Specialty: Wound Care
Medical Director

Comprehensive Wound Care
& Hyperbaric Medicine
720 Malcolm Blvd.
Rutherford College, NC 28671

Email: franksteele7@yahoo.com

Phone: 828 874-3160

Alt Phone: 828 874-2433

Fax: 828 874-2820

Directions: I-40, Exit 113, one mile north to Valdese Hospital. Wound Healing Center is behind Valdese Hospital, across from the Cancer Center

Active Staff: Valdese Hospital

After Hours Phone: 828 443-3132

Physician Email Address: franksteele7@yahoo.com

Preferred Method of Contact:
Page or cellphone

Board Certifications / Area of Certification
American Board of Surgery 1979-89, Recertified 1989-99

Education
Degree: MD - Year: 1966
Institution: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Degree: Bachelor of Arts Year: 1956
Institution: Duke University
Area of Concentration: Zoology

Residencies/Internships/Fellowships
Specialty: Surgical Internship
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Location: Cincinnati General Hospital - 1966-7
Type: Internship

Specialty: General Surgery
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Location: Cincinnati General Hospital - 1967-73
Type: Residency

Other Special Training or Certifications:
• Fellow-American Society of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
• Member-American College of Phebology,
• North Carolina medical Society,
• Special Training: Endoluminal radiofrequency vein ablation, Use of CO2 laser, Use of Alexandrite laser, Use of Nd/Yag laser

Specific procedures approved to perform:
• Radiofrequencfy ablation of leg veins, leg vein evaluation including photoplethysmography and ultrasonography (in-office), sclerotherapy
• Laser: hair removal (multiple lasers for different skin types) brown spot removal (senile spots), red spot removal (telangiectasias), laser skin rejeuvenation
• Light treatments-light-emitting diode array treatment to increase skin collagen
• Skin Lesions- removal of malignant or benign skin lesions by laser, radiofrequency or surgical resection (often an office procedure)
• Wounds-multiple means of treating chronic, venous, and diabetic ulcers

Areas of special interest:
• Sclerotherapy- use of injections to obliterate unwanted leg veins
• Use of polarized light and/or honey to treat chronic leg wounds
• Use of lasers and light treatments to enhance and rejeuvenate the appearance of the skin

Additional info:
Dr. Steele and his wife Jackie have been residents of Valdese since 1973. They have two grown children Mike and Teresa

Contact for follow-up or questions:
Name: Revonda Swanson
Phone: 828 874 3160
Email: franksteele7@yahoo.com