Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, Appointed President of ChristianaCare Cecil County Campus

Joan Pirrung, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, has been appointed president, ChristianaCare Cecil County Campus.

Since March 2025, Pirrung has served in this position as interim president. Previously, she served as the chief nursing officer at Cecil County Campus and prior to that was vice president of Patient Care Services for Nursing at Union Hospital. She was closely involved in the integration efforts for both inpatient and outpatient services when Union Hospital joined ChristianaCare.

Pirrung joined ChristianaCare in 1993 and has more than 23 years of progressive leadership experience at ChristianaCare, which spans emergency, acute inpatient surgical and trauma services.

In her many career accomplishments, she has been instrumental in systemwide engagement and influence for positive patient flow outcomes, nursing-sensitive outcomes and regulatory readiness. Through her Trauma Service leadership, she provided oversight and coordination for Christiana Hospital Level-1 Adult Trauma Center designation and Wilmington Hospital Level-3 Adult Trauma Center.

As a past president of the Society of Trauma Nurses and an American College of Surgeons site reviewer, Pirrung has brought her expertise in establishing and maintaining interprofessional collaboration with key stakeholders in the tri-state area to advance trauma care. Pirrung has presented and published nationally on a variety of clinical topics.

She received both her MSN as a cardiopulmonary clinical nurse specialist and BSN from the University of Delaware. She was awarded a certificate in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Delaware and a graduate of the Health Management Academy GE Fellows Program for Nurse Executives, Class of 2021. She is board certified as a clinical nurse specialist for Adult Health.

Pirrung reports to system chief operating officer Ric Cuming, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN.