Dr. Baker works with leaders across the hospital and health system to ensure clinical practice is patient-centered and evidence-based with unsurpassed clinical quality and patient safety, while contributing to education and research. She has created strategies to promote and support growth of a flexible nursing workforce, including a supplemental staffing office, and implemented initiatives to increase the voice of front-line nurses at all levels of decision-making. She first joined The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1992 as a clinical nurse and held nursing leadership roles prior to her current position. She is also the associate dean for health systems partnership and innovation at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and a member of its advisory board. Dr. Baker received the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumna Award and is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.
