AAWCM is a proactive champion of wound care whose mission is to enhance the understanding and acceptance of comprehensive wound care treatment and management. Since 1998, AAWCM has actively represented practitioners and organizations involved in the wound care field to promote the benefits of an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to wound healing. AAWCM speaks with one voice to regulatory organizations and medical associations on behalf of its members, to assure the continued recognition of the growing importance of wound care in medicine today.