We invite you to meet University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Alumni who are leaders in their respective fields:
Academic Deans
- Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, RN, FAAN
Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing - Barbara Broome, PhD, RN, FAAN
Kent State University College of Nursing (retired) - Phensiri Dumrongpakapakorn, PhD
Boromarajonani College of Nursing Nakorn Phanom University - Laura J. Fero, PhD, MSN, RN
Henrietta Schmoll School of Health at St. Catherine University - Lynn George, PhD, RN, CNE
College of Health and Wellness at Carlow University - Mary Pat Lewis, PhD, RN
SUNY Delhi School of Nursing (retired) - Kathy Mayle, MNED, MBA, RN
Community College of Allegheny County School of Nursing - Rosemary McCarthy, PhD
La Roche University - Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FAAN
College of Nursing at The Ohio State University - Victoria Rich, PhD, RN, FAAN
University of South Florida College of Nursing (retired) - Kathy H. Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP
University of Rochester School of Nursing - Marlaine Smith, RN, PhD, AHN-BC, HWNC-BC, FAAN
Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing (retired) - Ratsiri Thato, PhD
Chulalongkorn University - Rita Trofino, DNP, MNEd, RN
School of Health Sciences & Education at St. Francis University - Terri Weaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
College of Nursing at University of Illinois at Chicago - Mary Elizabeth Williams, MSN
College of Health & Human Services Indiana University of Pennsylvania (retired)
Industry
- Arkady Barber, BSN
Director of Research at Mid-Atlantic Epilepsy and Sleep Center - Cynthia Brown, MSN
Senior Clinical Research Associate at Merck & Company, Incorporated - Anthony Chao, MSN
CRNA at UPMC Presbyterian and Creator of CE Agent App - John Gallagher, DNP
Trauma Program Manager at Penn Medicine - Beverly Kosmach-Park, DNP, RN, FAAN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Transplant Surgery and Director of Camp Chihopi at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh - John O’Donnell, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Nurse Anesthesia at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Founder of LUMIS Corp. - Darinda Sutton, MSN
VP and CNO Foundation and Premier at Cerner Corporation
International
- Yu-Mei Yu Chao, PhD
Adjunct Research Fellow, National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan) - Richard Henker, PhD, FAAN
Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Program Director for the Cambodia and Bhutan Nurse Anesthesia Overseas sites - Prakin Suchaxaya, PhD
Coordinator; Gender, Equity and Human Rights; World Health Organization
Military
- Patricia Horoho, MSN, FAAN
U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command (retired)
Hospital/Health Administration
- Linda McBride Antes, MSN
CNO at the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center - Helen Burns, PhD, RN, FAAN
Senior VP and Chief Nursing Officer at Excela Health System - Adelle Copeland, MSN
Corporate Director of Education at LifeCare Hospitals - Brent Dunworth, DNP
Chief CRNA and Associate Director of Advanced Practice at the Vanderbilt Medical Center - Kathi Elliot, MSN
Executive Director at Gwen’s Girls - Noreen Fredrick, DNP
Executive Director at Mon-Yough Community Services - Michael Harlovic, MSN
President and CEO at Oswego Health - Anne Hast, DNP
CEO at Advanced Surgical Hospital - Diane Hupp, DNP
CNO, VP Operations & Patient Care Services at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Dawndra Jones, DNP
CNO & VP Patient Care Services at UPMC McKeesport - Andrea Mazzoccoli, PhD, FAAN
Chief Nursing and Quality Officer at Bon Secours Health System - Tami Minnier, RN, MSN, FACHE, FAAN
Chief Quality Officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Executive Director at the Beckwith Institute - Pearl Moore, RN, MN, FAAN
CEO and Executive Director at the Oncology Nursing Society (retired) - Amy Pollard, MSN
President and CEO at Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital - Melanie Shatzer, DNP
Director of Learning and Innovation at Health First Center for Learning - Melissa Tian, MSN
Administrative Director at Allegheny Health Network Research Institute - Joel Tompkins, MSN
Chief Operating Office at North Division at NorthStar Anesthesia
Creative
- Theresa Brown, PhD
Best-selling Author - Judith Charlson, BSN
Artist and Sculptor
Federal Government
- Alan Bernstein, MS, RN
VHA Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs - Bashira Charles, PhD
Center for Research on Genomics & Global Health - Wendy Henderson, PhD, MSN, CRNP
Investigator, Chief, Digestive Disorders Unit at the National Institutes of Health - Holly Williams, PhD
Nurse Epidemiologist and Anthropologist at the Center for Disease Control
Professional Organizations
- Cynthia Roth, MPM
President and CEO at West Virginia University Foundation - Deborah Trautman, PhD
Chief Executive Officer at American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Academic Organizations
- Michael Beach DNP, ANCP-BC, PNP
Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Pennsylvania 1 Disaster Medical Team (PA-1 DMAT) (retired) - Cathy Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Endowed Oncology Chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Program Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research funded T32 grant (Interdisciplinary Training of Nurse Scientists in Cancer Survivorship Research) - Lora Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN
Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Chair of the Council Operations Committee and the Science of Behavior Change Committee at the American Heart Association - Annette DeVito Dabbs, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN
Professor and Department Chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Director of the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing’s T32 Technology: Research in Chronic and Critical Illness Training grant - Nicole Osier, PhD, RN
Director of the Biobehavioral Core of St. David’s Chapel at the University of Texas at Austin - Nancy Rothman, MSN, EdD, RN
Independence Foundation Professor of Urban Community Nursing in the Department of Nursing at College of Public Health, Temple University
Advanced Practice
- Corrie Berk, DNP
Medical Director at Loma Linda University Faculty Medical Center - Kathy Godfrey, DNP
Nurse Practitioner at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, (2017 Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award winner) - Cathy Grant, DNP, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor and Director of Family NP Program at Carlow University - Jacqueline Pitterich, MSN
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC Telephone Triage, (Developed & Organized the Developmental Care Committee in the NICU)