Dorris S Woods

Dr. Woods was reared on a farm in Mississippi. After graduating high school at the top of her class, she went to work in Des Moines, Iowa. A year later she began her professional career at the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time, she has earned six advanced degrees and did post doctoral work. Dr. Woods is a retired R.N. and clinical nurse specialist. She has been a professor and lecturer as well as a writer. She is most proud of being recognized as...See more

Dr. Woods was reared on a farm in Mississippi. After graduating high school at the top of her class, she went to work in Des Moines, Iowa. A year later she began her professional career at the Grady Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. Since that time, she has earned six advanced degrees and did post doctoral work. Dr. Woods is a retired R.N. and clinical nurse specialist. She has been a professor and lecturer as well as a writer. She is most proud of being recognized as Marquis Who's Who Distinguished Humanitarian, 2021. She was the first woman to receive this award. Dr. Woods is a widow and the mother of three children. She resides in Culver City, California. See less