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Academic Degrees
BSN, University of Maryland at Baltimore, MD
MS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Email: wendelle@cc.nih.gov
Phone: 301-402-0282
Biosketch:
Elizabeth Wendell is Nurse Manager for multiple ambulatory care clinics and the Vaccine Research Center. In this role, she provides supervision and leadership to 40 Full Time Equivalents or FTEs. She is involved in resource management, operational oversight, and strategic planning for multiple ambulatory care clinics. She collaborates extensively with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Eye Institute, and the National Institute for Allergy Infectious Disease to plan and institute new protocols while ensuring the highest level of clinical and research care. She works closely with multiple interdisciplinary teams to provide continuous quality improvement for patients, staff, and research teams.
Elizabeth Wendell, earned her Master of Science degree in health care administration at the University of Maryland College Park, MD. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus. She additionally has certification as an Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN). She has completed certification as a Six Sigma Green Belt in Performance Improvement.
Elizabeth Wendell, has served as a Primary Nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Washington Hospital Center. She also served as the Director of Intensive Care and has many years of critical care experience. She changed her focus to oncology nursing and served as the Nurse Manager for an inpatient oncology and hospice unit and infusion center. She has multiple years of experience in ambulatory care focused on improving patient outcomes. She has experience leading multiple performance improvement projects in multiple different hospital environments. Her research focus is relationship centered care, social determents of wellness, and pain management.