Elisa C Taffe, MD, CWSP Dr. Elisa Taffe is the medical director of the Advanced Wound Healing at AHN Allegheny General Hospital. She collaborates with various subspecialists as needed to treat patients with complex wounds. Dr. Taffe is skilled at providing patients with advanced wound therapies including skin substitutes. She is a Certified Wound Specialist Physician (CWSP) and has a certification in vascular medicine and is recognized as a Fellow within the Society of Vascular Medicine She received a medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also completed an internal medicine residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She served as the medical director for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program at the Community College of Allegheny County and is also an assistant professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. She speaks English.
Age Groups Seen
Adult, Older Adult
Languages Spoken*
English
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Expertise
surgical wounds
wound debridement
sclerotherapy
wound dressing
foot wound
leg ulcers
wound debridement
puncture wound
thermal burns
diabetic foot infection
foot wound
wound dressing
gangrene
gangrene
negative pressure wound therapy
non healing wound
critical limb ischemia
sclerotherapy
laceration follow up
non healing wound
necrotizing soft tissue infections
leg ulcers
foot ulcer
flaps repair of wounds
laceration follow up
Credentials
Residency
UPMC Bedford Memorial
Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
Position
Medical Director, Allegheny General Advanced Wound Healing & Lymphedema Center
Publications
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