Rafael Mazuz

Principal

2018 - Current

We deploy our expertise and capital to wound care and related firms for whom our participation will generate consequential value. https://WoundCare.Global

Managing Director

2012

We empower executives, investors, and clinicians to be confident in their wound care business decisions. With a global presence and an on-the-ground approach, we guide clients to better make and execute decisions in the advanced wound care industry (products, services, digital health). There is so much weighing on the line in this booming, multi-billion dollar sector. The wrong decision can be painful--even devastating--in terms of your time, resources, and reputation. Diligence Wound Care Global is the expert in the business of wound care--bolstering you to identify opportunities and anticipate the results of every step you take, so you can be confident about the outcome. ▲ ROLE My role in Diligence is to oversee and manage all company thought leadership and engagements, ensuring that my team and I cater to the unique needs of every client. Having said that, we are not a generalist medtech consultancy. As such, the most crucial part of my role is to remain a wound care industry guru, with much of my time and energy invested in staying ahead of key developments and trends in the sector. SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ► Advising healthcare investors, startups, and multinational corporations on global wound care strategy. ► Delivering corporate strategy, due diligence, competitive intelligence, business development, and market assessments to industry clients. ► Discovering, connecting, and integrating innovative wound care assets with partners. ► Developing competencies for wound care leadership, strategy, business development, sales, and marketing executives. ► Partnering on new and existing wound care service line opportunities. ► Deployment globally to meet client business objectives. ▼ If you are interested in navigating the wound care industry with confidence, connect with me on LinkedIn, check us out at https://diligence.woundcare.global

Chief Executive Officer

2019

We develop, equip, and empower ultra modern, advanced wound care delivery in markets where the need and opportunity are greatest. Tomorrow's Centres of Excellence. Today. https://Advanced.WoundCare.Global

Editorial Board, Today's Wound Clinic

2017

Today's Wound Clinic (TWC) is the leading wound care management publication. It combines medical, operational, financial, and administrative content of value to clinical and industry stakeholders alike. Its parent company, HMP Global, publishes several wound-care related journals and organizes conferences (Wound Management Today, The Symposium on Advanced Wound Care, etc.) which are among the most influential and well-attended in the wound care world. Having contributed content to the journal in the past, I was invited to officially join the TWC editorial advisory board in October 2017. I have also been on faculty at SAWC. ▲ROLE My role is to add dimensions of wound care strategy, operations, finance, international insights, industry and business perspective to their already robust coverage of clinical and administrative wound care delivery trends. I contribute articles, identify and connect industry talent and topics, and review others' articles within my realm of expertise to encourage relevance and accuracy.

Advisory Board Member

2023

Advisory Board Member

2019

Corstrata is tackling the problem of connecting the best wound and ostomy care clinical expertise to the care settings where they are needed yet lacking. This need is compounded by the scarcity and lack of access to wound experts, especially in the post-acute provider space where only 10% of certified wound care nurses practice. The result is a tremendous rate of misdiagnosis, ineffective treatments, poor clinical outcomes, and wasted resources, all producing critical data amassed by Corstrata in its analytics platform to inform its treatment algorithms for driving optimal care. Corstrata’s service-enabled technology platform provides access to wound experts to improve clinical outcomes at a lower cost per wound patient. ▼ If you are interested in learning more about Corstrata (corstrata.com) or the advisory work I do with wound startups and investors, please connect with me.

Advisory Board Member

2018

FeelTect’s technology, Tight Alright, is a pressure sensing, connected-health device for measuring and monitoring sub-bandage pressure during compression therapy, primarily for the millions of people worldwide with venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Compression is a proven therapy for VLUs, however if it’s applied too loose, it’s ineffective, and if it’s too tight, it’s dangerous. ▼ If you are interested in learning more about FeelTect (feeltect.com) or the advisory work I do with wound startups and investors, please connect with me.

Advisory Board Member

2016

Every year, 13 million women worldwide undergo various types of breast procedures and surgeries, for either medical or aesthetic reasons, and yet, there is no standard of care addressing all these women post-op. EZbra™ is an innovative sterile and disposable advanced post-op dressing and compression bra, offering a solution for the discomfort and inefficiencies post-op patients experience with current breast wound dressings. EZbra™ is an all-in-one device for the many needs and challenges created by a growing number of breast procedures (aesthetic, biopsy, lumpectomy, mastectomy, and reconstruction). It’s a tailored solution for each patient and her specific breast shape and requirements. EZbra’s development was inspired by experts in surgery, radiology, consumer products design, as well as by breast cancer survivors - gaining great enthusiasm. EZbra™: Recover with dignity. ▼ If you are interested in learning more about EZbra (ezbra.net) or the advisory work I do with wound startups and investors, please connect with me.

Member Board Of Directors

2018 - 2020

(Acquired by Net Health in April 2020). Tissue Analytics (TA) is the leading mobile imaging and artificial intelligence platform for wound, skin, and ostomy management. After assessing the digital health space--particularly on behalf of clients--I developed an appreciation of how TA in particular was able to solve so many pain points across the industry. When assked, I agreed to join the TA Board of Directors as an Independent Director. https://diligencewcg.com/rafael-mazuz-ta-independent-board-director/ ▲ ROLE My role as an independent director was to ensure that the company's strategy is in line with the needs of the many wound, skin, and regenerative medicine stakeholders served by the TA platform. I also played an important role in corporate governance and business development by adding confidence and credibility to TA's management, partners, and investors. ▼ If you are interested in discussing board of director, advisory board, interim executive, or related roles, please connect with me.

Director

2011 - 2016

Healogics is the world's largest provider of advanced wound care services, driving both the science and delivery of care. They provide management expertise for hospital and clinic-based outpatient centers for advanced wound care as well as inpatient and skilled nursing facility (SNF) wound care and healing management services. ▲ ROLE When I joined Healogics, they managed 150 wound care centers in the US. By the time, I left, we managed wound care programs across about 800 wound centers, hospital inpatient programs, and skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and had expanded internationally. During this period, I had a front row seat to both the on-the-ground operations and management, as well as corporate planning, regulatory / legal developments, and other strategic considerations for both the company and the industry. As the director of wound care centers, I partnered with hospital C-level executives (from small community hospitals to world-renowned academic institutions) whose wound care and HBOT programs we opened and managed. As a customer of advanced wound care products, I met and collaborated with sales, marketing, and clinical specialist professionals. Many of them are now in senior leadership positions within the industry. The feedback we provided them on product features has also made its way into multiple leading products being sold and used today. The experiences I gained at Healogics formed the core of my wound care competency. Combined with the formal management consulting, venture capital, military, and business school experience before and since then, this laid the foundation for what is now Diligence Wound Care Global--the world’s leading wound care business advisory firm. ▼ If you are interested in learning more about my involvement in wound care services management at Healogics and in the years since then, please connect with me.