As an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, I teach in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Area of Concentration and act as coordinator of the 2nd Degree Accelerated BSN Program. I teach in both the Doctor of Nursing Practice and BSN programs. My area of practice includes Emergency Medicine and Disaster Preparation and Response.

Courses I teach include: Physical Assessment on both the graduate and undergraduate levels, Trauma and Emergency Medicine Clinical Emphasis for the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner AOC, Differential Diagnosis Clinical, Clinical Diagnostics, and Critical Care Nursing. One of my main courses is Fundamentals of Disaster and Mass Casualty Care. Through this course, students learn about disaster response and experience hands on use of a TVI Decontamination tent, PAPR hood assemblies and TYVK suits. Students will also utilize SimMan for computerized emergency experiences.

As coordinator for the 2nd Degree Accelerated Program, I am responsible for reviewing and admitting students and mentoring and advising them throughout their time in the program.