Dorothy Cook-Walter

Dorothy Cook-Walter is a retired healthcare professional with extensive experience in patient safety, quality management, and medical staff services. Dorothy served as a Patient Safety and Accreditation Manager at The Villages Regional Hospital from July 2019 to January 2023, following a brief tenure as Director of Quality and Patient Safety at Baptist Health in July 2019. From February 2017 to December 2017, Dorothy worked as a Nursing Policy Review Specialist PRN at Emory Healthcare and was the Principal Consultant at DCW Consulting LLC from September 2016 to December 2017. Dorothy's earlier roles include Corporate Director of Medical Staff Services at Emory Healthcare, where strategic direction was provided to various healthcare leaders, and Administrative Director of Quality & Medical Staff Services at UAB Hospital. Dorothy holds multiple law degrees, including an LLM and JD in Healthcare Law from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, as well as a Master's in Nursing from Emory University.