Debra Winkeljohn received her Bachelor Science of Nursing in 1987 from the College of Nursing at the University of New Mexico.  She completed her Masters Science of Nursing in 1996 from the College of Nursing also at the University of New Mexico. She completed requirements for her Clinical Nurse Specialist license in 2008. Since graduating from her BSN program she has worked solely in oncology.  For 14 years, she worked on the oncology unit at St. Joseph Medical Center with some of that time spent working part time in gynecology oncology.  She has been with Hematology Oncology Associates since 2003.  

Debra has her Advanced Oncology Certification. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society, New Mexico Cancer Care Alliance and the Albuquerque Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society.