Charlotte Ipsan

Charlotte Ipsan was named chief administrative officer of Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital in May 2012, leading the creation of the first women’s and children’s hospital in the Louisville area. She has more than 30 years’ experience in maternal/child and pediatric health care. Ipsan worked in several roles at Norton Children’s Hospital, Norton Audubon Hospital and Norton Suburban Hospital, including staff nurse; nurse manager, neonatal intensive care unit; and director, women’s services. In November 2009 she was named vice president of Norton Children’s Medical Center, the first pediatric outpatient center of its type in Kentucky. In January 2011, she was promoted to system vice president of pediatric services for Norton Healthcare/Norton Children’s Hospital.

Ipsan has served as the American Hospital Association’s representative to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Hospital Care and on the Governing Council of the Section for Maternal and Child Health. She was executive chair for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Kentuckiana chapter in 2014 and has served on Louisville’s Perinatal and Infant Health Network Advisory Committee. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ipsan also advocates for pediatric and women’s health across the United States.

Ipsan has served as course director of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Tract at the University of Louisville Graduate School of Nursing, and as manager of the Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Team for the university’s department of pediatrics. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, a master’s degree in nursing/neonatal nurse practitioner tract from the University of Louisville and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Rush University in Chicago. She is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

In 2011, Ipsan was named the “University of Louisville School of Nursing’s Alumni of the Year” and in 2014 was recognized for being among the “Top 40 University of Louisville School of Nursing Outstanding Alumni.” She also is a proud member of the Kentucky Leadership Class of 2011. In May 2013 she was named the “Most Admired Woman in Healthcare” by Today’s Woman magazine.