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HAROLD KALOOGIAN, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.S., C.W.S. Dr. Kaloogian completed his Education at Michigan State University, Ohio College Of Podiatric Medicine and at Windom Area Hospital in 1985. He is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association, the California Podiatric Medical Association, the Western Podiatric Medical Congress, the San Diego County Podiatric Medical Association, the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, American Professional Wound Care Association and a Fellow of the American Academy of Wound Management. He became a Certified Wound Specialist in 2004. He has practices at the Rancho Santa Fe Medical Group, Inc./Mobile Doctor Medical Clinic in San Marcos as a Podiatric Physician & Surgeon and Podiatric Wound Care Specialist. He is affiliated with Tri-City Medical Center, Kindred Hospital, San Diego and Andros Laser & Medical Centers in La Jolla. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery, certified in Foot and Ankle Surgery, Laser Surgery, Collagen Implants and as a Wound Care Specialist. He is also a certified with the American Heart Association in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Dr. Kaloogian is affiliated with the American Podiatric Medical Association and the California Podiatric Medical Association and he is a Delegate with the Western Podiatric Medical Congress.

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Dr. Neil Levine Dr. Neil Levine, originally from Detroit, Michigan, went to the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with a degree in Biology and continued to earn a Masters degree in Public Health Nutrition. He attended Medical School at the Medical College of Virginia and did his Internal Medicine Residency at UC San Diego. After Residency, Dr. Levine established his current practice in the Tri-City area with The Medical Group of North County, in Vista. His areas of special interest include geriatric care and nutrition. Dr. Levine has a well-rounded Internal Medicine background, including current positions as the Medical Director at Rancho Vista Senior Retirement Center, Assistant Medical Director at Hospice by the Sea in North County and District Health and Safety Officer for the Boy Scouts of America. His practice routinely involves the principles of wound and skin care and their relationship to proper nutrition and diet. Dr. Levine is married with two young daughters and a son the high school. He enjoys family time and supporting his children with the many extracurricular activities they participate in, especially their school band!

Dr. Donald Ponec Dr. Ponec joined North County Radiology in 1990. His specialization is in Interventional Radiology, with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Vascular and Interventional Radiology. He is co-founder and Director of the San Diego Cardiac and Vascular Institute and Director of Interventional Radiology at Tri-City Medical Center. Dr. Ponec earned his BS degree at University of Southern California and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He first moved to San Diego to complete his MD at University of California San Diego in 1979. Dr. Ponec maintains an appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology at UCSD. His interest in research was encouraged when he received an American Heart Association grant for the study of cardiac and vascular disease at UCSD. He attended University of California San Francisco for Radiology Residency and Interventional Radiology Fellowship. His active participation in research as the Principle or Co-investigator on multiple FDA-sponsored clinical trials has produced several publications. Also, he is the National Medical Expert for a major peripheral vascular study and a Distinguished Reviewer for the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Dr. Juan Deza graduated Medical School from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru.  He was a fellow of Critical Care Medicine at Yale University and trained in Internal Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine.  Dr. Deza was a recipient of the Samuel Floch peer award for Outstanding Resident in Internal Medicine. He was the director of the Critical Care unit at the National Cancer Institute in Lima Peru. During the 1990’s, Dr. Deza was an assistant Clinical Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UCSD.   Dr. Deza is currently the Vice Chief of Staff at Tri-City Medical Center.

Paul J. Haydu, MD, FACCWS Dr. Paul Haydu was born in New York City. He graduated from Boston University’s School of Medicine and completed a five-year Surgical Residency in 1977. Midway through his Residency he spent two years in the Navy, serving one year in Viet Nam, and the second at the San Diego Naval Hospital, practicing Emergency Medicine. After Residency, Dr. Haydu practiced Emergency Medicine at Palomar Medical Center and Pomerado Hospital for twenty-five years. He practiced Wound Care at Pomerado Hospital beginning at 2000. He was also on staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital’s Wound Care Center from it’s opening in June 2002 until its closing in September 2006. He is certified as a Specialist by the American Academy of Wound Management and is also a Fellow of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. Dr. Haydu is married and has two daughters. He speaks Spanish. His hobbies include surfing, mountain biking and flying radio-controlled gliders. He enjoys Wound Care practice so much because of the opportunity it provides him to help people to improve their lifestyles and in the process heal difficult wounds.

Dr. Lawrence McCarthy Born in Boston. Larry McCarthy attended Boston College and graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1967. Upon completing four years of General Surgery training, he entered the Plastic Surgery Program at the University of Miami in Florida where there was emphasis on congenital defects – cleft lip and palate, burns and hand problems, along with exposure to complicated wounds of all etiologies. He has board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 1976 and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Over 30 years of plastic surgery practice has provided continuous exposure to complex wound care requiring a gamut of treatment from topical therapy to extensive skin grafts and skin tissue flaps. He feels that the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine will give patients the best opportunity for correction of chronic debilitating wound problems by the availability of specialists with multiple areas of expertise. Dr. McCarthy’s interests outside of plastic surgery include scuba diving and wood turning.