Joanne Disch

Joanne Disch is an American professor ad honorem of nursing at University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She is best known for her contributions improving patient safety, health administration, and nurse-physician relationships.

Education Disch earned her BS in nursing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1968, in 1976, she earned an MS in nursing at University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her doctorate in 1985 from University of Michigan.

Career She started her career as a staff nurse in cardiovascular intensive care and she has served as a chief nurse executive in two major medical centers. In 2000–2012, Disch was the director of the University of Minnesota's Densford International Center for Nursing Leadership, part of the School of Nursing. In September 2019, she was succeeded by John Daniels Jr. as chair of Advocate Aurora board.

Currently, Disch serves as chair of the Chamberlain University Board of Trustees.

Awards

President's Award from the American Academy of Nursing Marguerite Rodgers Kinney Award for a Distinguished Career from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Wisconsin, Madison Distinguished Alumna awards from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Michigan. "Living Legend" by the American Academy of Nursing