Mary Ellen Whittington

Background

Whittington, Mary Ellen was born on June 5, 1944 in Ilion, New York, United States. Daughter of Stanley Vincent and Eleanor Katherine (Easitis) Szapiel.

Education

Student, Syracuse University, 1962-1963; diploma in nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1966; student, College Notre Dame, 1981-1982; student, St. Mary's U., 1988.

Career

Assistant head nurse open heart surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1966-1969; staff nurse operating room, Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, California, 1969; staff nurse operating room, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California, 1969-1971; staff nurse operating room, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California, 1976-1983; assistant head nurse operating room, Good Samaritan Hospital, San Jose, California, 1973; assistant director operating room gastroenterology laboratory, Lutheran General Hospital, San Antonio, 1983-1990; director surgical services, Lutheran General Hospital, San Antonio, 1990-1991; director surgical services, Humana Women's and Children's Hospital, San Antonio, 1991-1992; staff research nurse, Design Excellence Inc., San Antonio, 1991-1993; director nursing research, Design Excellence Inc., San Antonio, since 1993. Consultant law firms and attorneys, 1989-1993.

Achievements

• Mary Ellen Whittington has been listed as a noteworthy Perioperative nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Association Oper. Rm. Nurses, National Association for Health Care Quality, Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association.

Connections

Married Paul Stephen Camm, March 29, 1969 (divorced August 1981). Children: Sara Melissa, Seth Sebastian. Married Marquis E. Whittington, May 22, 1993.

Father:

Stanley Vincent Szapiel

Mother:

Eleanor Katherine (Easitis) Szapiel

Spouse:

Paul Stephen Camm

Spouse:

Marquis E. Whittington

child:

Sara Melissa Whittington

child:

Seth Sebastian Whittington