Ariam was the nursing director of 4E, before assuming her current role. She is a member of the Association of Nurse Executives, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.
Ariam Yitbarek, MS, BSN, received her BSN from the University of Maryland and her MS in Health Systems Management from George Mason University. Her primary area of expertise is in interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, heart failure, heart transplant and medical-surgical nursing. Ariam has 15 years of experience as a nurse. She started her career as a staff nurse at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore. She came to MedStar Washington Hospital Center in 1998 to work on the Cardiac Surgery Step-down Unit. She was promoted to Clinical Manager in 1999, and became a nursing director of 4E in 2004. She became senior nursing director of Medical-Surgical Services and Medical-Surgical Specialties in 2009. In 2013, Ariam assumed responsibilities in a new area, Women’s & Infants’ Services and Ambulatory Nursing. She has since assumed additional responsibilities, adding Emergency Department to her scope of service in 2017. Ariam is a member of the Association of Nurse Executives, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses.