Meet Ellen Kurtz, Founder
Ellen Kurtz, RN, BSN, MBA, CLNC is a nursing professional who has worked in the fields of clinical, educational, administrative and legal domains of nursing for 35 years. She has expertise in evaluating for standard of care both in her clinical and legal consulting roles.
Ms. Kurtz established Kurtz Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC after nearly 20 years in the legal nurse consulting field working with plaintiff and defense counsel.
As a professional educator, with advanced degrees in Education, Nursing and Business, Ms. Kurtz is a highly successful facilitator for attorney-client discussions which can include medical and forensic experts, patients or their families and litigation documentation. Her experience in public speaking and writing as a teacher makes Kurtz Legal Nurse Consulting unique in providing a full service for attorney-clients.
Ms. Kurtz’s clinical expertise in the acute, sub-acute, nursing home and home care settings includes:
- Medical, Cardiac and Surgical Critical Care
- Geriatric care assessment, planning and delivery of direct care
- Management of end of life issues
- Medical and Surgical specialties including Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Oncology, Cardiology, and Solid Organ Transplantation
- Direct Care for complications resulting from falls, decubitus ulcers and co-morbidities that inflict the frail and elderly
Honors, Memberships and Certifications
- Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (CLNC©)
- National Alliance of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants (NACLNC©)
- Legal Nurse Consultant Certification (LNCC)
- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC)
- Certified Clinical Transplant Coordinator (CCTC)
- International Transplant Nurses Society
- Sigma, Theta Tau Nursing Honors Society
- American Nurses Association (ANA)
- Associate Member Westchester and Fairfield County Bar Associations
- Certified Critical Care Nursing (CCRN)
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN)
- American Heart Association Instructor Basic /Advanced Life Support
- Teaching Certifications New York, New Jersey, California, Arizona
Abstracts and Publications
Beniaminovitz, Al; Kurtz, E., Scully, B., Mancini, D. Ganciclovir Prophylaxis Alone is Equally Effective to a Combined Regimen of Acyclovir with Cytogram in Preventing Cytomegaloviral Infection in Heart Transplant Recipients (Presented at the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant April 2000 Osaka, Japan)
Campbell, A., Moazami, N., Ditkoff, BA. Kurtz, E., Estabrook, AE, Schnabel, F. Short-term Outcome of Chronic immunosuppression of the Development of Breast Lesions in Premenopausal Heart and Lung Transplant Patients. Journal of Surgical Research 1998; 78:27-30.
