Mrs. Laura Williamson MSN, RN, CWON, AGCNS-BC

Laura has been a Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse for 10 years with experience in a variety of clinical settings including community hospitals, home health, outpatient ostomy clinic, and a large teaching institution. Laura currently holds the position of President of the Northern Illinois Affiliate of the WOCN. She studied nursing at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where she graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Her nursing career began as a Telemetry nurse, but she would develop her passion for wound and ostomy care while working home health. This passion motivated Laura’s successful completion of the WEB WOC Nursing Education Program. She earned her Master of Science in Nursing with an Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Focus from Purdue Northwest University in Hammond, Indiana. She received her Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She advanced her career in ostomy care accepting a position as Outpatient Ostomy Advanced Practice Nurse at the University of Chicago. Laura’s second passion, learning, lead her to the role of Adjunct Faculty at Saint Xavier University, Chicago, Illinois.