Denise Knoblauch BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN

Denise Knoblauch is currently the Supervisor of OSF Healthcare Occupational Health at Saint Francis Medical Center. She has 29 years of experience in occupational health/employee health. She began her career as the lone employee health nurse in a small rural hospital and transitioned to an urban medical center occupational health department which provided services to the medical center employees as well as to local industries. She has experience as a clinician, coordinator, manager, case manager, and executive director in occupational health as well as infection control. She developed the case manager model in occupational health at the medical center. An active AOHP member on the local and national levels, Knoblauch has filled many leadership roles on the Executive Board. She currently is Co-Instructor and Coordinator for Getting Started on the Road, Website Coordinator, Continuing Education Committee member and serves as member at large for the AOHP Illinois Chapter. Knoblauch has led the AOHP strategic initiative to develop Beyond Getting Started programs. She has presented many occupational health topics nationally, regionally, and locally. She is a board certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist and Case Manager from ABOHN and served as Executive Director of that organization for three and one-half years. She recently contributed articles for the newly revised Getting Started manual.