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Cynthia
Sylvia
D NURS, MSc, MA, RN, CWCN

Cynthia Sylvia is the Managing Member of Cynthia Sylvia, LLC, a nurse executive consultant service. Cynthia is a thought leader in professional relations and knowledge management of wound healing, pressure injury/ulcer prevention, patient and caregiver safety, support surface allocation, evidence-based practice and the medical device industry. With a clinical nursing specialty as a Certified Wound Care Nurse; she is a qualitative researcher, published author and international speaker. As a facilitator of two Consensus Development Initiatives on the Prevention of Pressure Injuries, she has generated multiple global publications and presentations. Her passion lies in being the Voice of Nursing in the transfer of knowledge to the bedside, writing and editing of manuscripts, oversight of human subject clinical studies, expert opinion on quality improvement, risk management and standardization of support surfaces. Cynthia has a broad range of clinical experience with roles in acute and home care and clinical science management in the medical device industry that includes years of service on the Corporate Advisory Council of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, in addition to being a founding member of the Support Surface Standards Initiative. Her educational background includes a Master of Arts in Health Promotion Counseling and a Master of Science in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff University in Wales where she was awarded her Doctorate in Nursing.

Publications
Sylvia, C., Jones, V., 2010. The Lived Experience of the Wound Osotmy and Continence Nurse in Wound Care. Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing. 37, 265–271. https://insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=20463543

Sylvia, C., 2002. The role of neutrophil apoptosis in influencing tissue repair. Journal of Wound Care. 12:1; 13-16. https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/jowc.2003.12.1.26458

Sylvia, C. 1993. Determining the right mix of support surfaces to minimize hospital acquired pressure ulcers. 39:8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8311903

Posthauer, M.E., Jordan, R., Sylvia, C., 2006. Support surface initiative: terms, definitions and patient care. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 19.

Stone, A., Brienza, D., Call, E., Fontaine, R., Goldberg, M., Hong, K.Z., Jordan, R., Lachenbruch, C., LaFleche, P., Sylvia, C., 2015. Standardizing support surface testing and reporting: a national pressure ulcer advisory panel executive summary. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. 42, 445–449. https://doi.org/10.1097/WON.0000000000000172