Professor of Nursing
LaSalle University SONHS
4 Coventry Court
Cherry Hill
NJUSA
08002
Biographical Sketch: Janice M. Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CRNP, CWOCN, Program Co-Director of the La Salle University Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Program, has been a nurse for over 35 years and is a Professor of Nursing at La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Beitz has won numerous awards for excellence in teaching, research, and clinical practice and is a editorial board member or reviewer for 10 nursing and wound care journals. Dr. Beitz has published on topics related to nursing education, wound care, and ostomy care challenges. She has won three national writing awards for articles that she has authored or co-authored. She has received the WOC Nurse of Distinction Award and the President's Award from the Northeast Region of WOCN Society. Currently she is conducting funded research related to validation of digital-based wound care algorithmic interventions and algorithms targeting safe and appropriate use of adjunctive wound care technologies.