Meet our editorial board members from Asia, South America, Oceania and Africa

In our recent editorials, we discussed the expansion of our Editorial Board1-3 and introduced you to some of our members. We promised a series of further editorials introducing our wider membership. This is the last in a series of three editorials providing insight into the group of outstanding and distinguished individuals that comprise our board. We have created the largest most internationally diverse board to greatly increase the capabilities and expertise of the journal. Ms. Shaikha Ali AlQahtani, Qatar Ms. Shaikha Al Qahtani is the first Qatari Director of Nursing in Wound Care Management at Hamad Medical corporation (HMC). She oversees Nursing and Wound Care Management for ambulatory care services in the hospital's OPD and surgery unit, as well as Hamad Medical Corporation's (HMC) Bone and Joint Center and Fahad Bin Jassim Dialysis Center. She is a member of the American College of Wound Care and Tissue Repair (AWCT). Ms. Al Qahtani previously worked as a subspecialty wound care nurse in the Patient and Family Education Unit at HGH, also covering Women's Hospital. She has conducted many wound care awareness programs for schools and held numerous wound care workshops for students and faculty at the University of Calgary (UCQ). Shaikha has also attended and participated in many international courses and conferences. Ms. Al Qahtani completed her Diploma in Nursing in 2007 through the High Institute of Nursing—Doha, Qatar, and completed an International InterProfessional Wound Care course from the University of Toronto (IIWCC) in 2009. Ms. Al Qahtani received her BSN in 2013 from the University of Calgary—Qatar and followed that with a Masters in Science of Skin Integrity Skills and Treatment from the University of Hertfordshire (2014). She recently completed her Master of Nursing—Thesis at the University of Calgary—Qatar (2016). Professor Sadanori Akita, Japan Dr. Akita served as a full professor and chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Wound Repair, and Regeneration at Fukuoka University School of Medicine from 2016 to 2021. He is currently a full professor at Fukushima Medical University. He completed his residency in plastic surgery at Nagasaki University Hospital and earned his PhD from the Graduate School of Nagasaki University, specializing in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Khaled Almedlejy, Saudi Arabia Khaled obtained his Doctor of Medicine from Damascus University, Syria (1992). He went on to obtain a Master's degree in general surgery, Syria (1998), and completed the International Inter-Professional Wound Care Course (IIWCC), Toronto University, 2016, for 1 year. He is currently the Head, The Diabetic Foot Unit, King Abdul Aziz Specialist Hospital (KAASH), Taif, KSA. He also practiced as a Specialist in General Surgery, KAASH, Taif, KSA (2008–2010), and a Specialist in General Surgery, Syria (1999–2008). Prof. Khaled has extensive training in diabetic foot obtained both regionally and internationally attending over 10 courses. Paula Aromin, Philippines Paula obtained a BS Nursing, University of the Philippines, Manila, and Master's in Public Management, Ateneo De Manila University. International Interprofessional Wound Care Course—Canada (2019). Her career has mainly been in nursing within the Air Force in the Philippines, through a series of positions. Paula is currently a Military Flight Nurse/Head Nurse, OB-Gyne Ward/Head Nurse, Pedia Ward at the Air Force General Hospital, Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, Pasay City. Aside from the usual designations, she had also been given additional special duties to perform: As a flight nurse in the Philippine Air Force, she had successfully aeromedically evacuated numerous patients from all over the Philippines, flying over the dangerous mountains of the north to the hot areas of the south. She had also done multiple tours of duties at war areas such as Jolo, Sulu and Marawi. Professor Abdul Basit, Pakistan Dr. Ruth Choudhry, UAE Ruth qualified as a podiatrist in 1992 in the UK and has since specialized in the assessment, treatment and management of the high-risk foot. She worked for the UK National Health Service for over 20 years before moving to Abu Dhabi in 2014. Ruth undertook a Master's degree in advanced practice to expand her skills in lower limb vascular assessment and surgical debridement. She has established a number of multi-disciplinary diabetic foot teams which have resulted in the reduction of lower limb amputations and improved care of people with diabetic foot disease. Professor Bulent Ertugrul, Turkey Dr. Ertugrul graduated as a specialist in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology from the University of İstanbul School of Medicine. He started to work in Microbiology at Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology in 2004. He received the title of Professor in the same department in 2017. During this working period, he established and was responsible for the Nazlı—Selim Eren Chronic Wound and Infections Care Unit at the University Hospital in 2016. He retired in 2020 and founded GEDA Wound Care Clinic in Izmir and still works there. 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