Biography
PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (INCLUDES HISTORY OF RANK AT BARRY)
Assistant Professor Barry University SPM Miami, FL 2014- Present
Clinical Investigator Brand Research Center Barry University SPM, Miami, FL 2014 – Present
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director Residency Program Northwest Medical Center Margate, FL 2016 - Present
Clinical Supervisor Residency Program Jackson North Medical Center Miami, FL 2017- Present
Faculty Physician Wound Care Center, University Hospital Tamarac, FL 2010
Faculty Physician Wound Care Center, Broward Health Coral Springs, FL 2010
Physician Private Practice, Tamarac, FL 2010
PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE [AND CERTIFICATIONS] (IF APPLICABLE)
Florida, 2006 Doctor Of Podiatric Medicine, March 31, 2020
Board Certified, Diplomat, American Board of Foot & Ankle Surgery 2017 - Present
Board Certified, Diplomat, American Board of Podiatric Medicine 2016- Present
Board Certified, Diplomat, American Board of Wound Management, CWS, 2010- Present
SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS/WRITING
Snyder RJ. Ead JK, Cuffy C.(2018). Chapter 5: Wound Assessment. Textbook of Chronic Wound Care, Shah, Sheffield and Fife(ed.), Snyder, Section Editor: Best Publishing Company: Florida pg 103-110
PEER REVIEWED
Snyder RJ, Kimawi AA, Cuffy CA, Cala MA. When Traditional Offloading is not an Option, Could an External Fixator be a Solution?: A Case Report. Wounds 2017;29(2):46–50
Snyder RJ, Cuffy, CA, Glick B, Ead, J. Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane as Adjunctive Therapy in the Mulidisciplinary Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Case Report. Ostomy Wound Management September 2015;61(9):40-49
NOT PEER-REVIEWED
Snyder RJ, Cuffy C, Ead J. Fischborn, K Chronic Wound Biochemistry. Advanced Wound Dressings Today June 2019; Spring Supplement p4-11
Snyder RJ, Ead JK, Cuffy, C. et al. Is PASH Syndrome a Biofilm Disease?: A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Wounds 2018: 30(8): 216-223
Cuffy, CA, Patel SP, Saysoukha V, Snyder, RJ, Merrill T. Comprehensive Care and Management of Foot Infection in an Imunocompromised Patient: A Case Report. Podiatry Institute Update 2017 Chapter 17
Jafary H, Ramos R, Cuffy, C, Merrill T. Multiple Foot Fractures Treated With Multiple Minirail External Fixation: A Case Report. Podiatry Institute Update 2017 Chapter 39
Snyder RJ, Cuffy C, Ead J. Charcot Foot: An Overview of the Pathophysiology and Conservative Treatments. Current Dialogues in Wound Management March 2017;3(1)
Snyder RJ, Cuffy C, Cala M, Jafary H. Surgical Treatment of Charcot Foot. Current Dialogues in Wound Management March 2017;3(1)
Snyder, RJ, Cuffy CA, Ead JK. Charcot Neuropathic Osteo-Arthropathy: Pathophysiogy – Conservative Treatment. Current Dialogues in Wound Management 2016
Snyder, RJ, Cuffy, CA. Idiopathic Dystrophic Calcinosis with Chronic Changes Representative of Squamous Cell Cancer. Podiatry Management, February 2011
Cuffy, CA, Lieberman, J. Case Study: Medial Column Fusion. Present Courseware 2010
PRESENTATIONS/PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITS PEER-REVIEWED
FPMA SAM Conference - Poster: "Reconstruction of the Achilles Tendon After a Lawn Mower Accident Using an Autograft Gastrocnemius Aponeurosis Free Flap: A Case Report
AGNES Seminar, Barry University, Miami, FL 2018
AGNES Seminar, Barry University, Miami, FL 2019
FPMA Summer Conference, Bonita Springs, FL 2019
C3 Limb Salvage and Advanced Wound Care Summit Case Presentation Competition 2019
NOT PEER-REVIEWED
Total Contact Casting Made Easy: The Gold Standard in Off-Loading 2014
"Diabetic Foot; saving lives by saving limbs"
AWARDS OR GRANTS RESEARCH STUDIES
Novartis Pharmaceuticals- A Longitudinal Study of Human Skin Wounds (BIOMARKER) 2018
B. Braun Medical, Inc.- A Prospective Study of Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Leg Wounds Treated with Prontosan Wound Irrigation Solution and Prontosan Wound Gel 2018
Tides Medical Venous and Diabetic Foot Ulcers- The Efficacy and Safety of Artacent for Treatment of Resistant Lower Extremity Venous and Diabetic Ulcers: A Prospective Randomized Study 2018
Integra Life Sciences Corporation T-AEPDFU-01- Prospective, Multi-Center, Randomized, Parallel-Group Study Comparing AmnioExcel Plus, Placental Allograft Membrane to Apligraf , Bi-Layered Skin Substitute and Standard of Care Procedures in the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2017 - Present
Integra Life Sciences Corporation T-PMXDFU-01- Prospective, Multi-Center, Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the use of Primatrix Dermal Repair Scaffold for the Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2017- Present
Factor Therapeutics VF00102- A Prospective, Multi-center, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial Comparing Two Doses of VF001-DP to Placebo as an Adjunct to Standard Care in Patients with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers 2017- Present
Nu-Tech-NT-DFU-AFF-02- A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Fresh Amniotic Membrane in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Crossover Group from Standard of Care 2017 – Present
Nu-Tech-NT-DFU-AFF-01- A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effect of Fresh Amniotic Membrane in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2017 – Present
SerenaGroup Cellutome-VLU-013– A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Controlled Clinical Trial Evaluating Suction Blister Grafting Utilizing a Novel Harvesting Device (Cellutome©) and Standard of Care vs. Standard of Care Alone in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers 2016
Tactile Medical 6010 – A Phase 2 Randomized Trial Comparing a Dual Action Pneumatic Compression System (RD1) in Management of Texas 1a or 2a Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2016
RedDress RD-003 – A Multicenter, Prospective, Open Label Safety Trial of the RedDress Wound Care System (RD1) in Management of Texas 1a or 2a Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2015- Present
Osiris 303 – A Multicenter, Randomized, Single-Blind Study with an Open-Label Extension Option to Further Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Cryopreserved Human Amniotic Membrane for the Treatment of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2015-Present
DermaScience Stride 5: Open-Label Phase 3 ClinicalTrial to Evaluate the Safety of 0.03% DSC127 Gel in Chronic Use for Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcers. 2014-2015
Dipexium 305: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Multicenter, Superiority, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Pexiganan Cream 0.8% Applied Twice Daily for 14 Days in the Treatment of Adults with Mild Infections of Diabetic Foot Ulcers. 2014- Present
Xoma, LLC, Protocol X052172 "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Gevokizumab in Treating Active Ulcers of Pyoderma Gangrenosum" 2015 - 2016
DermaScience AmnioExcel: A Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized, Parallel-group, Standard of Care-controlled Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Use of AMNIOEXCEL® in the Management of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers 2015-2016
Macrocure , Protocol Number MC-105 "A Phase-3 Prospective, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, 13Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of CureXcell® as an Adjunct to Good Ulcer Care Measures in 02Treating Chronic Venous Leg" April 2014 – 2015
SanuWave, Protocol SAN12-DERM02 "A Double-Blind, Multi-center, Randomized, Sham-Controlled, Parallel Group Comparison of the dermaPACE® (pulse Acoustic Cellular Expression) Device in Conjuction with Standard of Care Versus Standard of Care Alone in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers" October 2013 - 2016
Xoma , LLC, Protocol X052171 "A 2 Year Open-Label, Safety Extension Study of Gevokizumab in the Treatment of Patients with Pyoderma Gangrenosum" 2013- 2016
Xoma, LLC, Protocol X052170 "An Open-Label, Proof of Concept Study of Gevokizumab in the Treatment of the Acute, Inflammatory Phase of Pyoderma Gangrenosum" April 2013 - 2016
DermaSciences, Protocol Number DSC 127-2012-01 "A Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-group, Vehicle-controlled Phase 3 Clinical Trial to Evaluate the efficacy and Safety of DSC127 in Treating Non-healing Foot Ulcers in Subjects with Diabetes Mellitus" January 2013 - 2015
Macrocure , Protocol Number MC-102 CureXcell™ "A Phase III, Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Sham-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of CureXcell™ as an adjunct to Good Wound Care Measures in Treating Lower Extremity Chronic Ulcers in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus" October 2013 - 2015
CoDa Therapeutic, Protocol Number NEX-ULC-011 "A Randomized, Prospective, Double-blind, Vehicle-controlled, Dose-ranging, Multi-center Study to Assess the Safety and Clinical Effect of Nexagon® (NEXAGON) in the Treatment of Subjects with a Diabetic Foot Ulcer" - July 2012 -2013
Healthpoint, Ltd., Protocol Number 802-247-09-031"A Phase 3 Randomized, Double Blind, Vehicle Controlled Study Investigating the Safety and Efficacy of HP802-247 in the Treatment of Venous Leg Ulcers >12cm2 to ≤36cm2" September 2012 – March 2014
Healthpoint, Ltd., Protocol Number 802-247-030 "A Non-Interventional Safety Study Providing 12 Months Follow-Up from First Exposure to HP802-247 in Subjects with Venous Leg Ulcers" September 2012 – March 2014
INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
COURSE NUMBER COURSE TITLE # SEMESTERS TAUGHT
SPM 632 Podiatric Medicine I 6
SPM 731 Podiatric Medicine IV
SPM 825 Practice Management 4
STUDENT MENTORING
Developing and Writing Numerous Articles with Students for Publication in Podiatric Journals
Journal Club
Advisor
Overseeing Journal Article Presentations
Dermatology Club
Advisor
Presentation: How to Perform Wound Debridement 2017
Lecture at Barry Seminar 2016
SNPMA Student National Podiatric Medical Association
Advisor
UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE
Barry University Member, Faculty Senate Welfare Committee, Barry University 2016-2017
Member, Communique Committee 2017, 2018, 2019
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
AAWC Association for the Advancement of Wound Care
ABWM American Board of Wound Management
APMA American Podiatric Medical Association
FPMA Florida Podiatric Medical Association
ABFAS American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery
ABPM American Board of Podiatric Medicine
ACFAS American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
MEMBERSHIPS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
Hospital Affiliations
University Hospital, Tamarac, Florida
Northwest Medical Center, Margate, Florida
Coral Springs Medical Center, Coral Springs, Florida
Jackson North Medical Center, North Miami, Florida
Member, Credentials and Qualifications Committee, University Hospital 2013 – Present
Member, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Northwest Medical Center 2013- Present
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Editorial Review Board Member, Wound Management & Prevention, HMP Communications; 2019
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Wound Management & Prevention, HMP Communications; 2019
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
Hands On Broward 2019
Vision Worship Center
Youth Career Day 2019
Diabetes Awareness and Foot Care Wellness 2018
Yucatan Crippled Children’s Project 2018
No Perfect People Inc 2018- Present
NPPI Serve the City
Back to School Leader 2019
Thanksgiving Meal Setup Leader; 2017, 2018
Broward Health Coral Springs Medical Center
Foot Screenings 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Trilogy Home Health Care Nurse Education: Wound Management of Skin Grafts 2017
Barry Homeless Foot Screening : First Methodist Church 2014
COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS
Mount Hermon AME Church- Miami, Fl
The Effect of Diabetes on the Lower Extremity 2018
Women Designed for Excellence Conference: Church on the Way- Miami, Fl
The Effect of Diabetes on the Lower Extremity 2017
Health & Wellness Presentation 2015
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 "Clinical Faculty of the Year" Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine Class of 2016
2014 "Wound Care Physician Scholarship" winner Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) 2014