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Silver Cross Announces New Advanced Wound Healing Center

The enhanced wound center is staffed by a multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses with advanced wound treatment expertise.

Dr. Erik Borncamp, Medical Director
Dr. Erik Borncamp, Medical Director (Silver Cross Hospital )

Silver Cross Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of its newly enhanced Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing in partnership with RestorixHealth. The center provides state-of-the-art wound healing care to area residents close to home.

New Features at the Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing

Innovative Care: Through this partnership with RestorixHealth, patients will now have access to more advanced healing services for non-healing wounds and other related conditions that have not responded to conventional treatment.

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Known for excellence in all aspects of wound care, RestorixHealth is one of the nation’s leading providers of management services for comprehensive wound care and amputation prevention. RestorixHealth brings more than 20 years of experience in wound care, currently managing more than 200 wound healing centers in hospital and health systems throughout the country.

Clinical Expertise Onsite: The enhanced Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing is staffed with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses with advanced training in wound care. Integrating a team of wound care clinicians optimizes patient care, while offering the most advanced healing options.

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“Through this partnership, we are excited to incorporate RestorixHealth’s best practices to treat wounds that are especially difficult to heal, such as diabetic, venous and pressure ulcers,” said

Dr. Erik Borncamp, general surgeon and Medical Director for the Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing. “Patient progress reports will be provided on a regular basis and upon completion of their treatment, our patients will be discharged back to their referring clinician’s care.”

Dedication to Improve Patients’ Quality of Life: The center will utilize RestorixHealth’s evidence-based best practices and advanced therapies to develop individualized treatment plans for faster healing so patients can return to their daily lives and enjoy what they care about most.

"This agreement demonstrates our commitment to expanding access to care for patients suffering with non-healing wounds,” said RestorixHealth’s Senior Vice President of Business Development Leigh Eckley. “We are excited to serve the residents of Will and South Cook Counties."

Want to Learn More?

The Silver Cross Center for Advanced Wound Healing is located on the Silver Cross Hospital campus in Pavilion A at 1890 Silver Cross Blvd., New Lenox, IL 60451 and is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call (815) 300-5997.

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