Dean Allan Earns Place in Circle of Excellence
for Sustained Achievement

Baltimore, Md.—Janet D. Allan, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean and professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing, has been named to the Maryland Daily Record’s list of Top 100 Women for the third time, placing her in the Circle of Excellence for Sustained Achievement – The Top 100 Women’s Hall of Fame. The Top 100 Women award was created by the Daily Record, a legal and business newspaper, to recognize successful female professionals who also give back to their professions and their communities by mentoring others and by personal community involvement. 

In his Top 100 Women letter of  recommendation, Steven S. Cohen, FACHE, senior vice president for integrated operations at MedStar Health, and chair of the School of Nursing’s Board of Visitors said, “Dr. Janet Allan tirelessly advocates and works for improved health outcomes and health care for patients, enhanced careers for nurses, and superior standards for higher education.”

The Top 100 Women will be honored at an awards ceremony on May 12 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing, founded in 1889, is one of the oldest and largest nursing schools, and is ranked seventh nationally.  Enrolling more than 1,400 students in its baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs, the School develops leaders who shape the profession of nursing and impact the health care environment.