Helena Walo

Helena has been a registered nurse (RN) for over 28 years, spending the majority of her career in acute care settings ranging in scope and size from community hospitals in urban and suburban settings, to a large level I trauma/academic medical center. Helena's direct-care nursing experience includes medical/surgical/stepdown, low and high-risk labor and delivery, post-partum, nursery, ambulatory practice and as a volunteer RN in a free-clinic.

Helena is an accomplished clinical and operational executive nursing leader with 12 years of progressive leadership experience. She comes to us from the Bon Secours Health System in VA as the CNO of Maryview Medical Center and brings with her a strong track record in nursing leadership, specifically in staff engagement and nursing operations.

Helena received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Summa Cum Laude) from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing. She went on to earn her Masters in Health Administration from Walden University and Master of Science in Nursing (President's Honors Graduate) from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing.