Administration & Faculty

Duke Health and Duke University Health System Administration

A. Eugene Washington, MD, Chancellor for Health Affairs, Duke University; President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke University Health System

Craig Albanese MD, Executive Vice President, Duke Health

Mary E. Klotman, MD, Dean, School of Medicine; Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Duke University

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, Dean of the School of Nursing; Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University

Kenneth Morris, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer, Duke University Health System

Monte Brown, MD, Vice President of Administration, Duke University Health System

Rob Odom, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and Vice President, Duke University Health System

Thomas Owens, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Duke Health

Mary Ann Fuchs, RN, DNP, Vice President of Patient Care, System Chief Nurse Executive for the Duke University Health System and Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for Duke University School of Nursing

Jeffrey Ferranti, MD, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Duke Health

Scott Gibson, MBA, Executive Vice Dean for Administration

Ellen Medearis, Vice President, Development and Alumni Affairs, Duke Health

Paul Newman, Executive Director, Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC) and Patient Revenue Management Organization (PRMO)

John Sampson, MD, PhD, President, Private Diagnostic Clinic (PDC)

Rhonda Brandon, Chief Human Resources Officer, Duke University Health System

Tom Owens, MD, President, Duke University Hospital

Barbara Griffith, MD, President, Duke Raleigh Hospital

Katie Galbraith, MBA, President, Duke Regional Hospital 

School of Nursing Administration

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, Dean of the School of Nursing; Vice Chancellor for Nursing Affairs, Duke University

David S. Bowersox, MBA, Vice Dean, Finance and Administration

Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, MBA, ACNP, GNP, ANEF, FAANP, FAAN, Interim Vice Dean, Academic Affairs

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP, FAAN, Interim Vice Dean, Research Affairs

Anita Stallings, BA, Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Relations

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, AACRN, ANEF, CNE, FAAN, Associate Dean for Global and Community Health Affairs

Brigit Carter, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN, FAAN, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Ann Michelle Hartman, DNP, RN, NP, Assistant Dean, Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, RN, CPNP, FAANP, Assistant Dean, Master of Science in Nursing Program

Julee Waldrop, DNP, PNP, FAANP, FAAN, Assistant Dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, Assistant Dean, PhD in Nursing Program

School of Nursing Faculty

This list of faculty is accurate as of August 2022. A current, searchable listing of School of Nursing faculty is available at nursing.duke.edu/directories.

Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN, Professor

Tara Albrecht, PhD, ACNP-BC, ACHPN, RN, Assistant Professor

Donald E. Bailey, Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Donna J. Biederman, DrPH, MN, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor

Thomas Blodgett, PhD, RN, AGACNP-BC, Assistant Professor

Margaret T. Bowers, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CHSE, AACC, FAANP, FAAN Associate Professor

Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CCNS, FAAN, Associate Professor

Jill Brennan-Cook, DNP, RN, CNE, Associate Professor

Marion E. Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ruby Wilson Professor of Nursing Margaret Ann Bush, PhD, MBA, RPh, Professor

Allen Cadavero, PhD, RN, CCRN, Assistant Professor

Brigit M. Carter, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN, FAAN, Professor

Michael P. Cary, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

Sean Convoy, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Associate Professor

Nancy Crego, PhD, RN, CCRN, CHSE, Assistant Professor

Jennie De Gagne, PhD, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, Professor

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, RN, CPNP, FAANP, Professor

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP-BC, FAAN, Associate Professor

Alison H. Edie, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Assistant Professor

Irene Felsman, DNP, MPH, RN, C-GH, Assistant Professor

Emily Funk, DNP, CRNA, Assistant Professor

Kais Gadhoumi, PhD, Assistant Professor

Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman, DNP, MSN, RNC-MNN, Assistant Professor

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, FAAN, Associate Professor

Bradi B. Granger, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Professor

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, AAHIVS, FAAN, Dean

Ann Michelle Hartman, DNP, RN, NP, Assistant Professor

Cristina C. Hendrix, DNS, GNP-BC, FNP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Rémi M. Hueckel, DNP, CPNP-AC, CHSE, FAANP, Associate Professor

Stephanie Ibemere, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Ragan Johnson, DNP, MSN, APRN-BC, Associate Professor

Elaine D. Kauschinger, PhD, ARNP, FNP-BC, Assistant Professor

Mariam Kayle, PhD, RN, CCNS, Assistant Professor

Maryellen Kelly, DNP, CPNP, MHSc, Assistant Professor

Brandon Knettel, PhD, Assistant Professor 

Mitchell R. Knisely, PhD, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, PMGT-BC Assistant Professor

Amie Koch, DNP, FNP-C, RN, ACHPN, Assistant Professor

Kathryn E. Kreider, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor

Christina Leonard, APRN, DNP, FNP-C, CNL, Assistant Professor

Allison Lewinski, PhD, MPH, RN, Assistant Professor

Lisa Lewis, EdD, MSN, RN, CNE, Assistant Professor

Isaac M. Lipkus, PhD, Professor

Jamison Lord, DNP, MSN, RNC, PMHNP-BC, Assistant Professor

Eleanor S. McConnell, PhD, MSN, RN, GCNS, BC, Associate Professor

Kara McGee, DMS, MSPH, PA-C, AAHIVS, Associate Professor

Jacquelyn M. McMillian-Bohler, PhD, MSN, BSN, CNM, CNE, Assistant Professor

Margory A. Molloy, DNP, RN, CNE, CHSE, Associate Professor

Marta Mulawa, PhD, MHS, Assistant Professor

John Myers, PhD, MSPH, Faculty

Desi Newberry, DNP, NNP-BC, Faculty

Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, Associate Professor

Marilyn H. Oermann, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN, Thelma M. Ingles Professor of Nursing

Tolu O. Oyesanya, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

Blanca Iris Padilla, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, Associate Professor

Wei Pan, PhD, Associate Professor

Nicole Petsas Blodgett, PhD, RN, CHSE, Assistant Professor

Schenita D. Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, Associate Professor

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, AACRN, ANEF, CNE, FAAN, Associate Professor

Karin Reuter-Rice, PhD, CPNP-AC, FCCM, FAAN, Associate Professor

Staci Reynolds, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, CPHQ, Associate Professor

Sharron Rushton, DNP, MSN, MS, RN, CCM, Assistant Professor

Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, MBA, ACNP, GNP, ANEF, FAANP, FAAN, Professor

Ryan J Shaw, PhD, RN, Associate Professor

Susan G. Silva, PhD, Associate Professor

Virginia (Chris) Simmons, DNP, CRNA, CHSE-A, FAANA. FAAN, Associate Professor

Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, Associate Professor

Sophia K. Smith, PhD, MSW, Associate Professor

Allison Stafford, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Eleanor L. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor

Jessica Szydlowski Pitman, DNP, CRNA, MSN, ACNP, Assistant Professor

Paula Tanabe, PhD, MSN, MPH, RN, FAEN, FAAN, Laurel Chadwick Professor of Nursing

Malinda Teague, DNP, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, Assistant Professor

Carolina Tennyson, DNP, ACNP-BC, AACC, CHSE Assistant Professor

Deirdre K. Thornlow, PhD, RN, CPHQ, Associate Professor

Denise Tola, DNP, CRNA, CHSE, Assistant Professor

Kathryn J. Trotter, DNP, CNM, FNP-C, CHSE, FAANP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Barbara S. Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN, Elizabeth P. Hanes Professor of Nursing

Kathleen M. Turner, DNP, RN, Associate Professor

Julee Waldrop, DNP, PNP, FAANP, FAAN, Professor

Julia K. Walker, PhD, Professor

AnnMarie L. Walton, PhD, RN, MPH, OCN, CHES, FAAN, Assistant Professor

Michelle Webb, DNP, RN, CHPCA, Assistant Professor

Hanzhang Xu, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor

Qing Yang, PhD, Associate Professor

Tracey L. Yap, PhD, RN, CNE, WCC, FGSA, FAAN, Associate Professor

Michael E. Zychowicz, DNP, ANP, ONP, FAAN, FAANP, Professor

Other Faculty Appointments

Dean Emeritus: Mary T. Champagne, PhD, RN, FAAN; Ruby L. Wilson, EdD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Ruth A. Anderson, PhD, RN, FAAN; Mary T. Champagne, PhD, RN, FAAN; Linda Lindsey Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN; Catherine L Gilliss, PhD, RN, FAAN; Marilyn Hockenberry, PhD, RN, PNP-BC, FAAN; Diane L. Holditch-Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN; Janice Humphreys, PhD, RN, FAAN; Brenda Marion Nevidjon, MSN, RN, FAAN; Katherine Pereira, DNP, RN, FNP, ADM-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Dorothy Lewis Powell, EdD, RN, FAAN; Theresa M. Valiga, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Dorothy J. Brundage, PhD, RN, FAAN; Kirsten Corazzini, PhD; Susan Denman, PhD, RN, FNP-BC; Judith C. Hays, PhD, RN; Constance Margaret Johnson, PhD, MS, RN, FAAN; Ada Most, EdD, RN; Jerri Moser Oehler, PhD, FNP; Beth Phillips, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE; Marva L. Mizell Price, DrPH, RN, FNP, FAANP, FAAN; Susan Schneider, PhD, RN, AOCN, ACNS-BC, FAAN; Nancy Short, RN, MBA, DrPH; Queen Utley-Smith, EdD, RN, CNE, ANEF

Assistant Professor Emeritus of Nursing: Penny Lynette Cooper, DNP, FNP-BC, CCRN; Donna W. Hewitt, MN, BS; Marcia S. Lorimer, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC; Ruth M. Ouimette, MSN, RN, ANP; George Turner, III, MA, RPh

Visiting Professor: Susan J. Henly, PhD, RN, FAAN

Adjunct Professor: Judith Halstead, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF

Adjunct Associate Professor: Alta Whaley Andrews, DrPH, RN

Adjunct Assistant Professor: Lucille B. Bearon, PhD, RN; Linda Ann Bergstrom, PhD, MEd, RN, CNM; Nellie Schmidt Droes, DNSc, RN; Sherry W. Fox, PhD, RN; Carrie Palmer, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CDE

Consulting Professor: Anthony Thomas Dren, PhD; Pamela H. Mitchell, PhD; Ida Moore, PhD; René Schwendimann, PhD, RN; Marilyn Sommers, PhD; Bei Wu, PhD, FGSA, FAGHE

Associate Consulting Professor: Robert Phillip Blessing, DNP, RN, ACNP; Pamela Ballance Edwards, EdD, MSN, RN-BC, CNE; Constance Mullinix, PhD, Debra Travers, PhD, RN, FAEN

Assistant Consulting Professor: Tara Lynn Barr, PhD

Consulting Associate: Gale Brown Adcock, MSN, RN, FNP, CS; Brittany Alexander, DNP, FNP-C, AAHIV-S; Bradley Aouizerat PhD; Janet Apter, DNP, RN; M. Saralyn Austin, MSN, RN; Gretchen Lorena Barnes, MSN, RN; Cheryl Banks Batchelor, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, APN-BC; Susan Bazemore, MSN, CRNA; Wilmer Conrad Betts III, BS, RN; Colleen Boatright, MSN, RN; Jennifer Byrd Borton, MSN, RN; Elizabeth A. Brand, MSN, RN; Melvania Briggs, MA; Kimberly Broadwell, MSN; Jada Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN; Sylvia Brooks, MSN, RN, FNP-BC; Jennifer Brown, PhD; Roxanne Bryant, DNP; Willard C. Budzinski, Jr., MBA; Margaret Gorely Bye, EdD, MSN, RN; Janet Campbell, DNP, ARNP; Dana Carthron, PhD, RN; Velinda Jo Chapman, BSN, RN; Kelsey Chinnadurai, DNP; Kathryn G. Clark, MSN, RN; Kristi L. Coe, MSN, RNC, NNP; Craig Cunningham, PhD; Robin Dail, PhD; Alexandra D’Angelo, MSN; Barbara Deets Mathews, MSN, RN, CPNP; Shakti Desai, MSN; Susan Elias Diamond, MSN, RN, AOCN; Jan DiSantostefano, MSN, RN; Melissa Duva, MSN; Emily O’Leary Egerton, PhD, MEd; Lynn Kendrick Erdman, MN, RN, OCNS, FAAN; Linda Quinn Everett, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; Lynne D. Farber, MSN, RN, CPNP; John R. Feaganes, DrPH; Shannon Hennessy Ford, MSN, RN; Donnalee Frega, PhD, RN; Annemarie Funt, MSN; James Michael Galkowski, PA-C; Sarah K. Gauger, MSN, FNP; Sharon Gorden, MSN; Nora Gray, MSN; Dawn Gubanc Anderson, DNP, RN; Georgette Fernanda Gura, DNP, CRRN, CPNP; Dynita Haislip, MSN; Natasha Hall, PhD; Jean Hanson, MPH; Kendra Hargrave, MSN, CCRN; Karol Suzette Harshaw-Ellis, DNP, A/GNP, ACNP; Crystal Hayden, DNP, RN; Catherine A. Hebert, MS, APRN, BC; Ellen Hegarty, MSN; Sharon Hershkowitz, MSN; Ivora Hinton, PhD; Rachel Hirschey, PhD; Donna Hodnicki, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN; Jamie Hollowell, MSN; David Holton, MSN, FNP; Reginaldo Horwitz, MSN; Sandy James, DNP, FNP, CS; Lori H. Jee, MSN, NP; Laurie Sayers Jeffers, DNP, RN; Jasmine Jeffers, MSN; Ertha Jeter, MS; Mary Johnson, DNP; Letha Joseph, DNP; Cynthia Keel, MSN; Susan Kennerly, PhD; Amy Renee Kern, MSN, RN; Cyra Anne Kussman, MSN, RN; Deborah Lastinger, MSN, RN; Amy Leatherwood, MSN, NP; Catherine Strachan Lindenberg, PhD, MPH, MSN, RN; Susan Little, DNP; Mary Ellen Lowry, MS, CNM, CLC; Melanie Mabrey, DNP, Rose Madden-Baer, DNP, MSHA, RN; Jennifer Mauney, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC; Andrea Wilkes McChesney, MSN, RN, NP-C; Sheryl McCloud, MSN; Mildred Fleming McCully, MSN, RN, CPNP; Robert Mellman, MD; Elizabeth Moore, PhD; Royanne Moore, DNP; Catherine Palmer Nelson, MSN, RN-C; Amy Norbery, MSN; Andrea Sue Novak, PhD, MS, RN-BC, FAEN; Maria Orsini, EdD; Holly Suzanne Parker, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC/PC; Marjorie Paul, MSN, FNP-BC; Julie Pearson, PhD; Katherine Peppers, DNP; Jennifer Perkins, MSN; Timothy Pierson, MSN; Margaret Morgan Priddy, MSN, MSP, RN-BC; Gail Pruett, MSN; Vijaya Raavi, MSN; Patti Reindle, MSN; Robert Reinheimer, PhD; Michelle T, Renaud, PhD, RN; Mindy Schramm Reynolds, MSN, RN, MCM; Melissa Sampson, MSN; Lawrence Santeramo, MSN, RN; Robin Lynn Schaefer, MSN, CRNA, FACHE; Janene Schneider, MA; Ashley Schoenfisch, PhD; Steven Jay Schwam, MD; Leslie Sharpe, PhD; Kelly Marie Simpson, PhD; Heather Hecei Smith, MSN, RN, WHNP; Cristina Smith, MA; Teepa Lucille Snow, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA; Rosa Solórzano, MD, MPH; Denise Spector, PhD; Erin Stanley, MSN; Benjamin Clyde Staples, MBA; Karen Swift-Scanlan, MS, CRNM; Victoria Thornton, MD; Monika Trogdon, MSN, RN; Chelsea True, MSN; Tauchiana J. Vanderbilt, MSW; Mary Vinson, DNP; Mary Gwendolyn H. Waddell-Schultz, MSN, RN; Jennie Wagner, MS, RN; Janette Ernestine Warsaw, MSN, RN, CNAA-ACNS/ ECRC; Lisa Watson, MSN; Edwardo Weldon, MSN, CRNA; Megan S. Williams, MSW, MSPH; Gina Wilson, DNP

Clinical Associate: Catina Alford, MSN; Sylvia McLean Alston, MSN, MBA, RN; Lisa Lee Archer, MSN, RN; Stephanie Blake, MSN, RN; Laura Jane Blue, MSN, RN, ANP; David Bowersox, MBA; Deanne Buschbach, MSN, RN, NNP, PNP; Elizabeth Hall Carver, MSN, RN; Gilbert H. Ciocci, MSN, RN, FNP; Anne Cooper, MSN; Allison Dimsdale, DNP, APRN, NP-C-AACC, FAANP; Jill R. Engel, DNP, ACNP, FNP, ANP, CCRN-CS; Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN; Jennifer Hirschy Gentry, MSN, ANP, APRN-BC, PCM; Kristi D. Giemza, MSN, RN, FMP-C; Grace Gunderson-Falcone, DNP, RN, A/GNP; Kathryn Boland Hill, MSN, RN, NNP; Akhil Hegde, PhD; John S. Hudson, PhD, RN; Beth Anne King, MSN, RN; Virginia Sullivan LaBelle, BS, RN, CPNP; Timothy Francis Lassiter, PharmD, MBA; Cindy McDaniel Lawrence, MSN, RN, CCTC; Carolyn Louise Lekavich, MSN, ANP, MHS-CL; Kathryn Lytle, MSN, RN, BC, CPHIMS, NEA-BC; Amy Yancy Mangum, MSN, RN, NNP, PNP; Loretta Matters, MSN, RN; Patricia Lynn McGugan, DNP, RN; Rebecca Jean McKenzie, MBS, MSN, RN; Colleen A. McLaughlin, MSN, RN, CPNP; Pana Martin Meanor, MSN, RN, NNP, IBCLC; Sarah Eileen Mears, MSN, RN, NNP, CNS; Susanne Meghdadpour, MSN, RN, PNP; Christine Mikesell, MSN; Louise Ann Minnich, MSN, RN, PNP; Renee Marie Muellenbach, MSN, RN; Elizabeth Powell Redd, MSN, RN, NNP; Smith, Heather, MSN, WHNP; Michael D. Smith, MSN, CRNA; Kevin Ward Sowers, MSN, RN, FAAN; Dorothy Elaine Taylor-Senter, MSN, CNRN; Vivian L. West, PhD, MBA, RN