Positive results in healing rates and average days to heal

The Comprehensive Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie is dedicated to preserving the function of the lower extremities and offering advanced wound care for patients with non-healing wounds. 

Our wound center in Waxahachie works with a multidisciplinary team in order to heal complex wounds and preserve limbs. Our advanced treatments can benefit any wound that has not healed in two weeks or has a complex presentation.

Conditions we treat

A non-healing wound, also called a chronic wound, is a sore that has not started to heal within two weeks. Some of the conditions we treat in our wound center in Waxahachie include the following:

  • Chronic osteomyelitis
  • Common diseases associated with radiation treatment
  • Diabetic ulcers
  • Idiopathic neurosensory hearing loss
  • Leg and foot ulcers
  • Minor burns
  • Non-healing surgical wounds
  • Poor healing flaps from plastic surgery
  • Preparing bone for tooth extraction
  • Pyoderma gangrenosum
  • Severe diabetic foot wounds
  • Traumatic wounds
  • Venous stasis ulcers

Our location

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie
Comprehensive Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center
2460 N Interstate 35E, Ste 160
Waxahachie, TX 75165

Phone: 469.843.7252

Fax: 469.843.7251

Hours of operation

  • Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Closed for lunch 12:00 - 1:00 PM

Medical Director

Philip U Ramirez, MD

Wound treatment options

An experienced multidisciplinary team, including hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and wound specialists, podiatric foot, orthopedic, and vascular surgeons, and infectious disease specialists work closely with you and your physician to develop the best approach to your wound healing issue. Some of the treatments we provide in our Comprehensive Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Waxahachie include:

  • Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy
  • Comprehensive wound evaluation and an individualized treatment plan
  • Compression dressings
  • Limb preservation
  • Manufactured (bio-engineered) tissue graft application
  • Negative pressure wound therapy (wound vacuum-assisted closure or VAC)
  • Wound care and debridement
  • Debridement for surgical preparation
  • Total contact casting

Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric medicine is the medical use of oxygen at a higher pressure level than our atmosphere to treat a variety of conditions. A typical treatment plan will include 30-40 dives that last roughly 1-2 hours.

Conditions include:

  • Diabetic foot wounds 
  • Common problems associated with radiation 
  • Radiation Cystitis 
  • Radiation proctitis 
  • Osteoradionecrosis
  • Pyoderma 
  • Non healing diabetic foot wounds 
  • Idiopathic neurosensory hearing loss
  • Poor healing flaps from plastic surgery 
  • Chronic osteomyelitis

Comprehensive Wound Center appointment form

Please provide contact information so we may respond to your request to schedule an appointment at the Comprehensive Wound and Hyperbaric Medicine Center in Waxahachie. One of our nurse navigators will contact you within 24-48 hours.

Please note: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie cannot address a medical emergency through this form. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.