Christine Murphy

Christine Murphy PhD RN FNSWOC Chris is the nurse lead of The Ottawa Hospital Limb Preservation Centre in Ottawa Canada, and has been a nurse for over 30 years having completed a degree in Tissue Viability (UK), Master of Clinical Science in Wound Healing and PhD (Western University) in Complex Vascular Wounds (Randomized Controlled Trial – Ultrasound debridement). External activities include previous President of Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy, Continence Canada (NSWOCC), lead of the provincial Limb Preservation Vascular Wound Framework development committee (Ontario Health), previous co-lead of the Diabetes Action Canada Strategy for Patient-Orientated Research (SPOR) Network “Foot Care to Prevent Lower Limb Amputation” committee, member Wounds Canada National Strategy committee, previous panel member for development of the RNAO Best Practice Guideline - Diabetic Foot Ulcer. Chris has been a core faculty member of the Western University MClSc Wound Healing program and was recipient of the Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario (RNFOO) Inaugural Nurse Innovator Award. She is a frequent speaker at wound conferences and her area of clinical interest is pro-active wound care to expedite closure for complex, hard-to-heal vascular wounds. Recent publications: Murphy CA, Bowler PG, Chowdhury MF. 'Granulitis': defining a common, biofilm-induced, hyperinflammatory wound pathology. J Wound Care. 2023 Jan 2;32(1):22-28. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2023.32.1.22. PMID: 36630113. Bowler P, Murphy C, Wolcott R. Biofilm exacerbates antibiotic resistance: Is this a current oversight in antimicrobial stewardship? Antimicrob Resist Infect Control. 2020 Oct 20;9(1):162. doi: 10.1186/s13756-020-00830-6. PMID: 33081846; PMCID: PMC7576703. Murphy C, Atkin L, Dissemond J, Hurlow J, Tan YK, Apelqvist J, James G, Salles N, Wu J, Tachi M, Wolcott R. Defying hard-to-heal wounds with an early antibiofilm intervention strategy: 'wound hygiene'. J Wound Care. 2019 Dec 2;28(12):818-822. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2019.28.12.818. PMID: 31825771.