Clinical context
A wound record is considered alongside the patient’s condition, documented risks, care delivered, and changes over time.
ABOUT DR. RUTHERFORD
Clinical experience.
A thoughtful
perspective.
Dr. Seana Rutherford
DNP, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CWS®, WCC
A Cleveland-based nurse practitioner, wound care specialist, educator, and practice founder with nearly 20 years of nursing experience and more than 10 years of experience as a nurse practitioner.
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Nearly 20 yearsof experience in nursing
More than 10 yearsof experience as a nurse practitioner
CWS® since 2014Certified Wound Specialist®
CLINICAL PRACTICE & LEADERSHIP
A career built
around patient care.
Dr. Rutherford’s career spans nursing, advanced practice, wound management, and the development of clinician-led practices. Her clinical background spans inpatient hospital care, long-term acute care (LTAC), acute rehabilitation (acute rehab), outpatient care, nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, wound centers, and home care.
She is the founder, president, and a nurse practitioner at Healix Wound Care and Lake Effect Health. Those roles bring experience with the everyday realities of assessment, care planning, documentation, and follow-up to her work with attorneys.
Areas of clinical focus include pressure injuries, deep tissue injuries, vascular wounds, diabetic wounds, chronic lower-extremity wounds, and non-healing surgical wounds.
Additional areas include moisture-associated skin damage, stasis dermatitis, cellulitis, infectious wounds, skin tears, burns, radiation wounds, malignant wounds, and skin lesions.
Her expert consulting practice began in 2021. Through Legal Expert Wound Care Consultants, she provides case review, clinical consultation, written reports, depositions, and trial testimony within her professional scope.
HER APPROACH TO EXPERT REVIEW
Evidence first.
Opinion second.
Independent analysis
Dr. Rutherford works with both plaintiff and defense counsel. Her conclusions follow the available evidence and clinical standards.
Clear communication
Complex wound care terminology, clinical findings, and the basis and limits of an opinion are explained in language a legal team can use.
EDUCATION & KNOWLEDGE SHARING
A commitment
to clinical education.
Dr. Rutherford earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Ursuline College in 2015 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Ursuline College in 2024. She is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, a Certified Wound Specialist® through the American Board of Wound Management, and Wound Care Certified.
Her presentations have addressed pressure injury prevention, wound care fundamentals, and mobile wound care. Her CV includes poster abstract presentations at the Symposium of Advanced Wound Care and the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, as well as educational presentations for nursing and healthcare audiences.
She also serves as an American Board of Wound Management Ambassador. Details of her education, professional experience, publication, presentations, and service are available in her CV.
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BEYOND THE PRACTICE
Outside her professional work, Seana enjoys travel, gardening, walking, and spending time with her goldendoodle, Jazz.
FOR PLAINTIFF & DEFENSE COUNSEL
A clinical perspective
for your next matter.
Start with the nature of the matter, the involved parties, and the clinical questions you would like reviewed. Conflict review comes before a formal engagement.
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