Debbie Albert BSN, PhD, IBCLC

Experience

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  Advanced Lactation Care Inc.

  Oct 1995 - Apr 2009

  Lactation Consultant

  Priate practice lactation consultant offering office and home care to breastfeedinng mothers. Professtional referral for major OB and pediatric offices in Florida's Tampa Bay area.

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  MCH Services Inc.

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2009

  Lactation Service Provider

  Lactation specialist to employees and spouses of Fortune 500 companies. Services included maternity leave assistance, return to work consults, and worksite follow up. Provided multiple services to several corporations and covered large geographic territories.

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  Florida's Business Case for Breastfeeding

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2010

  Chairperson

  Chairperson of the Florida Business Case for Breastfeeding from Dec. 2009 to present. This is a grant project through the Florida Breastfeeding Coalition.

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  NCH Healthcare System

  Apr 2009 - Oct 2011

  Lactation Consultant --Naples, North Collier

  Lactation Consultant full time at NCH North Collier. Responsible for Lactation Services and Education, development of breastmilk and lactation policies, and written materials. Provided lactation services to Mother/Baby, level II NICU, Labor and Delivery, and Pediatrics. Also responsible for outpatient services and breastfeeding products.

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  Texas Health Resources

  Oct 2011 - Nov 2012

  Lactation Consultant/Clinical Nurse II

  Full time lactation consultant working with all facets of their lactation service; including maternity floor, level III NICU, postpartum lactation center - "A Mother's Gift". Recipient of President's Promise Award in February, 2012.

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  UC Davis Medical Center

  Nov 2012 - Feb 2021

  Lactation Consultant/Clinical Nurse III

  Full time lactation consultant working with all facets of their lactation service; including maternity floor, level IV NICU, pediatrics, PICU, and Employee Lactation Program. She is also a prenatal instructor with their patient education program, nursing staff educator, and participates on their Breastfeeding Task Force, the UCD Employee Breastfeeding Program Committee, the Unit Based Practice Council. She was a Nurse Research Assistant with Pediatrics. Recipient of 2 Employee Excellence Awards and 6 Nursing Awards. Show less

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  Providence

  Feb 2021 - now

  Clinical Nurse III / Lactation Consultant

  Lactation Consultant at Queen of the Valley working with all facets of their lactation service; including maternity floor, NICU, and Employee Lactation Program. She is also a nursing staff educator, and participates on their Breastfeeding Task Force, the Providence Employee Lactation Program.

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  Kaiser Permanente

  Mar 2021 - now

  Clinical Nurse II / Lactation Consultant

  Clinical Nurse II/ Lactation Consultant for L & D, mother-baby and NICU.