(Boynton Beach, FL) Bethesda Healthcare System is pleased to announce Alan MacGill, DPM, AO Fellow, as the new panel physician of the Bethesda Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program.

As a panel physician, Dr. MacGill will see patients on Tuesday afternoons at Bethesda Memorial Hospital beginning February 2. The panel physicians in this program specialize in the treatment of chronic wounds and related non-responsive conditions and offer outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The Bethesda Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program has cared for more than 15,000 patients since it opened in 1996, and has healed 94% of all wounds treated.

Dr. MacGill received his medical education from Dr. William Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. He completed his residency at Florida Hospital in Orlando and an AO Fellowship in Advanced Foot and Ankle Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Washington Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He currently practices at Certified Foot and Ankle Specialists located in Boca Raton. Dr. MacGill is the Research Director of Bethesda’s new Podiatric Medicine and Surgery Residency Program, scheduled to accept its first residents in July 2010.

The Bethesda Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine Program has two locations, one at Bethesda Memorial Hospital and another at Bethesda Health City in western Boynton Beach. The Program specializes in the treatment of chronic wounds and related non-responsive conditions and offers hospital-based outpatient wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Patients are seen by a group of multi-specialty, Board Certified physicians who have attended specialized training in advanced wound care. For more information, call 561-364-3160 or visit us online at www.BethesdaWeb.com.

Since 1959, Bethesda Memorial Hospital, a fully accredited, 401-bed community, not-for-profit hospital has served the residents of South Palm Beach County with a mission “to provide quality health services in a caring manner.” With a distinguished medical staff of 550 physicians in more than 40 areas of specialty, Bethesda Memorial Hospital and its affiliates offer a full array of healthcare services, including a nationally accredited vascular institute, general and endovascular surgery, maternity, neonatal and pediatric intensive care services and the Bethesda Comprehensive Cancer Center, an Affiliate of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. In February 2008, Bethesda opened its newest addition, the Bethesda Heart Institute, located on the campus of Bethesda Memorial Hospital. This all private room, 39-bed, “heart hospital within a hospital” provides the most comprehensive level of cardiovascular services including: emergency care, diagnostics, interventional care, cardiac surgery and rehabilitation.