Virginia Hanchett, APRN-BC, DCNP, COCN, CWCN

Virginia Hanchett

University of Rochester

Nurse Practitioner

Virginia "Ginny" Hanchett works as a senior nurse practitioner and has been practicing in the field of WOC nursing for over 26 years and is proudly employed at the University of Rochester. She runs a program called Ostomy Services which focuses on outpatient long term management of patients with ostomies and fistulae. In this practice there are over 2,000 active patients including those with chronic fistulae and she understands the barriers to providing comprehensive care and product reimbursement with this group of specialized patients. She joined the collaborative efforts of The Global Research into Intestinal Failure and Fistulae in 2025.

Sessions

(305) Complicated, Costly & Consequential: Rethinking Care for Enterocutaneous Fistula & Intestinal Failure in Fragmented Systems