Kindred Hospital Sugar Land is pleased to announce the appointment of Lorene Perona, RN, MS, ACHE as President and CEO of Kindred Sugar Land. After receiving a dual major Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Nursing at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN, Perona received her Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, IL.
Lorene Perona RN, MS, ACHE
Perona started her career with Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) as a critical care nurse and transitioned to roles as Director of CM, Assistant Vice President for Quality, Risk and Regulatory Affairs and Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer. She subsequently became the first female Chief Operating Officer in the HCA East Group hospitals for a 365 bed full service acute care hospital with satellite Psychiatric, Skilled Nursing and Inpatient Rehabilitation campuses before transitioning to the CEO role. During this time, she also enjoyed teaching as adjunct faculty for the Nursing Allied Health Program at Indian River State College and taught Healthcare Administration in the Masters Program for the College of St. Francis.
Dr. Laura Griffin
APRN, ACNP-BC, DNP
Kindred Hospital Sugar Land is also pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Laura Griffin, APRN, ACNP-BC, DNP as the Chief Nurse Executive at Kindred Hospital Sugar Land. Griffin received a Master’s degree in nursing as an acute care nurse practitioner from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 2004 and a doctorate in nursing practice from UT Health Science Center at Houston in 2011. Her clinical practice has focused on critical ill and neurologically impaired patients. Committed to patients affected by neurological conditions, she devoted her doctoral education to improving education delivery for patients after stroke. Always striving for excellence, Griffin has won several awards including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Award for Excellence in 2005.
Griffin had held academic appointments at several institutes of higher learning including University of Texas School of Medicine and University of Texas Houston’s School of Nursing. She currently teaches in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at Texas Women’s University in Houston. Dedicated to higher learning, Griffin shares her knowledge through local and national lectures and has published in journals and texts.