WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP
Shriners Children ’ s Northern California
HARNESSING THE POWER OF WOMEN
Pictured ( left to right , top row ): Ingrid Parry , MS , PT , BT-C ; Tina Palmieri , M . D .; Kathleen Romanowski , M . D . ( Bottom row ): Victoria Owens , MSN , FNP-C ; Sally Martens , MSN , FNP-C ; Robyn Bartlett , BSN , RN
The world-class pediatric burn program at Shriners Children ’ s Northern California is celebrating its 25th anniversary . Since 1997 , the program has been caring for children up to age 18 with burn injuries of every size and severity . Shriners Children ’ s Northern California has been providing groundbreaking care , as burn programs of its scope and depth are uncommon .
Of all Shriners Children ’ s Hospitals nationwide , only four facilities offer burn care programs . This flagship Sacramento location is unique as the only hospital that offers all of the other Shriners Children ’ s specialties . The Sacramento site sees patients from across western North America and from places far across the Pacific Ocean . Dr . Tina Palmieri , M . D ., one of only three women to serve as president of the American Burn Association , says , “ We see more than 5,000 visits per year in our outpatient clinics and admit more than 250 children with burn injuries to our hospital every year . We care for their acute burn injury then follow up with them through age 18 when they graduate from our care . Patients and their families come from all walks of life because our mission is caring for the child and supporting their families .”
In addition to her Shriners Children ’ s position of assistant chief of burns , Palmieri is also a professor and the burn division chief and director of the Firefighters Burn Institute Burn Center at UC Davis . She ’ s one of several dedicated women helping to lead the Shriners Children ’ s Northern California burn program into the future along with Kathleen Romanowski , M . D .; Ingrid Parry , MS , PT , BT-C ; Sally Martens , MSN , FNP-C ; Robyn Bartlett , BSN , RN ; and Victoria Owens , MSN , FNP-C .
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