Meet Our Medical Expert

Winona Suzanne Ball

Nursing Adviser, RN | MHS, Governors State University, IL
Full member of the American Nurses Association

Suzanne Ball is our in-house expert in charge of content creation.
She makes sure our testing materials are accurate, up to date, evidence based, and helpful. As a Registered Nurse with a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences from Governors State University, Nurse Ball has had over 30 years of experience in healthcare, transplant, and nonprofit organizations. She has written for the RN Magazine, and her work has appeared in other health and medical magazines. She is an internal auditor for the American Association of Tissue Banks.

Location: Manhattan, Illinois
Languages: English

Professional Experience

• University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
  Director, Type 1 Diabetes Research Project (www.jdrfnpod.org)
• Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF), Edison, NJ
  Largest Non-Profit, Biotech/Tissue Processing Company in the United States
  National Account Executive
• LifeCenter Northwest Donor Network, Bellevue, WA
  Federally-Designated Non-Profit Organ Procurement Organization
  Director of Operational and Quality Systems

Nursing Experience

• Intensive Care: Surgical, Medical and Neurology
• Registry Nurse
• Nursing Home and Senior Assisted Living
• High School Nurse, with emphasis on Special Education and Learning Disability Students
• Newborn Nursery and Special Care Nursery
• Medical-Surgical Float Nurse in 800-bed Level I Medical Center
• Chemical Dependency, Adult and Adolescent

Academic Background

• Master’s Degree, Health Sciences, Governors State University, University Park, Illinois
• Bachelor of Science Degree, Liberal Arts, University of State of New York, Albany, New York
• Associate Degree, Applied Science in Nursing, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Licenses & Certifications

• Registered Nurse, State of Illinois
• Internal Auditor, American Association of Tissue Banks