Lisa Kitko

Kitko earned a B.S.N. in 1990 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing.[1] She earned a M.S.N. in clinical nurse specialist and adult health (2001) and a Ph.D. in nursing with a minor in gerontology (2010) from the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) College of Nursing.[1]

From 1990 to 2002, Kitko worked as a nurse and later nurse administrator in Pennsylvania.[1] She joined faculty at the PSU College of Nursing as an instructor in May 2002.[1] She was promoted to assistant professor in July 2011 and associate professor with tenure in July 2017.[1] Kitko was inducted as a fellow of the American Heart Association in 2015 and the American Academy of Nursing in 2017.[2] She served as the associate dean of graduate education and director of the Ph.D. program from 2020 to 2022.[1]

Kitko joined the University of Rochester September 2022 as a professor of nursing and dean of the school of nursing.[1] She also became vice president of the University of Rochester Medical Center.[1] In 2023, she was jointly appointed as the Independence Foundation Chair in Nursing Education.[3]