Penelope Gorsuch
Dr. Penelope F. Gorsuch serves as the Associate Director, Patient Care Services for the Dayton VA Medical Center. She functions at the executive level, comprised of complex, leadership and administrative components, associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, healthcare, and policy. She is a member of the Dayton VAMC Executive Leadership Team and participates fully in upper-level management decisions for policy and decision making, #312M budget execution and speaks on behalf of nursing and other hospital administrative issues and is a member of all medical center-level Councils and Committees that govern and influence the healthcare operations of the medical center. The ADPSC is the Nurse Executive for the facility and its associated community-based clinics.
Dr. Gorsuch received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Brenau Women’s College in Gainesville, Georgia, her Master of Science degree as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from Touro University Nevada. In her 28-year career in the USAF, she has held numerous clinical and leadership positions as a clinical nursing leader, Medical/Legal Consultant to the Surgeon General, Squadron Commander, Chief Nurse, Deputy Group Commander and Dean.
Dr. Gorsuch holds four national certifications as Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC), Critical Care Registered Nurse-Knowledge (CCRN-K), Board Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), and Clinical Nurse Specialist Critical Care (CCNS). The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has recognized Dr. Gorsuch as a Content Expert in Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and she serves on the VA EBP Field Advisory Committee. She is adjunct facility and serves on the Academic and Strategic Planning Board for Wright-State University College of Nursing. Also, Dr. Gorsuch is part-time faculty at The Ohio State University College of Nursing and serves on the Nursing EBP Strategic Planning Committee.
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