Francisco (“Frank”) Aviles, Jr.,  P.T., CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, MAPWCA has decades of experience in physical therapy, wound care, and lymphedema. He is currently the Wound Care Clinical Coordinator at Natchitoches Regional Medical Center, and a wound care consultant for Cane River Therapy Services and Louisiana Extended Wound Care Hospital.

Frank is a board member of American Professional Wound Care Association (APWCA). He also serves on the editorial board for Today’s Wound Clinic and the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. He has created educational opportunities such as The Wound Healing Roundtables and Virtual Wound Rounds, while co-creating and hosting The Frank & Lizzie Show and Wound Busters.