We invite you to meet University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Alumni who are leaders in their respective fields:
Academic Deans
- Terri Weaver, PhD, FAAN
University of Illinois at Chicago - Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, FAAN
Ohio State University - Susan Bakewell-Sachs, PhD, FAAN
Oregon Health & Science University - Barbara Broome, PhD, FAAN
Kent State University - Kathy H. Rideout, EdD, PPCNP-BC, FNAP
University of Rochester - Mary Pat Lewis, PhD
SUNY Delhi - Marlaine Smith, PhD, FAAN
Florida Atlantic University - Lynn George, PhD, RN, CNE
Carlow University, College of Health and Wellness - Phensiri Dumrongpakapakorn, PhD
Dean, Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Thailand - Kathy Mayle, MNED
Community College of Allegheny County - Laura J. Fero, PhD, RN
Henrietta Schmoll School of Health, St. Catherine University - Victoria Rich, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
University of South Florida - Mary Elizabeth Williams, PhD
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Industry
- Darinda Sutton, MSN
CNO, East-Premier, Cerner - Cynthia Brown, MSN
Senior Clinical Research Associate, Merck & CO., INC. - Diane Scott, BSN
U.S. Operations Owner, iOpener Institute for People and Performance - Arkady Barber, BSN
Director of Research at Mid Atlantic Epilepsy Center - Beverly Kosmach-Park, DNP, FAAN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Transplant Surgery & Director Camp Chihopi - John Gallagher, DNP
Trauma Program Manager, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center - Anthony Chao, MSN
CRNA, UPMC Presbyterian; Creator of CE Agent App - John O’Donnell, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program
University of Pittsburgh; Founder, LUMIS Corp.
International
- Yu-Mei Yu Chao, PhD
Adjunct Research Fellow, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan - Prakin Suchaxaya, PhD
Coordinator; Gender, Equity and Human Rights; World Health Organization - Richard Henker, PhD, FAAN
Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Program Director for the Cambodia and Richard Henker, PhD, FAAN, Bhutan Nurse Anesthesia Overseas sites
Military
- Patricia Horoho, MSN, FAAN
U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command (retired)
Hospital/Health Administration
- Michael Harlovic, MSN
President and CEO, Oswego Health - Amy Pollard, MSN
President and CEO, Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital - Rita Doll, MA
Founder, Angeles Home Health Care - Anne Hast, DNP
CEO, Advanced Surgical Hospital - Dawndra Jones, DNP
CNO & VP Patient Care Services, UPMC McKeesport - Diane Hupp, DNP
CNO, VP Operations & Patient Care Services, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC - Melissa Tian, MSN
Administrative Director, Allegheny Health Network Research Institute - Adelle Copeland, MSN
Corporate Director of Education, LifeCare Hospitals - Brent Dunworth, DNP
Director, Advanced Practice Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center - Joel Tompkins, MSN
Senior Vice President of Operations, North Division, NorthStar Anesthesia - Pearl Moore, MSN
Founder & Retired CEO, Oncology Nursing Society - Tami Minnier, MSN, FACHE
Chief Quality Officer, UPMC Executive Director, Beckwith Institute for Innovation in Patient Care - Helen Burns, PhD, FAAN
Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Excela Health - Andrea Mazzoccoli, PhD, FAAN
Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Bon Secours Health System - Melanie Shatzer, DNP
Director, Learning and Innovation, Health First - Linda McBride Antes, MSN
CNO, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center - Noreen Fredrick, DNP
Executive Director, Mon Yough Community Services - Kathi Elliot, MSN
Executive Director, Gwen’s Girls
Creative
- Theresa Brown, PhD
Best-selling Author - Judith Charlson, BSN
Artist and Sculptor
Federal Government
- Wendy Henderson, PhD
Chief, Biobehavioral Unit, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health - Holly Williams, PhD
Program Analyst, Office of Evaluations & Inspections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Alan Bernstein, MSN
Deputy Chief Nursing Office, Office of Nursing Services, Department of Veterans Affairs - Bashira Charles, PhD
Post-doctoral research fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute, Center for Research
on Genomics and Global Health
Professional Organizations
- Deborah Trautman, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) - Rosemary Hoffmann, PhD
Board Chair, Commission on Nurse Certification, AACN - Cynthia Roth, MPM
President and CEO, West Virginia University Foundation - Nancy Rothman, EdD
Independence Foundation Professor of Urban Community Nursing & Director of Community-practices, Temple University, Department of Nursing
Academic Organizations
- Nicole Osier, PhD
Assistant Professor, Director of the Biobehavioral Core of St. David’s Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research, University of Texas at Austin - Lora Burke, PhD
Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Chair of the Council Operations Committee and the Science of Behavior Change Committee for the American Heart Association - Cathy Bender, PhD, FAAN
Endowed Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Program Director of the National Institute of Nursing Research funded T32 grant, Interdisciplinary Training of Nurse Scientists in Cancer Survivorship Research - Michael Beach, DNP, FAAN
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania 1 Disaster Medical Team (PA-1 DMAT), search and rescue and disaster management - Annette DeVito Dabbs, PhD, FAAN
Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Director of the School’s T32 Technology: Research in Chronic and Critical Illness Training grant and the SON sponsored eHealth Research Hub
Advanced Practice
- Cathy Grant, DNP
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh; Nurse run clinic - Jacqueline Pitterich, MSN
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at Children’s Hospital, Developed & Organized the Developmental Care Committee in the NICU - Kathy Godfrey, DNP
Nurse Practitioner, Magee Women’s Hospital, 2017 Outstanding Clinical Faculty Award winner - Corrie Berk, DNP
CRNP, Liver Transplant, UPMC Starzl Transplantation Institute