Leah Goldberg
Clinical Nurse OR, Bone and Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital
Leah Goldberg MSN, RN, CNOR graduated valedictorian from UCONN School of Nursing in 2011. She received her MSN in Nursing Education from the University of Hartford in 2024. She works in the operating room as a Staff Nurse at the Bone and Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital and created Acorn Nurse Consulting, LLC to continue her passion for developing knowledge and resources for perioperative staff. She is current Treasurer, and past President, of AORN Connecticut Chapter 0701, developing educational programs and partnerships. She was honored as an AORN Emerging Leader Under 40 in 2012 and 2024. She received AORN’s Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Education: Clinical Award in 2025.
She was a content expert for AORN’s Periop 202 Orthopedic Modules and a content creator for AORN’s The Stitch. She has a passion for interdisciplinary collaboration to promote best patient care. She is Chair of the Planning Committee for the Periop ConneCT Conference. She has presented her work through poster or podium presentations at numerous conferences, including the AORN Global Surgical Conference and Expo, MD Expo, and Periop ConneCT. She has published EBP/QI project results in the AORN Journal and research in The Journal of Arthroplasty and JAAOS Global Research & Reviews.