Nursing Director
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Dionne Ross, MSN, RN, NE-BC, serves as the Nursing Director for the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at MedStar Washington Hospital Center's MedStar Heart and Vascular Institute. With over 25 years of nursing experience, including 21 years in leadership focused on cardiovascular services, she has also developed expertise in capacity management. Dionne has represented nurses on the hospital’s board of directors and remains committed to interdisciplinary engagement and collaboration. She played a key role in implementing the Short Stay TAVR (SSTAVR) initiative to reduce ICU length of stay. During the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, she led the Redeployment Center to assist in redeploying associates. A founding member of the Black Nurse Collaborative (BNC), Dionne is dedicated to transforming the nursing profession and community health. Additionally, she is the founder and CEO of Luminary Scrubs.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
NURSES AND TECHNOLOGISTS CASE COMPETITION
Sunday, March 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:05 AM EST
Sunday, March 8, 2026
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM EST
Sunday, March 8, 2026
8:53 AM - 9:05 AM EST
SESSION I | CATH LAB BUILDING THE TEAM, KEEPING UP THE SAFETY
Sunday, March 8, 2026
9:05 AM - 10:10 AM EST
Sunday, March 8, 2026
9:29 AM - 9:37 AM EST
Panel Discussion | Keeping the Cath Lab Safe and Functioning Robustly
Sunday, March 8, 2026
9:53 AM - 10:10 AM EST
SESSION II | CATH LAB OF NEW IMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY IN 2025 AND BEYOND
Sunday, March 8, 2026
10:10 AM - 10:55 AM EST
Panel Discussion | How Imaging and Physiology Transform the Flow in the Cath Lab
Sunday, March 8, 2026
10:34 AM - 10:55 AM EST
SESSION IV | STRUCTURAL HEART IN THE CATH LAB
Sunday, March 8, 2026
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST
Panel Discussion | Structural Heart in the Cath Lab
Sunday, March 8, 2026
4:04 PM - 4:30 PM EST