Susan B. Williams, MSN, RNC-NIC, CIT
About Susan B. Williams, MSN, RNC-NIC, CIT
Susan Williams is the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ECMO Center Clinical Specialist and ECMO Manual Coordinator. She earned an MSN in Innovation and Intra/Entrepreneurship Advanced Practice Nursing with a minor Certificate in Complimentary Integrative Therapies (CCIT) from Drexel University in 2018. Sue is a seasoned, expert ICU nurse with a passion for ECMO innovation with Magnet RNC-NIC certification since 2003. Her over three decades of intensive care nursing experience began in the Neonatal/Infant Intensive Care Unit (N/IICU) at CHOP in 1987 and she was involved with the inception of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) at CHOP in 1990.
Her role of ECMO Center Clinical Specialist includes multidisciplinary education, ECMO Primer & Specialist competency education, interprofessional simulation development and facilitation, hospital policy and procedure development and editor, equipment ordering and inventory and Quality and Safety Improvement projects. Sue has authored numerous ECMO-related Professional Posters and podium presented at regional and international (Guangzhou, China) ECMO, ELSO and perfusion meetings, in addition to publishing in several nursing, medical and ECMO peer-reviewed journals and textbooks. She is also involved with several animal lab research projects that utilize ECMO concepts at CHOP on IRB's as a content expert.
Titles
Clinical Nurse Specialist Educator, ECMO Center
Certifications
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Certification (ECMO)
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
Registered Nurse Clinician - Neonatal Intensive Care (RNC-NIC)
Awards and Honors
1987, cum laude, Thomas Jefferson University
2018, summa cum laude, Drexel University
2017, summa cum laude, Drexel University
2017, Outstanding Innovation Graduate Nurse Award, Drexel University
2017, 2020, ELSO Center of Excellence Awards, Platinum
2016, CHOP Nursing Education Conference Scholarship
2015, DVANN REACH Award
2015, NANN DVANN Chapter Award for Membership Recruitment and Retention, Membership Director,
2014-2017, CHOP Educational Scholarship
2012, DVANN Professional Development Award
2012, Awarded 3rd prize for “Please Do Not interrupt Me” poster, CHOP Nursing Research Day
2011, West Branch DVANN Scholarship Award
2008, 2011, 2014, ELSO Center of Excellence Awards, Gold
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2008-present, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
2007-present, National Association of Neonatal
Editorial and Academic Positions
Academic and Institutional Committees
2014-present, NICU Infection control and Harm Prevention Committee, ECMO Representative
2014-present, NICU Steering Committee, ECMO leadership representative
2014-present, Evidence Based Practice (EBP), ECMO Leadership representative
2013-present, ECMO Operations Committee, ECMO Leadership representative
2013-present, Anticoagulation Committee, ECMO Leadership representative
2012-present, Hospital CLABSI and Harm Prevention Committee
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BSN - Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Graduate Degree
MSN Certificate in Complementary Integrative Therapies - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
MSN, Innovation & Intra/Entrepreneurship Advanced Practice Nurse - Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
Publications
2020
Hoffman, M.L., Monk, H.M., Rintoul, N., Ades, A., Dysart, K., Williams, S.B., Connelly, J. & James, J. (forthcoming 2020) Characterization of hypertension management strategies in neonates receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy. Journal of Pediatric Surgery.
2019
Reed, D., Glass, K., Johnson, L., O’Conner, S., Williams, S.B. (2019). Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program Directors (ONTPD) ECMO modules authorship/peer review- Circuit overview/ equipment module National Neonatal Curriculum.
Su, L., Soghier, L., Sullivan, K., Williams, S.B. (2019). Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program Directors (ONTPD) ECMO modules authorship/peer review- ECMO emergencies module National Neonatal Curriculum.
Enciso, J.M., Izatt, S., editor and contributing author: Williams, S.B. (2019) Organization of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Program Directors (ONTPD) ECMO modules authorship/peer review- ECMO Module for Flipped Classroom
2018
Gray, B, Rintoul, N, contributing author: Williams, S.B. (2018) ELSO Guidelines for Neonatal Respiratory Failure Supplement ELSO Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Extracorporeal Life Support ELSO, Version 1.4 Dec 2017 Ann Arbor, MI, USA www.elsonet.org
2017
Johnson, L., Williams, S.B. & Ades, A. (Jan. 2018). Education for ECMO Providers: Using Education Science to Bridge the Gap between Clinical and Educational Expertise. Seminars In Perinatology 42(2) doi: 10.1053/j.semperi 2017.12.010
Lakshminrusimha S, Keszler M, Kirpalani H, Van Meurs K, Chess P, Ambalavanan N, Yoder B, Fraga MV, Hedrick H, Lally KP, Nelin L, Cotten M, Klein J, Guilford S, Williams A, Chaudhary A, Gantz M, Gabrio J, Chowdhury D, Zaterka-Baxter K, Das A, Higgins RD. (Nov. 2017) Milrinone in congenital diaphragmatic hernia - a randomized pilot trial: study protocol, review of literature and survey of current practices. Maternal Health Neonatology Perinatology 3(27), doi: 10.1186/s40748-017-0066-9; eCollection 2017.
Bamat, N, Tharakan, S.J., Connelly, J.T., Hedrick, H.L., Lorch, S.A., Rintoul, N.E., Williams, S.B. & Dysart, K.C. (July/Aug 2017). Venoarterial extracorporeal life support for neonatal respiratory failure: indications and impact on mortality. ASAIO Journal 1. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000495
2016
Williams, S. B., & Dahnke, M. D. (Oct 2016). Clarification and mitigation of ethical problems surrounding withdrawal of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Critical Care Nurse, 36(5), 56-65. doi: 10.4037/ccn2016504
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
2020
French, H., Elsenawy, S., Fransicovich, C., Williams S.B. Interprofessional Teamwork and Communication in ECMO Simulation. In: Johnston L, Su L (eds). (2020). ECMO Simulation – A Theoretical and Practical Guide. New Brunswick, NJ: Springer, 2020.
2018
Broden, T, contributing author: Williams, S.B. (2018) ECMO Specialist Training Manual 4th edition Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Extracorporeal Life Support ELSO, Ann Arbor, MI, USA www.elsonet.org
2017
Nawab, U. & Williams, S.B. (Jan. 2017). Transfusion Considerations for Neonatal ECMO. Sesok-Pizzini, D. A. (Ed.), Neonatal Transfusion Practices. Retrieved November 21, 2016, from http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-42764-5_7 doi: 10.1007/978--319-4274-5