Dr. Gopalakrishnan is an Associate Professor and the Director of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair Lab (WHTRL) at College of Nursing in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Research in WHTRL focuses on understanding signaling pathways that regulate wound healing and tissue repair with the long-term goal of developing and translating therapeutic strategies for chronic non healing wounds. WHTRL also focuses on developing analytical tools for predicting wound healing trajectory. Dr. Gopalakrishnan holds a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Dr. Niezgoda is a clinician renowned for his expertise in wound, vascular and regenerative clinical services. Dr. Niezgoda is the  founder of Web CME and  held the position of Medical Director of the Center for Comprehensive Wound Care and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee,  Wisconsin and served as the President and Chief Medical Officer of Hyperbaric & Wound Care Associates. Dr. Niezgoda held several leadership positions in professional organizations and was part of multiple expert consensus panels and has appeared before Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Drug Administration to provide expert opinion in wound care and hyperbaric medicine.

Dr. Niezgoda holds an M.D. from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland, and is a graduate of U.S. Air Force Academy.