The Premiere Wound Care
Services For Patients On
The Emerald Coast
Here at Emerald Coast Infectious Diseases Medical Group, we offer custom wound care designed for each specific patient. During your visit with our trained wound care nurse, a custom treatment plan will be made to assist with the healing process.
Dr. Anastasio supervises our specialized team of medical professionals who are committed to providing the best patient care.
Meet our Wound Care Team
Mario Gardner, APRN
Mario Gardner is a nurse practitioner certified by The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. He received his first nursing degree as an LPN in 2004 from Pensacola Junior College in Pensacola, Florida. Since then, Mario has received his Associates of Science in Nursing from Pensacola Junior College, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from South University, and a Master's of Science in Nursing with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner from South University. While at South University, he was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society.
Mario’s certifications include:
Family Nurse Practitioner
Mario is a lifelong resident of Escambia County where he resides with his wife and three children, two boys and a girl.
Mario has 1 year of experience working in Vascular Surgery, and 2 years of experience working in the Wound care setting. He has over 15 years of experience working in the Emergency Room and ICU settings.
Mario’s special interests include the diagnosis, treatment, and management of wounds, hyperbaric treatments, osteomyelitis, and cellulitis.
Crystal McVay, APRN
Crystal graduated RN school in 2006 from Ethel Bauer School of Nursing in Arizona. In 2008, she moved back to Panama City, FL, where she worked at an inpatient dialysis unit and SNF. She was unhappy with her career choice of nursing and was on her way to the college to look at other career choices when a friend called and asked if she would be interested in a job at the wound care center. She declined explaining that she was not happy with nursing and was going to find a new career.
She went to the facility anyway and that was where she fell in love with nursing, finally finding her passion in life. She began working in wound care in 2010. She wanted to expand her knowledge and graduated with her BS in 2015 from Grand Canyon University. Again, seeking more knowledge and greater experience, she graduated from South University with her MSN in 2017. She is certified with the AANP and has held wound care certifications in the past.
She is a local to Panama City, only moving away to Texas and Arizona for a short period of time. She has a daughter that amazes her daily. Her daughter's dream is to become a marine biologist or a herpatologist. She and her daughter are animal lovers. They love all of their fur babies (some scaly ones, too) so much that they foster as well. They always have a "zoo" at their house.
Bethany Boyd LPN, WCC, DWC
Wound Care Manager
Email: bethany@idheroes.com
Bethany graduated from nursing school in January 2015 and started working with ECID in 2016. She has been working in wound care for over six years. She is wound care and diabetic wound certified and currently working towards an advanced wound care certification.
She manages our Crestview, Fort Walton Beach and Panama City locations in the wound care department. You can schedule an appointment with her in our Fort Walton Beach location.
Please contact us for an appointment with one of our Certified Wound Care Nurses.
Some of the services we provide for wound care include:
NPWT (Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
Total Contact Casts
Wound Debridement
Unna Boot Application
Skin Substitute Grafts
Types of wounds seen include:
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Arterial and Venous Ulcers
Surgical Wounds
Pressure Ulcers
Want to learn more or schedule an appointment? Call us at (850) 862-3979