Goddard MS, Johnson J, Kelso M, Oropallo A: Wound Care Evolution: Post Pandemic Delivery Models that Work. American Professional Wound Care Association. Wound Week 2023. September 2023.
•  Goddard MS. Wiggins-Long S, Oropallo A: Mental Health in Wound Care: Let’s Start Talking. 
American Professional Wound Care Association. Wound Week 2023. September 2023.
•  Goddard MS and Johnson J: Technology Meets Health Care: Telehealth and Remote Monitoring. HMP. SAWC Spring. March 2023.