Southcoast Wound Care Team

Experience and expertise are the hallmark of our wound care team.

Many of our physicians have long experience treating patients in the South Coast region, and have established close working relationships with area physicians and patients.

They also bring extensive expertise in surgical and medical treatment of patients with hard to heal wounds.

Gerald Monchik, MD, Medical Director

A board certified surgeon practicing in the region for over 20 years, Dr. Monchik brings a great deal of expertise to our program.

He has extensive experience providing surgical treatment for non-healing wounds and as medical director of the Wound Care Center, he will play a major role in insuring high standards of quality in our clinical services.

Dr. Monchik will also serve as an important educational resource for wound care clinicians.

Wayne Christiansen, DO


Dr. Christiansen has been practicing Emergency Medicine on the South Coast for over 30 years and serves as the Medical Director for Emergency Medical Services for the City of Fall River and the town of Somerset. He also is a staff physician at Fall River Ambulatory Care Center, a division of Prima CARE and formerly served as Director of Emergency Medicine at Charlton Memorial Hospital.

Board certified in Emergency Medicine, Dr. Christiansen earned his Medical Degree from the College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery in Iowa and completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Ky. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Daniel Eardley, DO

Dr. Eardley is a board certified general surgeon and has practiced with Truesdale Surgical Associates for the past 20 years. He performs all aspects of general surgery including advanced laparoscopic procedures.

Christian Ford, MD

A plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ford earned his Medical Degree from Boston University School of Medicine and completed a residency in plastic surgery at Stanford University Medical Center.

During his training, he participated in a project that studied various treatments for the management of skin ulcers and other wound-healing research. The results of these studies were published in the medical journal, The Annals of Plastic Surgery.

John Quatromoni, MD

Dr. Quatromoni practiced peripheral vascular surgery at Charlton Memorial Hospital for over 28 years and was a founder and chairman of the non-invasive vascular lab at the hospital. He also served as a past chairman of the Charlton Vascular Interventional Department. Since retiring from the practice of vascular surgery, Dr. Quatromoni works part time evaluating patients in a busy urologic practice in Fall River.

A graduate of Cornell University Medical College, Dr. Quatromoni completed a residency in general surgery at the University of Southern California Medical Center and a fellowship in vascular surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society.

Lisa Tager, LICSW, Director

Lisa Tager has extensive experience in health care administration in hospital, outpatient clinic and health insurance settings. She was the Director of Social Work, Trauma Support Team and the Clergy Program at Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont and most recently served as the lead clinician for the Family Resource Center at the Community Health Center of Cape Cod, where she administered a program providing psychiatric services to children, adolescents and their families on the Upper Cape.

Wendy Miller, RN, Clinical Manager

Wendy Miller comes to Southcoast from another community Wound Care Center, where she served as clinical manager. In that role she supervised quality management protocols for the program and also played a major role in infection control and staff education, particularly in the coordination of clinical pathways for wound care services. She also has extensive experience in clinical management in a number of extended care facilities.