Catherine R. Ratliff PhD, GNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN

Dr. Catherine R. Ratliff, Ph.D., APRN-BC, CWOCN, CFCN prepared nurse practitioner with over 20 years of wound care experience and research. She is currently employed as a nurse practitioner at the University of Virginia where she has run a chronic wound care clinic there for over 19 years. The most common diagnosis for her patients at the clinic is pressure ulcers. She also teaches at the school of nursing where she is an associate professor.

She is the program director for a wound ostomy continence program at the nursing school which is part of the graduate (master) program; one of only 2 such programs in the country. In 2007, she won the UVA award for quality improvement for her work with pressure ulcers. She has published over 90 articles including being instrumental in publishing several national guidelines on pressure ulcers. She has spoken at many national meetings on the topic of pressure ulcers. She is also a past board member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.