Mary A. Gerlach, MSN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals
15855 Nineteen Mile Road
Clinton Township MIUSA
48038

Biographical Sketch:
�Mary Gerlach has been a registered nurse for 32 years, a certified WOC Nurse since 1989, and a Clinical Nurse Specialist since 1995.��She�has worked in�home health, acute care and out-patient health-care settings.��She currently works at an acute-care hospital in the Metropolitan Detroit area as a Clinical Nurse Specialist/WOC Nurse.� In 2010,�she�established an out-patient ostomy clinic,�and has�incorporated the SACs instrument, a scientifically validated tool into her practice.� In 2010,�she co-authored an article in Ostomy, Wound Management, "Content Validation of a Standardized Algorithm for Ostomy Care".���She has also authored a book chapter in Nursing Clinics of North America, and several other journal articles related to wound, ostomy issues.��Mary has done�presentations at the local, state and national levels related to wound, ostomy, and continence issues.