Karen L. Bauer DNP, APRN-FNP, CWS, FAPWCA

Karen Bauer received her undergraduate degree from The University of Toledo, her Master's Degree from The Ohio State University, and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice Degree from the University of Toledo. Karen Bauer is certified by the American Board of Wound Management as a Certified Wound Specialist (CWS) and is also a Fellow of the American Professional Wound Care Association. She is the current Nurse Board Member for the AAWC and serves on the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) Speaker’s Bureau, as well as various AAWC committees. Karen is currently the Director of Wound Services at The University of Toledo, under the Division of Vascular, Endovascular, and Wound Surgery, and the Program Director of the Fulton County Wound and Hyperbaric Center. Karen has championed wound and vascular outreach services at the University of Toledo and the Fulton County Health Center, developing a coordinated wound and vascular service among multiple settings and disciplines, successfully promoting patient-centered wound management with vascular medicine involvement.