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

Lecturer

Informatics Nurse Specialist, Alumnus CCRN

Elizabeth Alexander

MSN, RN

Instructor

Chance Allen

MSW, MSN, APN, LMSW, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Sheree H. Allen

DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Director, Pediatric NP-Acute Care Specialty

Instructor

Terri L. Allison

DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANP

Assistant Dean for Academics, Doctoral Nursing Practice

Associate Professor

Melanie Allison

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

Instructor

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

Debra Arnow

DNP, RN, NE-BC

Associate Professor

Nathan E. Ashby

MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing

Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Brooke Bailey

DNP, AGACNP-BC, AGCNS-BC

Instructor

Lindsey Baksh

DNP, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Julie Barroso

PhD, RN, ANP, FNAP, FAAN

Professor

Maureen Barton

MS, CNM, RN

Instructor

Susan Beaird

DNP, CPNP, PMHS

Assistant Professor

Jessica Birdwell

DNP, APRN, WHNP-BC

Instructor

Leanne Boehm

PhD, RN, ACNS-BC

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

Carol Callaway-Lane

DNP, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Rameela Chandrasekhar

PhD, MA

Assistant Professor

Duke Chenault

DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-C

Instructor

Tom Christenbery

PhD, RN, CNE

Director of Program Evaluation

Professor

Kate Clouse

PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Eydie Cloyd

JD, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Shannon Cole

DNP, APRN-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Nina Collins

MSN, RN, ACNP-BC

Instructor

Laurie Connors

DNP, APNG, FNP-BC, AGN-BC, AOCNP, FAANP

Associate Professor

Courtney Cook

DNP, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Lacey Cross

MSN, FNP-BC, CPN

Instructor

Terri Davis Crutcher

DNP, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Assistant Dean, Clinical & Community Partnerships

Amanda Curtis

MSN, FNP-BC

Instructor

Karen D'Apolito

PhD, NNP-BC, FAAN

Director, Neonatal NP Specialty

Professor

Kathleen Danhausen

MPH, MSN, CNM

Instructor

Melissa Davis

DNP, CNM, FNP-BC, C-EFM

Assistant Professor

Director, VUSN Faculty Nurse-Midwife & Primary Care Practice

Cristy DeGregory

PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor

Janelle Delle

DNP, ACNP-BC

Instructor

Nicole Dellise

DNP, RN, FNP

Instructor

Stephanie DeVane-Johnson

PhD, CNM

Associate Professor

Hannah Diaz

DNP(c), MSN, CNM

Instructor

Mary S. Dietrich

PhD, MS

Professor, Statistics & Measurement

Affiliations: Nursing, Biostatistics, Psychiatry

Christin Diller

DNP, MSN, BSN

Instructor

Penny Dodson

Instructor

Travis Dunlap

PhD, RN, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor

Tonya Elkins

MSSW, LAPSW

Director, MIHOW Program

Instructor in Clinical Nursing

Misty Evans

DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC

Assistant Professor

Sharon Fleming

DNP, RN, CPNP-PC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Heather Flynn

MSN, RN

Instructor in Nursing

Sarah C. Fogel

PhD, RN, FAAN

Director, ASN-MSN

Diane Folk

DNP, CNM, NP

Assistant Professor

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, PNP-BC, FAAN

Professor

Melissa Glassford

DNP, FNP-C

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Michael D. Gooch

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

Assistant Professor

Jeff S. Gordon

PhD

Professor of Educational Informatics

Karen Hande

DNP, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP

Assistant Director, DNP Program

Associate Professor

Jill Harris

MSN, RN

Instructor

Brittany Haskell

DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

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, CEN, CCNS

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 of Nursing

Tamika Hudson

DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jennifer Hunt

DNP, RN, CNE

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Marshay N. James

DNP, PMC, CPNP-AC, CNE

Instructor in Nursing

Alvin Jeffery

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

Assistant Professor

Mary A. Jessee

PhD, RN

Assistant Dean for Academics, Generalist Nursing Practice

Associate Professor of Nursing

Rolanda Johnson

PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

Assistant Dean for Academics, Associate Professor

Mindy Johnson

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

Instructor of Nursing

Pam Jones

DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical & Community Partnerships

Sharon C. Jones

DNP, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Lani Kajihara-Liehr

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

April Kapu

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

Professor

Sharon M. Karp

PhD, APRN, CPNP-PC

Professor of Nursing

Becky Keck

DNP, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Associate Dean Administration & Operations

Chief Administrative Officer

Betsy Babb Kennedy

PhD, RN, CNE

Professor of Nursing

Assistant Dean for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Affairs & Advancement

Hannah Wachtmeister Kestner

DNP, RN, CPNP-PC

Instructor in Nursing

Christian Ketel

DNP, RN

Assistant Professor

Clinical Manager, Mercury Court Clinic

Jennifer Kim

DNP, GNP-BC, GS-C, FNAP, FAANP

Professor of Nursing

Ruth Kleinpell

PhD, RN, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM

Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing Education

Associate Dean for Clinical Scholarship, Professor of Nursing

Mary Lambert

DNP, FAAN

Associate Professor of Nursing

Jana Lauderdale

PhD, RN, FAAN

Joseph A. Johnson Jr. Distinguished Leadership Professor

Associate Professor of Nursing

Treasa 'Susie' Leming-Lee

DNP, MSN, RN, CPHQ

Director of Organizational Performance Improvement

Associate Professor of Nursing

Clint Leonard

MSN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Kanah May Lewallen

DNP, AGPCNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Melissa Lord

DNP, RN, CNE, CPN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Melanie Lutenbacher

PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN

Associate Professor of Nursing and Medicine (General Pediatrics)

Brandee Madden

DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Michele Martens

DNP, RN, PMHCNS-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Cathy Maxwell

PhD, RN, FAAN

Assistant Professor

Valere Potter Distinguished Dean's Faculty Fellow

Natasha McClure

DNP, RN, CPNP

Associate Professor of Nursing

Kathryn McNabb

DNP, AGACNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Ryan McNew

MSHI, CNE, MCP

Assistant Director of FNIC

Instructor of Educational Technology and Informatics

Sally Miller

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor/Simulation Research and Scholarship

Vanderbilt Center for Gerontological Nursing Excellence

Mallory Miller

DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Ann F. Minnick

PhD, RN, FAAN

Julia Eleanor Chenault Professor of Nursing

Mulubrhan Mogos

PhD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth (Bette) Moore

PhD, RN, IBCLC

Associate Professor of Nursing

Ginny Moore

DNP, WHNP-BC

Director, Women's Health NP Specialty

Tonia L. Moore-Davis

PhD(c), CNM, FACNM

Instructor in Nursing

Melanie Hall Morris

PhD, APRN, WHNP-BC, CCE

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Colleen Reilly Moss

MSN, APRN, NNP-BC

Shelagh A. Mulvaney

PhD

Associate Professor

Jeremy Neal

PhD, CNM, RN

Assistant Professor

Co-Director, Postdoctoral Program

Brittany Nelson

DNP, CPNP-PC

Director, Pediatric NP-Primary Care Specialty

Linda D. Norman

DSN, RN, FAAN

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

Melissa Ott

DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC

Instructor of Nursing

Natalie Owen

MSN, RN, CPNP

Instructor in Nursing

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner / Newborn Screening Coordinator

Lesley Owen

RN, MSN

Instructor of Nursing

Robbie Panepinto

DNP, FNP-BC

Instructor

Abby Luck Parish

DNP, AGPCNP-BC, GNP-BC, FNAP

Associate Professor of Nursing

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 of Nursing

Julie Perry

PhD, MSN, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Mary Lauren Pfieffer

DNP, FNP-BC, CPN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Julia Phillippi

PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN

Assistant Professor

Director, Nurse-Midwifery Specialty

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

Director, Family NP Specialty

Associate Professor of Nursing

Carrie Plummer

PhD, ANP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jamie Pope

MS, RD, LDN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Shannon Portis

MSN, RN

Lecturer in Nursing

S. Cole Powers

DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Aggie Read

DNP, MSN, RN, CNE

Instructor in Nursing

Geri Reeves

PhD, APRN, FNP-BC

Associate Professor of Nursing

Taneesha Reynolds

CNM, MSN, MBA

Instructor in Nursing

Bethany Andrews Rhoten

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor

Anna Richmond

DNP, FNP-C, CPNP-PC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jennifer Ridgway

DNP, APRN, CPNP

Instructor in Nursing

Sheila Ridner

PhD, RN, FAAN

Director, PhD in Nursing Science Program

Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of Nursing

Shelza Rivas

DNP, WHNP-BC, AGPCNP-BC

Instructor of Nursing

Heather Robbins

DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Erin Rodgers

DNP, RN, CPN

Assistant Professor

Susanna Rudy

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

Instructor in Nursing

Michelle Ruslavage

DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CPE

Instructor of Nursing

Lori Schirle

PhD, CRNA

Assistant Professor

Mavis Schorn

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

Senior Associate Dean for Academics

Matt Schroer

DNP, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Patricia A. Scott

DNP, APN, NNP-BC, C-NPT

Assistant Professor of Nursing

NICU Centennial Women's Hospital

Jennifer Scroggie

MSN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Patricia Sengstack

DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAAN

Director, Nursing Informatics Specialty

Nursing Informatics Executive, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Megan Shifrin

DNP, ACNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Coordinator, AGACNP Intensivist Focus

Megan Simmons

DNP, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Vaughn G. Sinclair

PhD, PMHCNS, BC

Professor of Nursing

Judson Smith

MSN, RN, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

LeTizia Smith

MSN, PMHNP-BC

Instructor

Tony L. Smith

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

Instructor

LifeFlight Flight Nurse

Randall B. Smith

DNP, MSN, FNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

L. Douglas Smith, Jr.

MSN, APRN, ACNP-BC, CCRN. CNRN, SCRNN

Instructor in Nursing

Kim Steanson

DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC

Assistant Professor

Julia Steed

PhD, MSN, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Lucinda Stewart

MSN, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Patrick Stieve

MSN, ACNP-BC

Instructor

Deonni Stolldorf

PhD, RN

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Erica Stone

DNP, MSN, NP-C

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jannyse Tapp

DNP, FNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Clare Thomson-Smith

DNP, JD, RN, FAANP

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Lucy Tucker

DNP, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Instructor in Nursing

Jessica Van Meter

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

Assistant Professor

Flight Nurse, Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Dawn Vanderhoef

PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FAANP

Associate Professor of Nursing

Rose Vick

PhD, MSN, PHMNP-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Jessica Walker

DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor

Rick Watters

PhD, RN

Director, Nursing and Health Care Leadership

Pam Waynick

DNP, APRN-BC

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Angela Weaver

MSN, CPNP-C

Instructor

Betsy Weiner

PhD, RN-BC, FACMI, FAAN

Senior Associate Dean for Informatics

Centennial Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing, Professor of Biomedical Informatics

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 of Nursing

Jennifer Wilbeck

DNP, APRN, FAAN, FAANP

Professor of Nursing

Director, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Specialty

Linda Wilkinson

ACNP, ACHPN, LMT

Adjunct Faculty

Ty Williams

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

Assistant Professor of Nursing

Terry Witherington

DNP, APRN, CPNP

Assistant Professor of Nursing

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 of Nursing