Jamla Rizek

DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NHDP-BC, NRP, FAAN, FAEN

Jamla Rizek, DNP, MBA, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NHDP-BC, NRP, FAAN, FAEN, is a senior emergency and disaster nursing leader with over 20 years of frontline experience across emergency care, prehospital services, humanitarian response, and global disaster operations. She is a dual board-certified Emergency and Pediatric Emergency Nurse and a nationally registered paramedic, with extensive experience in high-acuity, austere, and conflict-affected settings.

Dr. Rizek was an active-duty officer in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where she has served in multiple senior leadership and advisory roles, including as Executive Assistant to the Deputy Surgeon General and in national preparedness and deployment readiness positions. She has deployed extensively as part of Tier One public health response teams, supporting domestic and international emergency operations, infectious disease responses, and humanitarian missions. Her leadership and service have been recognized with numerous national awards, including Nurse Responder of the Year and the Surgeon General’s Humanitarian Service and Global Health Award.



In addition to her operational work, Dr. Rizek is a respected educator, editor, and scholar in disaster and emergency nursing. She serves as the Disaster Nursing Section Editor for the Journal of Emergency Nursing and as a Deputy Editor for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Her scholarly interests include disaster preparedness, humanitarian health, pediatric trauma in conflict settings, responder mental health, and health systems resilience. Dr. Rizek is the founder of Adventures with Nurse Jamla and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN) and the Academy of Emergency Nursing (FAEN).