Dr. Diane L. Krasner
Dr. Diane L. Krasner
Wound & Skin Care Consultant
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Dr. Diane L. Krasner, Wound & Skin Care Consultant, is a board certified wound specialist with experience in wound, ostomy, and incontinence care across the continuum of care. She is a Wound & Skin Care Consultant
in York, PA and serves as an Expert Witness. Dr. Krasner is a founding member of the Coalition for At-Risk
Skin (CARS) and currently serves as Senior Advisor and Executive Team Member. She is a founding Board Member of the Post Acute Wound & Skin Integrity Council (PAWSIC) and currently serves as Interim Past President
and Executive Committee Member.
Dr. Krasner is the Co-Chair of the Student Nursing Advisory Board of Why Wound Care? A Campaign for a Rewarding Career in Wound Care (www.whywoundcare.com). Together with Co-Chair, Dr. Lia van Rijswijk,
Dr. Krasner edited the 2018 e-Book edition of Chronic Wound Care: The Essentials, the official e-Book of the
Why Wound Care? Campaign.
Credentials
Dr. Krasner is Board Certified in Wound Care (CWCN) by the WOCNCB. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN), a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (FAAWC), a Master of the American Professional Wound Care Association (MAPWCA) and a Fellow of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society (WOCNF).
Education and Fields of Study
Dr. Krasner graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. and M.A. in Ancient Near Eastern History and Egyptology. Dr. Krasner
went on to receive her B.S.N., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She earned a M.S. in Adult and Continuing
Education from Johns Hopkins School of Continuing Studies.
Fellowships & Honors
Dr. Krasner was a Johnson & Johnson Medical Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Nursing Research at Johns Hopkins University School
of Nursing.
On Saturday, May 11, 2019 Dr. Krasner presented the John Boswick Lectureship at the 32nd Annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care
Spring in San Antonio with Cathy Milne and Kevin Woo and received the John Boswick Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in
Wound Healing, for "her achievements and tireless work, which have considerably advanced the field of wound care."
On June 5, 2022, together with co-editor Paula Erwin Toth and Sally Gill Thompson, Dr. Krasner was awarded the Inaugural WCET
Norma N. Gill President Award at the WOCNext WOCN Joint Congress in Fort Worth, Texas, "in recognition of her efforts to preserve our
history through the Festschrift book."
On June 6, 2023 Dr. Krasner received the honor of becoming one of twelve inaugural fellows of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society.
The Inaugural 2023 WOCN Fellows Gala was held at the 2023 WOCNext Conference in Las Vegas. WOCN President Dr. Dea Kent presented
the awards.
Publications
Dr. Krasner served as the lead co-editor of five editions of Chronic Wound Care: A Clinical Source Book for Healthcare Professionals (1991-2012,
HMP Communications, Malvern, PA). She is the sole editor of Chronic Wound Care: The Essentials (2014, HMP Communications, Malvern, PA).
Drs. Krasner and van Rijswijk are co-editors of the 2018 e-book edition of Chronic Wound Care: The Essentials E-Book (2018, HMP).
Together with Paula Erwin-Toth, Dr. Krasner edited two editions of the Norma N. Gill-Thompson Festschrift entitled Enterostomal Therapy
Nursing: Growth & Evolution of a Nursing Specialty Worldwide. A Commemorative Edition of the book was released by the WCET in the
Fall 2020 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Norma Gill's birth. See more details in the Latest Books Section of this website.
Dr. Krasner has published numerous articles in the wound care literature on a variety of topics related to wound, ostomy and incontinence.
Board, Council & Committee Service
Dr. Krasner has served on numerous editorial boards and currently is on the editorial board of WoundSource. Since 1992, Dr. Krasner has
served on the Board of Directors and as an Officer of several national wound care organizations. She is a founding Board Member of PAWSIC,
the Post Acute Wound & Skin Integrity Council (www.pawsic.org) and currently serves as Interim Past President and Executive Committee
Member. Dr. Krasner is a founding member of the Coalition for At-Risk Skin (CARS) and currently serves as Senior Advisor and Executive
Team Member. Dr. Krasner is a member of the NPIAP Alumni Council and is currently serving on the NPIAP Standards Mission Committee
and the Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Sub-Committee.
Dr. Krasner currently serves on the Board of Directors of Bell Socialization Services, a not-for-profit in York, PA, and serves as Secretary and Executive Committee Member (https://bellsocialization.com)
Fields of Interest
Dr. Krasner’s research interests include wound pain, palliative wound care, Safe NPWT, Skin Changes At Life's End (SCALE) and legal issues.
She has numerous publications in the wound care literature and lectures nationally and internationally on wound & skin care.
To receive a complete CV and Publications List, contact Dr. Krasner at dianelkrasner@aol.com.