Carin Bennett-Rizzo

Carin Bennett-Rizzo, MS, ANP-BC, COHN-S, returned to BWH as director of Occupational Health in February.

As director, Bennett-Rizzo oversees the clinical and administrative leadership of Occupational Health at BWH, among other responsibilities.

Prior to this role, she was the manager of Lahey Hospital’s Employee Health Center, where she oversaw clinical and administrative staff and managed daily operations of the center.

Bennett-Rizzo also served as BWH’s interim director of Occupational Health and worked as a nurse practitioner and clinical staff nurse at BWH.

She earned her BS in clinical exercise physiology and MSN as an adult nurse practitioner from Northeastern University. She is enrolled in a part-time doctorate of nursing practice degree program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research focuses on safe patient handling.