Prior to that, she was an educator in the Surgical ICU at the University of Michigan for 25 years. She is extensively experienced in acute kidney injury, ARDS, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and critical care. She also worked for a 5 years at the Corporate level with renal companies such as Baxter Inc. and NxStage Medical Inc. She has published extensively on dialysis and critical care topic such as positioning in ARDS, and is internationally known in the field of dialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy. She received her undergraduate degree from Mercy College of Detroit and her Master’s degree from Madonna University in Michigan. She is President of Nursing Resources LLC also.