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Therese Fotabong Binfon, DNP, RN, CLNC, is an innovative Interprofessional Educator and the Chief Nurse Consultant with 14 plus years of progressive experience in direct patient care, healthcare management, quality, patient safety, project management, process improvement, and administrative functions. She is a collaborative leader who creates a practice environment that promotes development opportunities, staff engagement, and high-quality patient services.
Dr. Binfon is the Chief Nursing Consultant and Co-Founder of Elaka Legal Consulting, LLC. Her research interest is in empowering healthcare professionals using interprofessional education and mentorship. She is passionate about staff education, ongoing professional development, continuous improvement, and research in healthcare to improve patient outcomes.
Dr. Binfon's experience includes being a clinical educator for the Cardiac Institute of Harper University Hospital (Detroit Medical Center) and the Interprofessional Educator for the Radiology Department at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States. Dr. Binfon has also served as a full-time faculty in nursing school and as the Clinical Performance Improvement Specialist (CPIS) at Grady Health System, Atlanta, GA., reviewing medical-related cases in the system brought by litigation or morbidity and mortality quality review. Her experience includes working as a nurse in Intensive Care Units (ICU): Medical-Surgical, Trauma, Cardio-Thoracic, Surgical, Neuro/Neurosciences, Cardiac, and Vascular, in varying capacities. Dr. Binfon has conducted analyses and reported preparation documents for program certification and recertification mandated by The Joint Commission. As an Interprofessional Educator, Dr. Binfon earned the Lean Six Sigma Yellow and green belt quality and patient safety certifications.
She obtained her BSN from the University of South Carolina Upstate, MSN from the University of West Georgia, DNP from Yale University School of Nursing, Postdoc in College Teaching from Yale University Poovu Center, and a post-graduate certification in Safety Quality, Informatics, and Leadership (SQIL) from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Binfon is a member of Gamma Beta Phi Association, Sigma Global nursing Excellence Honor Society of Nursing, the American Association of Critical-Care, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, ARIN, ASRT (American Society of Radiologic Technologists), ARRT (American Registry of Radiologic Technologist) and the alumni association of Harvard University and Yale University.
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