Alisha Oropallo, MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS

Empirical Research

An Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Decrease Sacral Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries: A Retrospective Cohort Study

05/01/2021

Shelby Isaacs , BS;

Gregg Landis , MD;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Marie Agrell-Kann , RN;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

Mary Brennan , RN, MBA, CWON;

Timmy Li , PhD;

Tamir Pinhasov , BA;

This retrospective study assesses the changes in the yearly incidence of sacral HAPIs before and after implementation of a 3-pronged interdisciplinary intervention to reduce HAPI incidence.

This retrospective study...

05/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Rapid Communication

Cisgender Cellular Tissue-Based Products Improve Wound Healing

02/12/2024

Meaghan Coles ;

Christina Del Pin , MD;

Manuel Beltran Del Rio ;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Wound closure rates were reviewed in this study, by size over time, to establish the CTP sex's role in healing outcomes.

Wound closure rates were...

02/12/2024

Wounds

Videos

Scrub vs. Soak in Wound Hygiene

05/24/2023

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Dr. Alisha Oropallo, MD1 talks about her SAWC Spring 2023 poster on the benefits and differences between soaking and scrubbing wounds, done in conjunction with Dr. Amit Rao, MD1; and Jai Joshi, BS1.   1Northwell Health...

Dr. Alisha Oropallo,...

05/24/2023

Wound Management & Prevention

Examining Virtual Wound Conferences

Objective: The Covid-19 pandemic has created changes in the way we practice medicine. The move to virtual conferencing in to avoid mass gatherings is a significant change to how healthca...

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

Mary Brennan , RN, MBA, CWON;

08/19/2021

The use of copper nanoparticles to reduce bioburden in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Background: Treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) depend on the ability to reduce the bioburden of the wound. Specialized dressings employing the biocidal properties of copper have rec...

John Haight , DPM;

Scott Gawlik , DPM;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

08/19/2021

12-week RCT Evaluating Impact of Routine Fluorescence Imaging of Bacteria on Diabetic foot ulcer healing rates

Introduction: Bacterial burden >104 CFU/g is known to delay healing1,2 and is challenging to detect in diabetic foot ulcers where co-morbidiites including neuropathy can mask clinical...

Scott Gawlick , DPM;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Dean Vayser , DPM, FACFAS;

08/19/2021

Differences in Plasma Cytokine and Wound Biopsy Gene Expression Profiles in Patients with Healed Versus Non-Healed Venous Ulcerations

Wound healing involves three discrete stages: inflammatory, proliferative and remodeling. Wounds that do not progress through each stage successfully result in chronic non-healing wounds ...

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

02/01/2021

Continuity of Care: Examining What Happens to Patients with Chronic Wounds After Hospital Discharge

Objective: Individuals with chronic wounds receive care while hospitalized for complications arising from the wound. Many individuals fail to seek outpatient follow-up care. These pe...

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

07/29/2019

Real-time Pressures in Lower Extremity Compression Therapy

Introduction: Compression therapy has become a mainstay in the treatment of lymphedema, venous insufficiency, deep vein thrombosis, and post thrombotic syndrome for the lower extremi...

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

07/29/2019

Challenges in the Topical Application of Platelet-Rich Plasma

Background: The use of autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in the treatment of chronic wounds is increasing. To apply PRP as a topical gel, initial activation of the platelets is r...

Sally Kaplan , RN;

Jeffrey Nicastro ;

Gene Coppa ;

Russel Caprioli ;

John Haight , DPM;

Alisha Oropallo , MD, FACS, FSVS, FAPWCA, FABWMS;

Michael Pliskin ;

Amit S. Rao , MD;

Raymond Ferguson ;

04/09/2019