Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

We invite you to meet University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing Alumni who are leaders in their respective fields:

Rita Trofino, DNP, MNEd, RN
St. Francis University
Rosemary McCarthy, PhD
Dean of Gradute Studies and Adult Education
La Roche University
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

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.

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

Patricia Horoho, MSN, FAAN
U.S. Army Surgeon General and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command (retired)

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

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

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

Nico 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

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