Kelly Guzman, Executive Director
Background:
Kelly provides 22 years of healthcare experience and serves at the Executive Director for Transition Planning at HTS, LLC. Her healthcare experience includes administrative positions with responsibilities for acute care, interventional and ambulatory services as well as SNF and Sub Acute service lines. As Transition Planning Director for the UCLA Westwood Replacement Hospital Project, she developed and organized a transition planning department and team.
Kelly is an active member of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) and has served as past president of the Los Angeles Chapter and continues to serve as a board member focusing on fundraising efforts for nursing scholarships. She also serves as a clinical faculty preceptor with the UCLA School of Nursing's Administrative program.
Publications and Lectures
- An Operational Guide for Transition Planning, Journal of Nursing Administration, October 2008, Volume 38
- Managing Change- UCLA SON, 2002-2005
- Planning the hospital of the future- UCLA Healthcare, UCLA SON, Peacehealth in Oregon, University of Kentucky, 2003-2005, 2007
- Challenges, Lessons Learned & War Stories- Ohio State University Medical Center, 2008
Licensures and Certifications
- California Registered Nurse
- Public Health Nurse Certificate
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Education:
MN Nursing AdministrationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
BSN, Nursing
Pacific Union College
Transition Planning Experience
University of California, Los Angeles
Westwood & Santa Monica Replacement Hospital
Director of Transition Planning
Transition Planning Consultant- Project Director
Laguna Honda Hospital
San Francisco, California
Mercy Medical Center, Merced
Merced, California
El Camino Hospital
Mountain View, Ca
Rady Children's Hospital
San Diego, Ca
Exempla Lutheran Medical Center
Denver, CO
St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center
Twin Falls, ID
Los Gatos Hospital
Los Gatos, Ca
Transition Planning Consultant, Interim CNO
Nursing Experience
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
Director: Ambulatory & Interventional Services (OR/Peri-op, ED, Cath Lab, Interventional Radiology)
White Memorial Medical Center, Los Angeles
Director of ED, Med / Surg, Rehab, SNF & Sub Acute
Nursing Supervisor Peds, PICU, ED
Rio Hondo College, Whittier
Clinical Instructor, Peds, PICU, General Med-Surg
UCLA, School of Nursing
Clinical Faculty Preceptor (current)
Professional Affiliations
- Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL)
- Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Tau Chapter
- NAHN, LA Chapter Board Member