Find your Perfect Fit: Opportunities for all
Specialties and Acuity Levels

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital is proud of the more than 1,500 nurses and advanced practice nurses who provide exceptional care throughout our organization. Whether working in our inpatient units, ambulatory clinics, or procedural suites, our nursing staff is key to all that we do. Their skilled patient care, strong leadership, and expert care coordination are integral to MedStar Georgetown’s excellence. If you are interested in a hospital-based clinical nurse position, we encourage you to learn more about our Magnet®-recognized units.

Surgical Services

Director: Catherine F. Avery, BSN, RN, CCTN

Adult Transplant Unit – 6 Bles

17 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Solid organ transplants; including liver, kidney, pancreas, intestine and other hepatobiliary surgeries

Recipient of the Patient Safety award for achieving one year without a CLABSI

Clinical Manager: Nikki Soriano, BSN, RN-BC

Clinical Educator: Dana Prandoni, MSN, CMSRN, RN-BC

ENT and General Surgery Unit – 7 Bles

18 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Complex ENT surgeries, laparoscopic procedures and reconstructive plastic surgeries, including DIEP Flaps

Clinical Manager: Nikki Battle, BSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Cathy Grimes, MS, CMSRN

Thoracic Medical/Surgical Intermediate Care Unit – C4-1

19 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Complex medical diagnoses and patients requiring surgical resection of the lung and esophagus

Clinical Manager: Alisa Olson, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN

Clinical Educator: Alison Harmon, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CCRN

Vascular Medical/Surgical Intermediate Care Unit – 4 East

16 beds equipped with pulse oximetry, telemetry, and arterial-line monitoring

Complex medical diagnoses including hepatology and vascular surgical patients

Gold Level Beacon Award recipient for Nursing Excellence by the American Association of Critical Care Nursing

Clinical Manager: Lauren Flynn, MS, BSN, CMSRN

Clinical Educator: Patricia Woon, MSN, RN-BC

Surgical Specialties Unit – 6 Main

30 beds equipped with pulse oximetry

Orthopedic (joint replacement), urologic and reconstructive plastic surgery patients

Clinical Manager: Diane Ruete, BSN, CMSRN

Clinical Educator: Dana Prandoni, MSN, CMSRN, RN-BC

Medical/Surgical Intermediate Care Unit – 2 North

18 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Complex medical patients, including CAPD

Recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical Care Nursing

Clinical Manager: Katherine Reicher, BSN, RN, PCCN

Clinical Educator: Alison Harmon, MSN, RN, AGCNS-BC, CCRN

Emergency Department

Level II Trauma Center for adult and pediatric patients

Clinical Manager: Michael Manning, BSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Alison Manders, BSN, RN

General Medicine – 4 Bles

20 beds equipped with pulse oximetry

Complex multisystem medical patients

Leads the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Program for MGUH

Clinical Manager: Judi Bailey, BSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Alexis Smith, MSN, CMSRN

Medical Telemetry – 5 Bles

20 beds equipped with telemetry

Patients requiring continuous cardiac monitoring and complex medical nursing care

Clinical Manager: Tracy Holliday, BSN, CMSRN

Clinical Educator: Alexis Smith, MSN, CMSRN

Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant – 2 Bles

18 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Adult Hematology/Oncology; blood and marrow stem cell transplantation

Comprehensive Cancer Center, as designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Accredited by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) for autologous and allogenic transplants

Clinical Manager: Karen Showalter, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Clinical Educator: Laura Toews, MS, RN, OCN

Medical Oncology & GYN Oncology Unit – 3 Bles

20 beds equipped with pulse oximetry

Solid tumor and GYN oncology patients and complex medical patients|

Comprehensive Cancer Center, as designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Clinical Manager: Miranda Mosquera, BSN, RN, CMSRN

Clinical Educator: Laura Toews, RN, BSN, OCN

Acute Dialysis – 2 South

5 inpatient beds

Acute hemodialysis

Clinical Manager: Leslie Senyitko, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNN

Apheresis – 2 South

3 inpatient beds

Apheresis procedures including peripheral blood stem cell collections, plasma and red cell exchange and photopheresis

Clinical Manager: Leslie Senyitko, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNN

Vascular Access IV/PICC Team

Expert bedside placement of vascular access IV/Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)

Clinical Manager: Leslie Senyitko, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CNN

General Pediatric and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology – C5-3

7 beds

General Pediatric and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology patients; cross training provided for Epilepsy Monitoring Unit

Clinical Manager: Lyn Knowles, BSN, RN, NE-BC (Interim)

Clinical Educator: Jody Stuard, MHPM, BSN, RN, CPN, CDE

Epilepsy Monitoring Unit – C5-3

6 beds equipped with 24-hour video EEG monitoring

Pediatric and adult epilepsy and seizure patients; cross training available for General Pediatric and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit

Clinical Manager: Lyn Knowles, BSN, RN, NE-BC (Interim)

Clinical Educator: Jody Stuard, MHPM, BSN, RN, CPN, CDE

Pediatric Transplant Unit – C5-1

15 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Life-saving liver, bowel and multi-organ transplant patients

Third largest pediatric transplant program in the nation

Clinical Manager: Lyn Knowles, BSN, RN, NE-BC

Clinical Educator: Ellen Loughlin (Interim)

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit - C5-2

14 critical care beds

Critically ill pediatric patients with a focus on abdominal transplant patients

Clinical Manager: Marcia Summers, MSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Katrina Horan, RN (Interim)

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – NICU

40 isolettes equipped with ECMO, whole body cooling, high frequency ventilators and nitric oxide

Level IIIC NICU with transport team, serving as regional referral center

Clinical Manager: Tracey Boyd, MSN, RNC-NICU

Clinical Educator: Ashley Reil, BSN, RN

Labor and Delivery – 3 North

15 triage, antepartum, delivery, OR and recovery beds

High Risk Obstetrics

Baby -Friendly Hospital, as recognized by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). This initiative is run by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Clinical Manager: Katrissa Parabot, BSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Cynthia Heer, MSN, RNC-OB, RN-BC

Mother-Baby – 3 East

12 beds

Mother-Baby Couplet Postpartum Unit

Baby-Friendly Hospital, as recognized by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI). This initiative is run by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Clinical Manager: Kelly Meroney, MSN, RNC-NIC

Clinical Educator: Cynthia Heer, MSN, RNC-OB, RN-BC

Neuroscience ICU – C6-3

19 critical care beds

Neuro critical care patients

Joint Commission - certified comprehensive stroke center

Clinical Manager: Claire Dejou, BSN, CNRN

Clinical Educator: Courtney Oliver, MS, BSN, RN, AG-ACNP, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, SCRN

Neuroscience Specialty Unit – C6-2

19 beds equipped with pulse oximetry

Postoperative adult neurological and neurosurgical patients with brain and spine disorders

Recipient of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses PRISM Award

Clinical Manager: Cynthia Minetree, MSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Courtney Oliver, MS, BSN, RN, AG-ACNP, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, SCRN

Neurotelemetry & Stroke Unit – C6-1

19 beds equipped with pulse oximetry and telemetry

Neurological and neurosurgical patients requiring telemetry

Joint Commission -certified comprehensive stroke center

Clinical Manager: Meagan Epley, MSN, RN, SCRN (Interim)

Clinical Educator: Patricia Woon, MSN, RN-BC

Medical Intensive Care Unit – C4-2

19 critical care beds

Complex critically ill medical patients requiring intensive care, including continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and post cardiac arrest hypothermia protocol

Recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical Care Nursing

Clinical Manager: Laura Lide MBA, BSN, RN, CCRN

Clinical Educator: Abby Butts, MS, CCNS, CCRN

Surgical Intensive Care Unit – C4-3

19 critical care beds

Critically ill surgical patients; including transplant, thoracic, plastic-reconstructive, and vascular patients

Recipient of the Beacon Award for Excellence by the American Association of Critical Care Nursing

Clinical Manager: Gary Yehl, MSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Donna Stanczak, MS, CCRN

Inpatient Psychiatry Unit – 5 West

13 beds

Voluntary adult patients with acute psychiatric illnesses

Clinical Manager: Brenden R Clark, BSN, RN

Psychiatric Partial Hospitalization Program – PPHP

Address: 2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, Suite 201

Intensive interdisciplinary day treatment program for patients with acute psychiatric illnesses

Clinical Manager: Brenden R Clark, BSN, RN

Operating Room

23 suites staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days per week

Abdominal Transplants, GYN/GU, Robotics, Pediatrics, Thoracic, Orthopedics, Vascular, Plastics, Neurosurgery and General Surgery

Clinical Educator: Evelyn Taylor, MSN, RN-BC, CNOR, CURN, NE-BC

OR Holding

10 bays

Preoperative care for inpatient and outpatient procedures

Clinical Manager: Kevin Pullins, MSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Therese Chesnutt, BSN, RN, CPAN

Clinical Educator: Margaret Farr Young , BSN, M.Div, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Main Post Anesthesia Care Unit – PACU

16 bays

Acute phase one postoperative recovery room

Clinical Manager: Vanessa Daubman, BSN, RN, CAPA, CPAN

Clinical Educator: Therese Chesnutt, BSN, RN, CPAN

Clinical Educator: Margaret Farr Young , BSN, M.Div, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Post Procedural PACU – 7 West

16 bays

Acute phase one post-procedural recovery room

Clinical Director, Pre & Postoperative Services: Kerstin Magee, MS, BSN, RN, CPAN

Clinical Manager: Daria Shumaker, MSN, RN, CHSE

Clinical Educator: Therese Chesnutt, BSN, RN, CPAN

Clinical Educator: Margaret Farr Young , BSN, M.Div, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Surgery Center

Preoperative, acute phase one recovery and phase two recovery of postoperative ambulatory surgery patients

Clinical Manager: Kevin Pullins, MSN, RN

Clinical Educator: Therese Chesnutt, BSN, RN, CPAN

Clinical Educator: Margaret Farr Young , BSN, M.Div, RN, CPAN, CAPA

Infusion Unit

Clinical Trials Infusion Center and Standard of Care Infusion Center for hematologic diseases, cancers, autologous transplants, and a wide range of medical diagnoses

Comprehensive Cancer Center, as designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Clinical Manager: Dawn Donovan, MHA/ED, BSN, OCN, RN

Clinical Educator: Christine Morales, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, OCN

Administrative Director: Janice Oppenheim, BSN, RN, OCN

Interventional Radiology

Innovative diagnostic tests and life-saving treatments

Assistant Nursing Coordinator for Radiology: Ifeanyichukwu Nkwocha, BSN, RN

Endoscopy

11 bays/procedure rooms

Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic GI procedures

Clinical Manager: Kendall Danzeisen, BSN, RN

Minimally Invasive Cath Lab

7 bays/labs

Cardiovascular Pulmonary procedural patients, including bronchoscopies, cardiovascular/EP diagnostic and bone marrow harvest procedures

Nation’s largest bone marrow harvesting site

Clinical Manager: Michelle Liptak, MS, BSN, RN

Clinical Nurse Coordinator: Michelle Dennis RN, BSN

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Find your Perfect Fit: Opportunities for all Specialties and Acuity Levels

Surgical Services

Medicine and Oncology Services

Pediatrics and Perinatal Services

Neurosciences and Critical Care Services

Perioperative Services

Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Procedural Nursing

Find your Perfect Fit: Opportunities for all
Specialties and Acuity Levels