Dr Zbar served as the Medical Director of the Mountainside Hospital Wound Care Center from 2003 until
2008. Supervising a multidisciplinary panel of health care providers, Dr Zbar managed medical education and quality
improvement. During his tenure, the Mountainside Hospital Wound Care Center grew three fold in volume; and experienced
one of the best healing rates in the nation, winning several awards.
Dr Zbar specializes in healing chronic wounds
rapidly by using the latest technologies. Some of these innovations include the newest topical agents; hyperbaric oxygen
(HBO); and negative pressure (vacuum assisted closure). When surgery is indicated, Dr Zbar performs the needed flaps
or grafts in order to rapidly promote wound closure.
Dr Zbar's success in Wound Care has been recognized
on a national level. He authored a chapter in a major plastic surgery text book:
Zbar RIS and Canady JW. “Cold
Injuries” in Plastic Surgery, Second Edition, Volume 1, pages 855 – 862; Saunders, Philadelphia,
PA: 2006.
