I hold a Master of Health Sciences from the University of Eastern Finland, and I am a Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse as well as an Authorized Wound Care Nurse.
Currently, I am working at the Wellbeing Services County of Southwest Finland, Turku University Hospital, Varha Wound Center as a Wound Center Project Coordinator. I am assessing the current practices in wound care for patients, gathering all relevant information to improve patient wound care, and planning care and prevention processes as well as educational events with a team. I am also a member of the Turku University Hospital Wound Care Team.
I have worked at the Finnish Nurses Association as a Senior Advisor in Educational Services from April 2024 to January 2025. I have worked for 26 year since 1998 as an ICU Registered Nurse at the Adult Intensive Care Unit in Turku University Hospital, Finland. My responsibilities included coordinating wound care and pressure ulcer prevention practices at the department.
I served as an EPUAP Trustee from 2014 to 2020 and was re-elected in 2021 for the next term. Currently I am a member of the Educational Committee, the Guideline Committee (Translations), the Scientific Committee and the Executive Board. I was a board member of the Finnish Wound Care Society (FWCS) from 2013 to 2019, and I am currently an invited expert for the FWCS.

Email: maarit.ahtiala@tyks.fi