CAPT Carol M. Ellsworth, Executive Officer
Captain Carol Ellsworth, a native of Woodlawn, Illinois, attended Saginaw Valley State University in Saginaw, Michigan, where she graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing. She attended Duke University and graduated in 2011 with a Master of Science in Nursing, double majoring as a Family Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist (gerontology). She is Board Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
In 2003, she accepted a direct commission into the United States Navy, attending Officer Indoctrination School in Newport, RI. Her first assignment was at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, NC. She served as a staff nurse on the Labor and Delivery unit and the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit. In 2006, she reported to United States Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan.
She served as Charge Nurse on the Labor and Delivery Unit, and then as Division Officer at the Lester Family Medicine Clinic. At the end of her tour in Okinawa, she was accepted into the DUINS program for full-time out service training, attending Duke University. Upon completion of her program in 2011, she was assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, where she served as Division Officer in the Family Medicine and Internal Medicine Clinics. In 2015, she reported to Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point, where she served as the Department Head for Medical Home Port, managing care and services for 15,000 beneficiaries. In 2019, she received orders to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC), Camp Lejeune where she served as the Director for Medical Services, providing operational level management for the United States Navy’s only Level III Trauma Center, administration of three patient-centered medical homes with over 30,000 enrolled beneficiaries, and seven specialty clinics.
Captain Ellsworth received orders to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Unit, Sasebo, Japan in 2022 and served as the Officer-in-Charge until May 2025, in proud support of Forward Deployed Naval Forces with Commander, Task Force (CTF) 76/3, Expeditionary Strike Group Seven, and U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo with 62 tenet commands and 7,400 beneficiaries. She assumed duties as Executive Officer, Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point in late June, 2025.
Captain Ellsworth has served as a staff nurse for Fleet Hospital Camp Lejeune in 2003, as Senior Medical Officer for the USNS Carson City, Gulf of Guinea Africa Partnership Station deployment in 2019, and served as the Executive Officer for Expeditionary Medical Facility-Kilo, NMRTC Camp Lejeune from 2020-2022.
Captain Ellsworth is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University. She is active in professional organizations as a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nurses (AAACN), and the American Academy of Diabetes Educators (AADE). She served as an advisor for the
Clinical Nurse Specialist Advisory Board (CNSAB), has served as a Strategic Goal Team member for the Nurse Corps Goal Team, and has been an assistant researcher and co-author for the Tri-service research project, Preventing Obesity in Military Communities (POMC).
Her personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (2 Gold Stars), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3 Gold Stars), and various other unit and campaign awards.