Directory

Alphabetical:

Susan (Susie) M. Adams

PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Professor

Faculty Scholar for Community Engaged Behavioral Health

Terrah Foster Akard

PhD, RN, CPNP, FAAN

Director, PhD in Nursing Science Program

Associate Professor

Kelly Aldrich

DNP, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS

Director of Innovation

Associate Professor, Informatics Nurse Specialist, Alumnus CCRN

Chance Allen

MSW, MSN, APN, LMSW, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Sheree H. Allen

DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Instructor

Melanie Allison

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Terri L. Allison

DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP

Assistant Dean for Academics, Doctoral Nursing Practice

Professor

Margaret Anderson

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Carl Anderson

DNP, PNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Susan Andrews

DNP, RN, CNE, CPN

Assistant Professor

Angel Anthamatten

DNP, BC-ADM, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Michelle Ardisson

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Debbie Arnow

DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Director, Nursing and Health Care Leadership Specialty

Associate Professor

Nathan E. Ashby

MD

Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Brooke Bailey

DNP, AGACNP-BC, AGCNS-BC

Instructor

Lindsey Baksh

DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC, C-EFM

Assistant Professor

Julie Barroso

PhD, RN, ANP, FNAP, FAAN

Julia Eleanor Blair Chenault Professor of Nursing

Maureen Barton

MS, CNM, RN

Instructor

Gina Barukh

CNM, FNP, MSN

Instructor

Jennifer Barut

Associate Professor

Susan Beaird

DNP, CPNP, PMHS

Assistant Professor

Sarah Bloom

MSN, APN, AGACNP-BC

Lecturer

Leanne Boehm

PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FACCC

Assistant Professor

Leah Scholma Branam

MSSW, LMSW

Assistant in Clinical Nursing

Director, CASTLES

Anna Brown

CPNP

Assistant Professor

Sharon Bryant

DNP, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Peter Buerhaus

PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP(h)

Visiting Professor

Molly Butler

MSN, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Rameela Chandrasekhar

PhD, MA

Assistant Professor

Duke Chenault

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-C

Instructor

Kate Clouse

PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Eydie Cloyd

JD, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Shannon Cole

DNP, APRN-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Nina Collins

MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Instructor

Laurie Connors

DNP, APRN, FAANP

Associate Professor

Courtney Cook

DNP, ACNP-BC

Associate Professor

Lacey Cross

MSN, FNP-BC, CPN

Instructor

Amanda Curtis

MSN, FNP-BC

Instructor

Kathleen Danhausen

MPH, MSN, CNM

Instructor

Melissa Davis

DNP, CNM, FNP-BC, FACNM, C-EFM

Assistant Professor

Director, VUSN Faculty Nurse-Midwife & Primary Care Practice

Cristy DeGregory

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Janelle Delle

DNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Nicole Dellise

DNP, RN, FNP

Instructor

Stephanie DeVane-Johnson

PhD, CNM, FACNM

Associate Professor

Hannah Diaz

MSN, CNM

Instructor

Mary S. Dietrich

PhD, MS

Professor, Statistics & Measurement

Affiliations: Nursing, Biostatistics, Psychiatry

Christin Diller

DNP, MSN, BSN

Instructor

Travis Dunlap

PhD, RN, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor

Tonya Elkins

MSSW, LAPSW

Director, MIHOW Program

Instructor in Clinical Nursing

Cate Enstrom

DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor

Misty Evans

DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC

Assistant Professor

Sharon Fleming

DNP, RN, CPNP-PC

Assistant Professor

Heather Flynn

MSN, RN

Instructor in Nursing

Sarah Folliard

DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor

Mark Frisse

MD, MS, MBA

Professor

Virginia Gardner

MSN, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Sarah Gast

DNP, APRN, AG-ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Mary Jo Gilmer

PhD, MBA, RN-BC, FAAN

Professor

Co-Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Research Team

Melissa Glassford

DNP, FNP-C

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Michael D. Gooch

DNP, APRN, CCP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP-C

Assistant Professor

Karen Hande

DNP, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP

Assistant Director, DNP Program

Associate Professor

Jill Harris

MSN, RN

Instructor in Nursing

Brittany Haskell

DNP, MA, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CNE

Assistant Professor

K. Melissa Smith Hayes

DNP, ANP-BC, CHFN

Assistant Professor

Queen Henry-Okafor

PhD, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Hicks

MSN, RN

Instructor

Jo Ellen Holt

DNP, APRN, CCNS, CEN, CHSE, CSSBB

Skills & Sim Lab Director

Assistant Professor

Leslie W. Hopkins

DNP, APRN, BC, FNP-BC, ANP-BC

Director, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Associate Professor

Tamika Hudson

DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Hunt

DNP, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Catherine Ivory

PhD, RN-BC

Associate Professor

Marshay N. James

DNP, MSNEd, APRN, CPNP-AC, CPEN, CNE

Instructor

Jason Jean

DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Instructor

Alvin D. Jeffery

PhD, RN-BC, CCRN-K, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Pam Jeffries

PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, FSSH

Dean, Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Valere Potter Professor of Nursing, RWJF Nurse Executive Fellow Alumna

Mary A. Jessee

PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Dean for Academics, Generalist Nursing Practice

Associate Professor

Mindy Johnson

DNP, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, ENP-C

Assistant Professor

Rolanda Johnson

PhD, MSN, RN

Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Assistant Dean for Academics, Professor

Pam Jones

DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Community Partnerships

Sharon C. Jones

DNP, RN

Assistant Professor

Lani Kajihara-Liehr

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

April Kapu

DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN

Professor

Sharon M. Karp

PhD,RN, CPNP-PC

Professor

Becky Keck

DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Associate Dean Administration & Operations

Chief Administrative Officer, Professor

Betsy Babb Kennedy

PhD, RN, CNE

Professor

Associate Dean for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Affairs & Advancement

Hannah Wachtmeister Kestner

DNP, RN, CPNP-PC

Instructor

Christian Ketel

DNP, RN

Assistant Professor

Clinical Manager, Mercury Court Clinic

Jennifer Kim

DNP, GNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP

Professor

Ruth Kleinpell

PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM

Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education

Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship, Professor

Brenda Kulhanek

PhD, RN, RN-BC, NPD-BC, NE-BC

Associate Professor

Mary Lambert

DNP, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor

Marianna LaNoue

PhD

Professor

Jana Lauderdale

PhD, RN, FAAN

Joseph A. Johnson Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor

Associate Professor

Treasa 'Susie' Leming-Lee

DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ

Director of Organizational Performance Improvement

Associate Professor

Clint Leonard

MSN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor

Kanah May Lewallen

DNP, AGPCNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Melissa Lord

DNP, RN, CPN, CNE

Assistant Professor

Brandee Madden

DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Michele Martens

DNP, RN

Instructor

Matthew Martin

DNP, RN, NEA-BC, NHDP-BC

Instructor

Cathy Maxwell

PhD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor

Manola A. McCain

DNP,RN. APRN, CNM

Instructor

Natasha McClure

DNP, PNP-BC

Associate Professor

Kathryn McNabb

DNP, AGACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Ryan McNew

MSHI, CNE, MCP

Assistant Director of FNIC

Instructor of Educational Technology and Informatics

Nicole Mercer

CNM, FNP, MSN

Instructor

Mallory Miller

DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Sally Miller

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor/Simulation Research and Scholarship

Vanderbilt Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence

Mulubrhan Mogos

PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth (Bette) Moore

PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN

Associate Professor

Ginny Moore

DNP, WHNP-BC

Director, Women's Health NP Specialty

Associate Professor

Tonia L. Moore-Davis

MSN, CNM, FACNM

Instructor

Melanie Hall Morris

PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, CCE

Assistant Professor

Colleen Reilly Moss

DNP, APRN, NNP-BC

Interim Co-Director, Neonatal NP Specialty

Assistant Professor

James Muchira

PhD, MSN

Assistant Professor

Shelagh A. Mulvaney

PhD

Associate Professor

Jeremy Neal

PhD, RN, CNM, FACNM

Assistant Professor

Co-Director, Postdoctoral Program

Ken Nelson III

DNP, RN, NE-BC, CPHQ

Instructor

Brittany Nelson

DNP, CPNP-PC

Director, Pediatric NP-Primary Care Specialty

Assistant Professor

Linda D. Norman

DSN, RN, FAAN

Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing / Dean Emerita of Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Melissa Ott

DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

Instructor

Natalie Owen

MSN, RN, CPNP

Instructor in Nursing

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner / Newborn Screening Coordinator

Lesley Owen

RN, MSN

Instructor

Robbie Panepinto

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor

Abby Luck Parish

DNP, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, FNAP

Director of Education Innovation

Associate Professor

Chorong Park

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Shaunna Parker

MSN, WHNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Paddy Peerman

MS, RN

Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management

Assistant Professor

Julie Perry

PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Mary Lauren Pfieffer

DNP, FNP-BC, CPN

Assistant Professor

Julia Phillippi

PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Director, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty

Assistant Professor

Mariann R. Piano

PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA

Nancy and Hilliard Travis Professor of Nursing

Senior Associate Dean for Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship Director

Bonnie A. Pilon

PhD, NEA-BC, FAAN

Professor Emerita

Courtney J. Pitts

DNP, MPH, FNP-BC, FAANP

Director, Family NP Specialty

Associate Professor

Carrie Plummer

PhD, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor

Shannon Portis

MSN, RN

Lecturer

S. Cole Powers

DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Aggie Read

DNP, MSN, RN, CNE

Director, ASN - MSN Level

Assistant Professor

Geri Reeves

PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Associate Professor

Taneesha Reynolds

CNM, MSN, MBA

Instructor in Nursing

Bethany Andrews Rhoten

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Anna Richmond

DNP, FNP-C, CPNP-PC

Assistant Professor

Jennifer Ridgway

DNP, APRN, CPNP

Instructor

Shelza Rivas

DNP, WHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC

Instructor of Nursing

Heather Robbins

DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Renee Robinson

DNP, RN, RN- BC, ANCC Informatics

Instructor

Erin Rodgers

DNP, RN, CPN

Assistant Professor

Susanna Rudy

DNP, MSN, MFS, AG-ACNP, FNP-BC, ENP, CCRN

Instructor

Michelle Ruslavage

DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CPE

Instructor

Lori Schirle

PhD, CRNA

Assistant Professor

Mavis Schorn

PhD, APRN, CNM, CNE, FACNM, FNAP, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Academics

Matt Schroer

DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Patricia A. Scott

DNP, APN, NNP-BC, C-NPT

Interim Co-Director, Neonatal NP Specialty

Assistant Professor; NICU Centennial Women's Hospital

Jennifer Scroggie

MSN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Patricia Sengstack

DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Informatics

Nursing Informatics Executive, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Professor

Megan Shifrin

DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP

Coordinator, AGACNP Intensivist Focus

Associate Professor

Megan Simmons

DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Vaughn G. Sinclair

PhD, PMHCNS-BC

Professor

Randall B. Smith

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor

L. Douglas Smith, Jr.

MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN

Instructor

Judson Smith

MSN, RN, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC

Instructor

LeTizia Smith

DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Tony L. Smith

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CFRN, NREMT

Instructor

LifeFlight Flight Nurse

Melan Smith-Francis

DNP, MSN, CNM, FNP-C

Assistant Professor

Kim Steanson

DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC

Director, Pediatric NP-Acute Care Specialty

Assistant Professor

Julia Steed

PhD, RN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Lucinda Stewart

MSN, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Patrick Stieve

MSN, ACNP-BC

Instructor

Deonni Stolldorf

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Erica Stone

DNP, RN, NP-C

Assistant Professor

Marcy Stoots

DNP, RN-BC

Instructor

Jannyse Tapp

DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Margaret C. Taylor

DNP, CNM, FACNM

Instructor

Nick Thomason

MSN, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor

Clare Thomson-Smith

DNP, JD, RN, FAANP

Assistant Professor

Lucy Tucker

DNP, RN, ACNP, FNP-BC

Instructor

Jessica Van Meter

DNP, MSN, RN, APN-BC, CCRN, A-EMT

Associate Professor

Flight Nurse, Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Dawn Vanderhoef

PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAANP

Associate Professor

Jade Vergara

AGPCNP-C

Instructor

Rose Vick

PhD, RN, PHMNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Jessica Walker

DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Rick Watters

PhD, RN

Associate Professor

Pam Waynick

DNP, APRN-BC

Assistant Professor

Angela Weaver

MSN, CPNP-C

Instructor

Jessica Wellette

DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

Instructor

S. Brian Widmar

PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FAANP

Assistant Dean for Academics, Advanced Nursing Practice

Director, Adult-Gero Acute Care NP Specialty
Associate Professor

Jennifer Wilbeck

DNP, APRN, FAAN, FAANP

Professor

Director, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Linda Wilkinson

ACNP, ACHPN, LMT

Lecturer

Ty Williams

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CNE

Assistant Professor

Terry Witherington

DNP, APRN, CPNP

Assistant Professor

Stefani Yudasz

DNP, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Carol Ziegler

DNP, NP-C, RD

Professor

Cross-College Scholar, Affiliated Faculty, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health/Family Nurse Practitioner, Meharry Family Practice

Marci Zsamboky

DNP, PMHNP/CNS-BC, CNE

Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Lifespan) Specialty

Assistant Professor