Joanne Reifsnyder

JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Professor, Health Services Leadership and Management, at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has held executive and leadership roles in hospice, hospice-related medication management, and skilled nursing. Her career clinical expertise is serious illness care for older adults. For 10 years, Reifsnyder served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Genesis HealthCare, the nation's largest skilled nursing provider. She is a fellow in the...See more

JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MSN, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Professor, Health Services Leadership and Management, at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. She has held executive and leadership roles in hospice, hospice-related medication management, and skilled nursing. Her career clinical expertise is serious illness care for older adults. For 10 years, Reifsnyder served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Genesis HealthCare, the nation's largest skilled nursing provider. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, was appointed by former HHS Secretary Alex Azar to CDC's Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee to bring expertise in long-term care, is a member of NASEM's Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, and is an advisor to the John A. Hartford Foundation and Jewish Healthcare Foundation-funded demonstration Revisiting the Teaching Nursing Home. See less