Janet Elaine Dobrzyn

Background

Dobrzyn, Janet Elaine was born on October 9, 1956 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Frank John and Doris (Ross) Dobrzyn.

Education

Diploma, Pottsville Hospital School Nursing, 1977. Associate of Arts, Los Angeles Valley College, 1984. Bachelor of science in nursing, California State College, Long Beach, 1985.

MSN, Azusa Pacific University, California, 1991.

Career

Charge nurse evenings Allentown Osteopathic hospital, Pennsylvania, 1977-1980. Charge nurse relief Encino Hospital, California, 1980-1981. Registry nurse Professional Staffing, Northridge, 1981-1982.

Clinical nurse II pediatric Intensive Care Unit Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, 1982-1986, clinical information specialist, 1986-1989. Quality management specialist PacifiCare of California, Cypress, 1989-1991, quality management special projects coordinator, 1991-1992. Manager quality management PacifiCare of Oklahoma, Tulsa, 1992-1993, senior project specialist quality management, 1993-1995.

Accreditation facilitator Humana, Louisville, 1995-1996. Manager quality management Healthwise of Kentucky, Lexington, 1996-1997. Manager national Medicare medical services Prudential Healthcare, Atlanta, 1997-2000.

Medical affairs associate University of California, Berkeley Pharma, Smyrna, 2000—2002. Director Center for Quality Cobb and Douglas Boards of Health, 2002—2005, privacy officer, 2005—2006. Clinical quality coordinator Cigna Healthcare, Atlanta, 2006—2008.

Program manager peer review Kaiser Permanente Georgia, since 2008. Adjunct faculty School Nursing University Louisville. Guest lecturer Spaulding University.

Consultant, reviewer of prototype public Commerce Clearing House, Inc., Riverwoods, Illinois, 1993. Member ANA/GHAA task force to develop nursing curriculum in managed care for nursing students, 1994. Advisory board Nurses Book Society, 2004-2006.

Speaker in field.

Membership

Camp nurse volunteer Forest Home Conference Center, San Bernardino, California, 1988. Member orchestra Johnson Ferry Baptist Church. Member National Association for Healthcare Quality, National Association, Prolife Nurses Association, American Health Information, American Society for Quality, Management Association, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, walking, swimming, videos.

Connections

Father:

Frank John Dobrzyn

Mother:

Doris (Ross) Dobrzyn