Karen Hogan, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Karen Hogan is the Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Behavioral Health, for Summa Health (Akron, Ohio). She has been the Director of Behavioral Health Services and Magnet® at the Cleveland Clinic, Chief Nursing Officer for Generations Behavioral Health Hospital (Youngstown, Ohio), Market Director of Nursing for the Mercy Health Behavioral Health Institute (Youngstown), and Head Nurse Manager for Psychiatry at University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). Karen earned the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at Case Western Reserve University, as well as the MSN, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry and Biology from Cedarville University. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, Board Certified as a Nurse Executive (ANCC), has completed certification for Women in Healthcare Leadership from Weatherhead School of Management at CWRU, as well as certification in Lean-Six Sigma through Kent State University. She has been on the clinical faculty of Case Western Reserve University, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, as well as University of Akron and Kent State University Schools of Nursing.
As a subject matter expert in Psychiatric Nursing, Karen is specifically focused on Trauma-Informed Care and Workplace Violence. She has provided leadership for nursing staff in Behavioral Health for inpatient and outpatient setting, as well as ECT. She served as an Interim Director of Emergency Services during the COVID pandemic. Karen has provided several podium and poster presentations at Magnet® Conferences and American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) National Conferences regarding Workplace Violence, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention, Peer Review in Nursing, Patient Navigation and Access to Care.