Robert Daly, MD, MBA, is a medical oncologist who specializes in caring for people with lung cancer. He is also a health services researcher who is interested in innovative cancer care systems that provide high quality, affordable, and sustainable care.

Maciej Latos, PhD, MSc in nursing, is a specialist in anesthesia and intensive care nursing. He is also a paramedic involved in development infusion care and vascular access management in Poland. Dr Latos is an assistant in the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Education at the Medical University of Warsaw. He is an instructor on vascular access courses: ultrasound-guided Midline and peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVCs). Dr Latos is involved with the implementation of good practice in nursing. He is President of the Board of Directors in the Polish Society of Infusion Nursing and Head of the Vascular Access and Infusion Team at the University Clinical Center of the Medical University of Warsaw. Dr Latos is Chair of the Safe Vascular Access Working Group of the Expert Council of the Hospital Safety Coalition and a member of the Polish Parliamentary Group on Health Professions. He is co-founder of Midline Academy: a platform for vascular access enthusiasts to share their experiences. Dr Latos is co-author of the book Vascular Access in Clinical Practice and Midline Catheters and Long Peripheral Catheters in Clinical Practice (in Polish). He is also a member of the Infusion Nurses Society.

Dawn Berndt, DNP, RN, CRNI® serves as the INS Clinical Education and Publications Manager. She has been an active INS member and a CRNI® since 2005. Dr. Berndt served on INS’ National Council on Education and on the INS board of directors as a director-at-large from 2017 to 2018. Prior to joining the INS team, she worked for 13 years as a clinical nurse specialist for infusion and as nurse manager of the infusion center, the venous access team, and the RN response team at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Berndt holds a doctor of nursing practice in clinical leadership from the Henry Predolin School of Nursing at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin and a master’s of nursing education from the University of Wisconsin School of Nursing.

Since 1993, Matt Gibson, RN, CRNI®, VA-BC, CPUI, has worked in an area of nursing where vascular access was a primary and essential skill, the emergency department, ICU/telemetry, home infusion and long-term care vascular access team. He currently works with multiple healthcare organizations as the CEO of Vascular Access Consulting LLC. Realizing his passion for vascular access, Mr. Gibson has spent the last decade serving national and local vascular access organizations, assumed leadership positions in multiple committees as resident advisor, spoken at various conferences, and authored the Detective Dane Chronicles. Mr. Gibson presently serves on the Association of Vascular Access (AVA) PIV task force and the AVA Public Policy Task Force. He is the past president and founder of the KIVAN, presidential advisor to IndiVAN and HoosierVAN and current president of the Michigan Association of Vascular Access Network.

Vlasta leads Grifols ongoing efforts to develop and execute social initiative strategies that advance Grifols brand and reputation in the communities in which Grifols operates. Her key responsibilities include ensuring that these activities align with and advance Grifols corporate mission, build shared value with core stakeholders, and increase internal and external engagement in the Company’s social programs. By understanding both the needs of the business and local communities in which Grifols operates, she is able to drive innovative approaches to Grifols’ corporate sustainability strategy that highlight Grifols brand and reputation as a world-class company.

Vlasta proudly serves as a Board Member of the J.A. Grifols Foundation along with managing the growth and day-to-day activities of the Foundation. She is also a steering member of the Women's Leadership Initiative, a Grifols Employee Resource Group.

Vlasta joined Grifols in December 2006 and is based in Washington D.C. She graduated with a Masters of Arts in Political Management from George Washington University, Washington D.C. Vlasta also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Speech Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. 

I am a member of a dynamic team stretching the boundaries of skill and scope of practice in the name of patient care and positive outcomes. As a proud respiratory therapist and vascular access specialist I really have the best of both worlds. I am able to maintain a passion in my chosen field of respiratory care and advance a scope to increase collaboration among an entire healthcare team to deliver better practice with measurable related outcomes. In the last few years, I have focused on advancing my education, having completed my BS and MS I am now pursuing my PhD. This journey has been amazing and has opened my mind to so many great things. Sticking to my personal moto of “Find your Purpose,” I have truly found mine as both a bedside clinician and a teacher/mentor. 

 My philosophy regarding teaching and mentoring others encompasses the ability to contribute to someone else’s success, through motivation, inspiration and leading by example. Working side by side with individuals or an entire team and finding common practices that exemplify our work and patient outcomes. As a teacher/mentor/leader I believe motivation is important, maintaining a vision and expectation is essential for others success. Inspiring each individual to their maximum potential by seeking qualities within them. I am a leader, leading individuals on my team or in life through a journey of personal experience and contribution, reward, and challenge.

Amy Mills is an experienced nurse of 29 years with clinical experience in neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, emergency department and air medical transport. Currently, she is the Senior Manager of Strategic Programs with Clinical Affairs at Teleflex. Amy takes pride in providing the best clinical education possible and has a goal to make a positive impact on patient care through research, education, and clinical support.

In her role, Amy develops and delivers clinical education from novice to expert, engages in research to support the development of new products and the expansion of clinical practice, and collaborates with medical societies on innovative education programs. Engagement with societies brings a high-level of connection to the bedside nurse which is one of the things Amy likes best about this interaction, as she is always thinking of new and exciting ways to bring education to life.

Amy is the recipient of the prestigious Brody Award for Nursing Excellence. This annual award is given to one Divisional Staff Nurse of the Year at Vidant Medical Center. This award was achieved after a year of dedication to pediatric trauma pain management research, development of a flight team skills maintenance program and publication of previous research in the hospital journal. These were the stepping-stones of Amy’s career, which has a parallel path at Teleflex.

When not developing or delivering education, you can find Amy spending time with her large family to include her husband, son, and golden retriever. She also enjoys giving back to her community as a volunteer for charitable services.

Marlene M. Steinheiser, PhD, RN, CRNI®, is the Infusion Nurses Society (INS) Director of Clinical education and has 39 years of nursing experience. She has been a CRNI® since 1991. Dr Steinheiser has experience working in acute care, home infusion/home care, and long-term care settings, as faculty in pre-licensure nursing education, and as a nurse practice consultant for a state nursing regulatory agency. Her passion for infusion therapy has been integrated into each of her varied career roles. Dr Steinheiser earned her PhD from the University of Arizona, her master’s and Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Akron, and her nursing diploma from Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital School of Nursing. While conducting research in the areas of infusion therapy, vascular access and compassion fatigue in nursing, she enjoys combining quantitative and qualitative techniques with a passion for qualitative data analysis. She speaks nationally and internationally on infusion therapy-related topics.

Loretta Dorn, RN MSN CRNI®, is the director of the clinical liaison team at Fresenius Kabi that provides professional education on the use and administration of IV therapy products to clinicians across the United States. She has more than 20 years of nursing experience and health care leadership experience in a variety of settings including community health, ICU, oncology, specialty IV therapy, home care, and long-term care. Loretta Dorn has written international health care standards and directed clinical studies, and is the patient safety chair of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). This team most recently published the IV Push Evidence-Based Practice Checklist. She has authored numerous publications in professional nursing and medical journals and works closely with professional organizations to assist with setting clinical standards. She is a peer journal reviewer for the Journal of Infusion Nursing and is on the American Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) education committee.