After years of living with diabetes, Mark had developed a grade 3 non-healing wound on the bottom of his foot that kept him from standing or walking without pain. The diligent support of the Wound Healing Center team coupled with the hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Mark would find a new path to healing.

When David Coblitz brought his friend to MoBap’s Wound Healing Center for treatment, he likely didn’t realize he was stepping into his next project. “This evidence-based design art, or healing art, has been shown to work in medical environments to reduce stress for patients and staff,” David says.

Just one day after the opening of the Wound Healing Center at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, its physicians and staff began saving a man's life.

“A key factor to our healing process is the relationship between our physicians, the referring provider and the patient,” said Allison Schilling, program director of the Wound Healing Center.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, also known as HBO, is used to treat some medical conditions. About 10% of patients who visit the Wound Healing Center will qualify for HBO treatments. The treatment takes place in a chamber where you are monitored by an HBO technologist.