Karen came to MedStar Southern Maryland from MedStar Washington Hospital Center, where she served as the Senior Nursing Director for Resource Management. In this role, she was responsible for all Nursing Office operations, supplemental staffing and oversaw the RN, unit clerk and patient care technician float pools. Additionally, in 2015, Karen helped design the Biocontainment Unit, in response to worldwide concern about Ebola patients.
Karen, who is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, spent a portion of her career at the renowned Cleveland Clinic before relocating to the Washington, D.C. area and beginning her career at MedStar Washington as a medical surgical nurse in 1995. Her experience includes perioperative services, Nursing Supervisor and Nursing Director of Capacity Management. In 2016, she was awarded a Nurse Manager Fellowship by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and the Leader of the Quarter Award from the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Board of Directors.
Karen received her BSN from the University of Toledo, her MSN from George Mason University, and her DNP from George Washington University. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing.
Karen Wyche Latham, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, CENP