Dr. Vickie R. Driver is a Professor at Washington State University’s School of Medicine and the Founding Chair of the Wound Care Collaborative Community, collaborating with the FDA, CMS, and NIH. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons-Glasgow and an Inaugural Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care. Dr. Driver has received the Robert A. Warriner III, MD Memorial Award and serves as an Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University and a Professor-affiliate at Barry University.
With a focus on wound healing and limb preservation, Dr. Driver advocates for patients facing limb loss. She has led over 70 multi-center randomized clinical trials and has co-authored more than 150 publications. As a former Director of Translational Medicine at Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research, she is committed to advancing treatments for patients with wounds.
In her free time, Dr. Driver volunteers for patients without a voice, striving to bring innovation to bedside care, particularly to prevent amputations. She is also an avid runner and values her family time.