Dr. Sue Wingate is a cardiology nurse practitioner with Kaiser-Permanente Mid-Atlantic States in Rockville, Maryland. In this position, she coordinates the center-based Heart Failure Treatment Program, as well as department research activities. Previously, she worked in coronary intensive care, acute care, outpatient cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation settings as a staff nurse, manager, research coordinator and clinical nurse specialist. Sue retired from the U.S. Naval Reserve, after 25 years as a nurse corps officer.

She has published numerous articles and chapters and has been an invited speaker at regional and national meetings on heart failure and other cardiology topics. She serves as a reviewer for several professional journals. She is a previous acting editor of The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing (JCN), serves as the column editor of “At the Bedside” in JCN, and is an associate editor for The Journal of Cardiac Failure. Sue is certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist by The American Nurses Credentialing Center. She was elected as a Fellow in the American Heart Association in 2001 on Cardiovascular Nursing. She received the Clinical Excellence in Nursing award from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) in 2007.

Sue is active in several professional organizations and is currently a member of the AHA’s Professional Education Committee. She has been President of the local American Association of Critical Care Nurses as well as Chair of their national research committee. She has been active in several areas with the American Heart Association. Sue serves on the Scientific Program Committee of the HFSA and is a team leader for Heart Failure continuing education content for the Cardiac Care Associates of the American College of Cardiology.

Sue’s research interests are currently focused on symptom palliation and care of the patient with advanced heart failure.