President
Carla Gail Tolbert
cgtolbert@sbcglobal.net

Military
U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, 1985-2005

• Retired as a Commander (O-5)
• Assignments included staff nurse, educator and manager roles in critical care, ambulatory care (clinic management) and emergency nursing.
• Actively involved in quality improvement, patient safety activities, and preparing for hospital and clinic accreditation.

Assignments included:

• Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD
• Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, NC
• Fleet Hospital 5, Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia
• Naval Hospital Okinawa, Japan
• Duty Under Instruction, University of Maryland, Baltimore
• Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA
• USS John C. Stennis, San Diego, CA
• Branch Medical Clinic, Naval Air Station, North Island, San Diego, CA

Civilian Experience

• Staff Nurse, Intensive Care before the Navy, Clinical Educator for surgical nursing and adjunct faculty for SLU SON and McKendree University post-Navy, Pre-Law School

Education

• Diploma in Nursing, Saint John’s Hospital Springfield, IL
• BSN Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
• MS, Trauma/Critical Care Nursing, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Legal Practice Areas of Interests:

• Health Care Law
• Veteran’s legal issues

Professional Affiliations

• American Bar Association, Law Student Division
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Student Member)
• American Health Lawyers Association