Director of Infection Prevention
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Maria earned her BSN and Masters of Science in Nursing from Drexel University, graduating Summa cum Laude for both degrees. She began her nursing career in Critical Care. She transitioned to the Infection Control Department in 2004. Infection Prevention and Control quickly became her passion. Over the course of her career, she's had the opportunity to provide oversight and obtain experience in numerous Infection Control roles including High Level Disinfection and Sterilization, Infection Prevention oversight of Ambulatory Practices and Regulatory Compliance Coordinator. Maria’s Lean Six Sigma training helped her lead numerous successful performance improvement projects for which her teams have won several awards, presentations and publications. She was the principle investigator for a Covid-19 research study that was published in the June 2022 issue of American Journal of Infection Control. Maria received recognition as a Fellow of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (FAPIC) in 2022.