Elizabeth de Leon-Gamboa

Senior Clinical Quality Review Nurse, Optum Medical Network of Nevada

Elizabeth de Leon-Gamboa is a graduate of the University of the Philippines where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. She is a health care quality practitioner who started her nursing career of 31 years as a rehabilitation nurse, medical surgical nurse, case manager, and clinical nurse educator in the Philippines, California, and Nevada facilities. Using her clinical and administrative nursing experience, she evolved into the health insurance industry landing quality and compliance roles in managed care. Liza is currently a Senior Clinical Quality Review Nurse at Optum Medical Network of Nevada Medical Management. Equipped with her passion and fortitude, she strives to advocate for the mental health and welfare of Nevada Nurses through the self-care, MindBodyStrong classes as a facilitator, and PNANV’s Mentorship Program as a mentor. She supports the nursing profession’s advancement through education and research, while addressing the health care delivery’s socio-economic and cultural challenges in collaboration with various community partners.