About our authors
Betsy Myers, DHS, MPT, OCS, CWS, CLT, is an assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a staff physical therapist at Saint Francis Health Care System. Dr. Myers received a master's degree in physical therapy from Northwestern University in 1992 and a Doctor of Health Sciences from the University of Indianapolis in 2013. She is a certified wound specialist and a certified lymphedema therapist. She is also an orthopedic certified specialist and an advanced credentialed clinical instructor.
Dr. Myers has worked in a variety of clinical settings within regional healthcare systems, including acute care, transitional care, a rehabilitation unit, wound care clinic, general outpatient care, sports medicine, aquatic therapy, work hardening and a diabetic foot clinic. She joined the outpatient physical therapy staff at Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in September 2008, where she continues to work on school breaks.
In addition to Wound Management: Principles and Practice, Dr. Myers has authored two chapters in Integumentary Essentials: Preferred Physical Therapist Practice Patterns. She has given numerous local, regional and national presentations, and teaches several continuing education courses on wound management, lymphedema, oncology and orthopedics.
Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, CLT, CLWT, is an associate professor of physical therapy at Nova Southeastern University. She presents nationally and internationally on the management of patients with open wounds and lymphedema.
