Meet our North American editorial board members

In our recent editorial, we discussed the expansion of our Editorial Board1 and introduced you to our Senior Editorial Advisors. We promised a series of further editorials introducing our wider membership. This will be the first in a series of three providing insight into the group of outstanding and distinguished individuals that comprise our board. We have created the largest most internationally diverse board to greatly increase the capabilities and expertise of the journal as it moves to its third decade of life. Look out for a series of editorials in the coming month introducing our new board members by providing some background on their valued experiences. As the editorial team, we are excited to expand this group to help maintain the high-quality standards of the International Wound Journal moving forward into our third decade of existence. Please meet the North American Editorial Board Members for the International Wound Journal: Afsaneh Alavi is a professor of Dermatology at the Mayo Clinic with special interests in inflammatory disorders and wound healing. Prior joining to the Mayo Clinic, Dr Alavi completed her residency in dermatology both in Iran and Canada and a 2-year fellowship in wound healing at the University of Toronto in Canada. She earned her Master of Science in Community Health from the University of Toronto. She has received multiple prestigious awards including the Physician of the Year Award by the Canadian Dermatology Association in 2017 and the Supervisor of the Year Award by Mayo Clinic Dermatology in 2021. Dr. Alavi has been involved in numerous clinical trials from phase I-IV and basic science research. She is currently the Director of Complex Medical Dermatology Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and runs the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Specialty Clinic. Dr. Alper is a podiatric physician who recently retired from working in the private solo practice he started 36 years ago in Belmont, MA. Specializing in preventative diabetic foot care, he is now Emeritus Surgical staff at Mt. Auburn Hospital (a Harvard teaching hospital). He is currently a member of the Leadership Board of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in New England, having served as its President for over 20 years, and is an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). He also had the honour of serving as Chair of the Belmont (MA) Board of Health for 30 years, where he was seen as a leader in public health for the community. This led to his being appointed by the Governor to his current position on the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards (MAHB), allowing him to continue his public health work. 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