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# Nurse returns to UCLA By Daily Press staff
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/nurse-returns-to-ucla-by-daily-press-staff/
- Published: 2004-06-03T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:29:07.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Health, Westwood, #archive-import

Posie Carpenter has returned to UCLA Healthcare as director of nursing at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center.

A Westchester resident, Carpenter held several managerial and staff positions at UCLAMedical Center in Westwood from 1989 to 1998.

She joins Santa Monica-UCLA from the Southern California Orthopedic Institute in Van Nuys, where she was director of surgical services. Previously, she was executive director of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles.

Carpenter holds dual master’s degrees in nursing and public health from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 3, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060304.pdf?ref=smdp.com)