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WOCN Society Named Lecture Series at WOCNext

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The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses SocietyTM (WOCN®) maintains a series of named lectures reserved to honor, recognize, and uphold the legacy of outstanding individuals who have made profound contributions to the specialty of wound, ostomy, and continence care and its professional practice.

To date, the WOCN Society has installed five lectureships, all of which are routinely delivered at our annual WOCNext® educational event. Our named lectureships include:

  • Norma Gill-Thompson Lecture (Ostomy)
    Norma Gill-Thompson is considered the “mother” of enterostomal therapy nursing as the founder of the specialty known around the globe. She created the specialty to stand in the gap and serve as a complement to the work of colorectal surgeons-impacting the lives of those with intestinal illnesses both pre- and post-surgery.
  • Rupert B. Turnbull, Jr. Lecture (Ostomy)
    Rupert B. Turnbull, Jr., MD was a legendary surgeon from the Cleveland Clinic, equally famous for the Turnbull loop ileostomy surgical technique and for supporting his patient, Norma Gill-Thompson, to be the first Enterostomal therapist.
  • Barbara Braden Lecture (Wound)
    Barbara Braden, PhD, RN, FAAN is known for identifying and mitigating risk factors in skin health, specifically, but not limited to, pressure injury. She affectionately said, “If it were not for the WOC nursing community, her manuscript would have collected dust on the shelf.”
  • Thelma Wells Lecture (Continence)
    Thelma Wells, PhD, RN was bestowed a named lectureship in 2003 in honor of her groundbreaking work in the field of urinary incontinence.
  • Mikel Gray Lecture (Professional Practice)
    Mikel Gray, RN, PhD, FNP, PNP, CUNP, CCCN-AP, FAANP, FAAN has significantly influenced the practice, not just as a well-respected clinician, role model, and mentor, but through his enduring tenure as the Editor-in-Chief of JWOCN. Guided by his leadership for more than two decades, the highly regarded peer-reviewed Journal is unwavering in quality, exceeding the assignment to distribute research worldwide to influence decision-making perpetually.