Rebekah Rollston is an MD Candidate at East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine. She was awarded her Master of Public Health degree from The George Washington University in January 2017. Rebekah served as Co-Director for the American Medical Student Association Sexual Health Leadership Course during AY 2015-2016 and AY 2016-2017. Her academic interests include sexual & reproductive health, adolescent pregnancy prevention, access to contraception, gender-based violence & intimate partner violence, transgender health, self-esteem development, health disparities among marginalized populations, addiction medicine, and international health.

Characteristics of Nurse Practitioners Assessing Intimacy in COPD, Abstract". Poster presented at Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Albuquerque, NM ( November, 2015).
Character is of NPs Assessing Intimacy in COPD". Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, Homestead, Va March, 2016.
"Tools of the Trade for Pulmonary Patients" presentation for Tidewater Region Nurse Practitioner 2014
"Pulmonary Illnesses" Guest lecturer for Old Dominion University NP program.

Jennie Sarah Kleintop, MEd., is a sexuality educator, consultant, and parenting specialist. Her areas of expertise include parent-child communication about sexuality, and sexual health training for medical professionals. In the past, she has served as co-director of the American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Sexual Health Leadership Course program, and she continues to present on topics relating to medical education and the integration of sexual health training.

Barb has provided more than 2200 educational and motivational seminars on clinical topics and health maintenance topics to healthcare professionals and corporations throughout the US and Canada. She has been the keynote/plenary speaker for corporate groups such as Smith Barney/Citicorp and the Million Dollar Round Table. She has provided keynote/plenary speeches for healthcare associations including the Association for Practitioners for Infection Control, The National Association of Biology Teachers, The Emergency Nurses' Association, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the Pacific Coast Dental Association, and the Washington State Dental Association.

Shannon Nicholson, DNP, FNP-C joined NSMI as a Nurse Practitioner in June 2012. She is responsible for her outpatient clinic and provides sideline coverage during football games. Prior to joining the practice, she worked as a Nurse Practitioner for Leesburg/Sterling Family Practice for four years.



She received both her master and doctorate degrees in Nursing from George Mason University. She completed an Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner concentration through Duke University in 2014. She completed several years of concentrated orthopaedic residency training before joining NSMI. Shannon Nicholson has been practicing in the nursing field for over ten years. She has a wide variety of nursing experience from Emergency, Cardiac, ICU, and Primary Care. Her interest is in prevention of secondary injuries to adolescence and prevention of injuries through proper screening. Her doctorate project was the creation of an interactive evidence based physical therapy and nutrition website: www.sportsinjuryandnutrition.org . Shannon Nicholson is currently an affiliate faculty for both George Mason University and Marymount University Nursing students. She is also an adjunct faculty member at The George Washington University. Shannon enjoys martial arts, running and water sports activities. She lives at home with her husband, daughter and her dog.

Dr. Rosie Taylor-Lewis, DNP, ANP-BC, GNP
Faculty Practice: Health and Wellness Center, Sweet Briar College rtlewis@sbc.edu 434-381-6140 (Mondays only);
Home 434-277-8518 EST, please do not call after 10PM EST
Assistant Program Director of the DNP Program Faculty South University rctaylor@southuniversity.edu;

RN Diploma 1979, Lynchburg General School of Nursing
BSN 1985, Liberty University
MS 1993, Medical College of Virginia/VCU
DNP 2010, Old Dominion University
Dr. Taylor-Lewis is a board certified adult nurse practitioner and a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She is passionate about the role of the nurse practitioner as the primary caregiver blending the researcher, educator, advocate, and clinician roles in a holistic model (REACH) of care. Her motto in practice and in teaching is “Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work.” She has 35 plus years' experience as a RN and 22 years as a nurse practitioner. She has vast experience in academics, teaching clinical courses in the Emergency Department and lecture courses which include Critical Thinking, Pathophysiology, and Crisis Nursing (residential and on-line) on the undergraduate level. For the past 20 years, she has taught on the graduate level, including development of on-line courses. She was graduate faculty with Old Dominion University Family Nurse Practitioner Program for 20 years and taught, advance health assessment, health promotion, senior seminar and supervised student rotations in acute care, chronic care, women's health and pediatrics. She joined the South University nursing faculty in August of 2013. She accepted the position as APD of the DNP recently. She continues to precept students from UVA, VCU,ODU, RU and JMU serving as a preceptor for FNP and DNP students, and LU MPH students.
Dr. Taylor-Lewis has been the Director of Health Services at Sweet Briar College and now works part time as the lead provider. She recently launched a nursing consulting business known as Nursing Steps to provide academic support to those desiring to be a nurse, to help those who are in nursing school achieve more from the experience, and to assist those already in nursing receive more from the nursing profession. “Nurses will change the face of health care, one step and one patient at a time.” The overall goal of Nursing Steps is to ensure that the nursing profession is prepared and progressing to meet the needs of a changing health care system. Professionally, she conducts advance practice workshops on laceration repairs, office dermatology, wounds, basic radiology and coding for the nurse practitioners. She is Board Certified by the ANCC as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and previously practiced in the Level 1 Trauma Center at UVA and at Prompt Care in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her patient's evaluations are rated consistently high and the most common comments are “she is knowledgeable, explains everything well, spends time with you, and she is real.”

She graduated from the Doctor of Nursing Practice program at Old Dominion University, and received the teaching fellowship (2009-2010). The focus of her DNP clinical residency was with vulnerable populations and their access to health care. Her capstone research was with homeless male addicts in a transitional housing program determining relapse risks, prevention and promotion of health through self-efficacy. She presented her research at the National Summit of Clinicians for Health Care Justice in Washington, DC. She delivered the keynote address Passport to Nursing: The Journey to REACH Your Destination to the Virginia Nursing Students Association Annual conference in 2011. She is a reviewer for The Journal of Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Taylor-Lewis finds much satisfaction in her volunteer work at the Ruth Brooks Free Clinic. Dr.Taylor- Lewis is active in the local chapter of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners and serves as the Lynchburg Region's President. She is a member of Clifford Baptist Church and contributes to the health ministry team. She has lived in Amherst County most of her life and enjoys spending time with her husband, their blended family of four children and 6 grandchildren: Ford, Sawyer, Oliver, Carley (the only Princess) and Benjamin, and Parker. Abby, a very high spirited lab joined the family in August!
Nursing Practice Philosophy excerpt: "I love nursing. Nursing has been good to me, and I want to continue to be a good ambassador for nursing and the patients I care for. It is an exciting time
to be in the profession of nursing. Economic struggles with resulting health care restraints and barriers are an opportunity for advancement in patient care outcomes lead by nurses. Nurses should meet patients where they are and take them where they need to be instead of expecting them to already be there. Advance practice nurses must lead the way in reducing health care disparities and access to care issues from the bedside to the capital beltway. By doing this, nurses will change the face of health care, one step and one patient at a time."
Nurse Educator Philosophy excerpt: “Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work. Whether I am teaching them or they are my patients, I believe every moment is a teaching moment.
I began teaching nursing long before our profession recognized the importance of having Certified Nurse Educators teach students. Straight out of my RN-BSN program (1985), I developed the first Health Occupation Courses for the high school I graduated from, and was required to become certified by the Virginia Board of Education. I loved it! It was those high school students and the adult evening program for CNAs that I established that really taught me how to teach along with many classes at the Curry School of Education at UVA in effective teaching methods. My journey has taken me from high school to my next chapter, which is continuing to teach at the graduate level and teaching at the doctoral level. All the little steps along the way have been critically important. I believe my success as an educator has hinged on my continued dedication to practice. It has been challenging but my years at the bedside of patients in the ED and in primary care have given me rich experiences to share to others aspiring to be nurses, nurse practitioner students, nurse educators etc.
One of the most exciting aspects of nursing is the evolution of the profession, and how we are educating nurses today. How do we preserve the integrity of the profession as we gain knowledge in technology? Not wanting to be left behind, I committed to learning everything about the new nurse and on-line education. And, yes I was skeptical. After developing rigorous courses that have no walls, ceilings or floors on-line and implementing and evaluating student learning outcomes, I know that there is a place for on-line education, particularly at the advance practice level. And, yet I still believe that learning face to face in the traditional classroom will continue to have a powerful place in the evolution of our profession. And, nothing will replace the individual preceptor role that is critical to making sure our profession stays on course. That is why I have advance practice students and want to be nursing students as my men-tees in my office every day of the week. Students do not interrupt my work, they are my work.”

Maribeth has been a member of VCNP since 1996. Her first role was as program director for the Blue Ridge Region. She became president of the Blue Ridge Region in 2008. She was state Bylaws Chair in 2011 and 2012 and then became the State President-elect from 2012 to 2014 and State President from 2014 to 2016. She is currently the State past president and remains active in her local region as well.

Graduated with Adult NP from UCLA in 1999. Currently employed with Hospital Medicine at Sentara Care Plex Hospital. Previously woth with Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery for 12 years and Internal Medicine Outpatient practice for 3 years.

Biography for S. Hughes Melton, MD MBA FAAFP DABAM
As of January 2016

As a leader, healer and educator, my current mission is to protect and promote the health of all Virginians as Chief Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Health. I will improve internal operations and build connections with outside stakeholders to accelerate the realization of our vision that Virginia is the healthiest state in the Union.

Prior to my role as VDH Chief Deputy, I served as the VP, Medical Education for NE and NW Markets of Mountain States, a not-for-profit, thirteen-hospital health system serving SW VA and NE TN. I developed robust medical education programs to address the work force shortage issues and increase the capability of the medical community to meet the needs of the region in the area of population health.

From 2012-2014 I served as the Chief Medical Officer for the Virginia facilities of Mountain States Health. In 2015 one of my teams won the President's Quality Award, the highest quality award granted at MSHA, and I received the Servant's Heart Award, the highest patient service award granted at Mountain States.

The American Board of Addiction Medicine certified me in 2012 and I started HighPower, P.C. a patient centered medical clinic in Russell County, VA. HighPower provides specialized clinical pharmacy consults and addiction treatment services and has been recognized at the state level for our innovative approach to addiction treatment.

Prior to working with Mountain States, I co-founded C-Health, P.C. in Lebanon, Virginia in 2000. C-Health still provides full-spectrum family medicine services to over 18,000 people in rural southwest Virginia.

The American Academy of Family Physicians selected me to be the 2011 Family Physician of the Year for C-Health's innovative work in the primary care treatment of addiction and chronic pain, and for our leadership in recruiting health professionals to what was once considered a medically underserved county.

The University of Virginia is my academic home where I earned my medical degree and completed my family medicine residency in 1996. In 2012 I returned to earn my MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Running, biking, aviation, church activities, serving the underserved and spending time with my wife Sarah and our two daughters are

Dr. Linda Hancock is the Director for the Wellness Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University and she has worked for 29 years as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the VCU Student Health Services. Linda has a Masters in Community Health Nursing and a PhD in education. Linda's specialty is making science user friendly. Her high energy and lively sense of humor have made her a popular national speaker. Linda does all the “S's” - sex, substance abuse, smoking, stress, and spirituality. In 2010, the VCU Wellness Resource Center was awarded the ““Best Practice in College Health Prevention Award,” Linda has been the Primary Investigator on many grants related to substance abuse prevention but currently she is the number one fan of Rams in Recovery and the “Spit for Science” research initiative at VCU.

BSN 1971 Univ of Wyoming, MSN 1975 Univ of Colorado FNP- Marymount University 1998. Past president NVCNP , VCNP Board Current President Society of ORL-Head&Neck Nurses(SOHN), certified ORL-HN nurse ( CORLN)

I was born and raised in Roanoke, VA. I met and married my husband, Ray Miller in 1994. I am a mother of four (two girls, two boys), grandmother to two girls. We moved to Front Royal, VA when my husband was transferred with his job in 1999. I was a stay-at-home mother until my husband was activated in the National Guard in 2004. That was when I decided to enroll in the Lord Fairfax Community College ADN program to keep myself busy. Some memorable moments from that experience was that I graduated the top of my class, on the Dean's list, tutored nursing students, and I was elected by my classmates to be the speaker at our graduation ceremony. I loved nursing and education so much, that I continued onto Shenandoah University where I obtained my BSN, MSN, and FNP in 2012. Again, I tutored other nursing students along the way, president of our graduate nursing class, and was elected by my classmates to speak at our pinning ceremony. During that program, I had such a wonderful women's health experience, that I knew that is the area I wanted to work. After passing my boards, I found my position at the Women's Center of Winchester working under Drs. Dabinett and Wilson. After being in women's health for a few years, I found that it was necessary to obtain my PMHNP certification so that I could effectively manage conditions that were becoming common in my day-to-day practice. I just completed the PMHNP post certification program and Shenandoah University and passed my boards in August. I look forward to providing a more integrative care for the population that I serve. I plan to continue on and complete my DNP over the next couple of years.

Leslie is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the University of Virginia in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology. She enjoys working with a variety of cardiology patients and their families from simple lesions to the more complex. Leslie has a special interests in children with single ventricle physiology, heart transplantation, and hyperlipidemia. She has presented multiple times on topics such as single ventricle lesions, home monitoring programs, heart transplantation, and developmental considerations of children with complex heart defects.

Sara has been a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for over 20 years. Most of her career has been spent working with adolescents and young adults with chronic illness. Recent publications include the topics of transition and DNP leadership.

Dr. Buchanan is a DNP-prepared Adult Primary Care nurse practitioner currently serving as an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Nursing. She teaches across the curriculum in the RN-BS, MS, and DNP programs. She also continues to maintain an active clinical practice as a nurse practitioner. Her area of interest focuses on the impact of diet on risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adults. She is also interested in gene-environment interactions (epigenetics) as related to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and the impact of diet on genes associated with cardiovascular disease. She also enjoys coaching others on healthy lifestyle choices and regular speaks on how to follow and maintain a whole food, plant-based diet for disease risk reduction.

Kelley M. Anderson, PhD, FNP, CHFN-K is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies. She is a faculty member teaching in the Doctor of Nursing Practice, Clinical Nurse Leader, and Undergraduate Honors Program. Dr. Anderson is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and has holds a clinical position as a Nurse Practitioner at Medstar, Georgetown University Hospital in the Division of Cardiology. In 2013 she began collaborating with the Arlington Street People Assistance Network (A-SPAN) to provide primary health care services to the homeless in Arlington, Virginia. She is a member of the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses, serving on the Education and Editorial Committees; the Northern Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners, serving on the Nominations and Awards Committee; and Sigma Theta Tau, serving as Treasure for the Tau Chapter. Dr. Anderson has published in peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute of Acute and Critical Care, the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and is the editor of The Advanced Practice Nurse Cardiovascular Clinician, published by Springer Publishing Company.

Family Nurse Practitioner 33 years
Vanderbilt University

Dr. Portilla has 25 years experience in diagnosing and treating children, adolescents, and young adults with eating disorders, including outpatient as well as inpatient management. She was the co-founder and Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Program at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas from 1993 to 2014, when she moved to Charlottesville and began working in Student Health at the University of Virginia. She is currently co-director of the Eating Disorder Consultation and Treatment Team at Student Health. She has given presentations on eating disorders at academic conferences to a diverse group of health professionals at the local, national, and international levels. She has also enjoyed teaching students, residents, and professionals in the health field and had the opportunity to engage in clinical research in the past, resulting in several publications.

Mary is an acute care nurse practitioner with 20 years experience in medicine, cardiovascular, thoracic surgery and trauma critical care. She is currently working as a hospitalist NP for a large family practice group. Mary is an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies, teaching courses in the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program. Mary has spoken locally and nationally on a variety of acute care topics, and is a guest lecturer in the NP program at University of Virginia. She is a past member of the Advisory Committee to the Joint Boards of Nursing and Medicine in Virginia. Nationally, as the American Association of Nurse Practitioners State Representative for Virginia Mary advocates for full practice authority for nurse practitioners. She is a fellow of the AANP.

Clinical Assistant Professor at VCU School of Nursing Department of Family and Community Health teaching in the Undergraduate and Graduate programs. Family Nursing Practitioner with extensive experience in Otolaryngology, Allergy/Asthma, and Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Olivia Newby has practiced as a family nurse practitioner for over 25 years. She is a certified diabetes educator, for over 10 years, in an urban primary care medical practice and a 'Prevent Type 2' certified lifestyle coach; diabetes has been forefront in her clinical practice. Dr. Newby is an entrepreneur/owner of Healthy Living Center (HLC) in Norfolk, a nonprofit organization, where she focuses on implementing innovative ways to reduce the health disparity within the community by addressing social determinants of health. As president of HLC, her leadership for diabetes management achieved over 75% required goals, thus obtaining accreditation from the American Association of Diabetes Educator (AADE) and the Center for Disease Control "full recognition" and 100% achievement for their diabetes prevention program.

Susan Kendig, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP is an attorney and women's health nurse practitioner with over thirty years of experience in health care. She currently serves as Policy Director for the National Association for Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH). As President of Health Policy Advantage, Sue provides policy analysis and consultation to healthcare providers and community organizations responding to a rapidly changing health care environment. Her primary areas of focus include patient safety, women's health care, and value-based care and payment strategies. Recently, she joined SSM Health- St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis as a Women's Health Integration Specialist. Prior to joining St. Mary's, Sue was a Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she coordinated the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program. Active in public service at the state and national level, Sue was appointed to the CMS Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) as a patient advocate. Statewide, she was a gubernatorial appointee to the Missouri Patient Safety Commission, where she chaired the Commission's Education subcommittee. A gubernatorial appointee to the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality, she currently serves on the sub-committee charged with working to implement the Task Force recommendations. Her clinical practice has focused on caring for underserved populations, including women who are pregnant and at risk for substance use disorders, pregnant and parenting adolescents, and women with disabilities.

Susan Kendig, JD, WHNP-BC, FAANP is an attorney and women's health nurse practitioner with over thirty years of experience in health care. She currently serves as Policy Director for the National Association for Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH). As President of Health Policy Advantage, Sue provides policy analysis and consultation to healthcare providers and community organizations responding to a rapidly changing health care environment. Her primary areas of focus include patient safety, women's health care, and value-based care and payment strategies. Recently, she joined SSM Health- St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis as a Women's Health Integration Specialist. Prior to joining St. Mary's, Sue was a Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, where she coordinated the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program. Active in public service at the state and national level, Sue was appointed to the CMS Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) as a patient advocate. Statewide, she was a gubernatorial appointee to the Missouri Patient Safety Commission, where she chaired the Commission's Education subcommittee. A gubernatorial appointee to the Missouri Task Force on Prematurity and Infant Mortality, she currently serves on the sub-committee charged with working to implement the Task Force recommendations. Her clinical practice has focused on caring for underserved populations, including women who are pregnant and at risk for substance use disorders, pregnant and parenting adolescents, and women with disabilities.

Dr. Shelly Smith is a DNP prepared adult health nurse practitioner who currently serves as the DNP Program Director for Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Nursing. Dr. Smith earned her BSN and DNP degrees from the University of Virginian and her MS from Virginia Commonwealth University. She was recently selected as fellow for the Leadership in Academic Nursing Program by the American Association of the Colleges of Nursing. In 2014, she assumed a full time faculty position with VCU after 13 years of clinical practice. Dr. Smith continues to practice in a clinical capacity with Bon Secours serving as a preceptor to nurse practitioner students and as a member of Bon Secours high risk patient management team. Her most recent publications focus on innovative care delivery models, specifically shared medical appointments while her most recent presentation focused on the transition of a DNP prepared clinician from practice to academia. Her teaching focuses on systems leadership and advanced practice roles. Dr. Smith provided expert testimony on behalf of the VCNP in the 2016 General Assembly Session regarding full practice authority legislation.

Dawn Bourne is a Family Nurse Practitioner practicing full-time at UVA Student Health & Wellness. She obtained her Bachelor and Master of Science in Nursing, as well as Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees from the University of Virginia. Her doctoral work focused on moral distress in Primary Care Providers. She is an active member on the Ethics and Moral Distress Consult Services at the University of Virginia Health System. Dawn is active in the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners and is currently serving as state Secretary for a second term.

Phyllis is a nurse practitioner currently employed by Duke Medicine in the breast cancer clinic. She is also the owner of Sapient Health Services, PLLC providing genetic testing services for hereditary cancer syndromes and pharmacogenomic testing. She is in the process of opening the first NP owned and operated practice in central Virginia. She is a speaker for laboratory and pharmaceutical companies at the local, regional and national level.
She received a diploma RN at Norfolk General Hospital School of Professional Nursing in 1979, a BS in Nursing with a Minor in Psychology at UNC-Greensboro in 1983 and her MS in Nursing Administration also at UNC-G in 1988.
She earned two post-masters certificates at Duke. One in Nursing Informatics in 1997 and the second as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with a focus in Primary Care and Oncology in 2005.
Phyllis has held a variety of positions in her nursing career in clinical services, management and research. She is an Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse (AOCN) and obtained her certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse in Genetics (APNG) in 2012.
Phyllis is published and her research in prostate cancer, genetics and Vitamin D has been presented in poster presentations at the national level.
She has served in leadership positions in a variety of nursing and community organizations. She was president of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners(VCNP) and was awarded the Distinguished NP Award at the VCNP annual meeting in March 2016.
She is also involved in her community by serving on the board of the Campbell County Historical Society and volunteers at the historic courthouse museum in Rustburg, VA.

I have worked in cardiology at the University of Virginia Health System since 1988. I obtained my ACNP in 1998 and my FNP in 2010. I currently work in the Cardiology Prevention Clinic and manage patients with hypertension, dyslipidemia, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in addition to a variety of other cardiovascular problems (coronary heart disease, valvular heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure).

Dr. Biddle has been an NP for 36 years, graduating from ODU and has focused in GI specialty practice for 35 years. She has managed patients with all types of GI complaints, including liver diseases. She has been involved in research with various GI disorders and has practiced in GI academic and private practice settings. She also has taught in FNP programs and was involved in advising in a DNP program. She currently is the program director of the MSN-FNP program and teaches along with administrative duties at South University.

Dr. William Sauvé commenced his career in psychiatry with the U.S. Marines followed by service as a Division Officer of inpatient psychiatry at the Naval Medical Center of San Diego. After his years of military practice, Dr. Sauvé relocated to Richmond, Virginia where he started a private psychiatric practice. He joins Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth Centers as Medical Director of our Rockville, Richmond and Charlottesville locations. He also serves as a staff psychiatrist in Tysons Corner.

Sarah Tiesing worked as a nurse for 7 years prior to beginning her career as a Nurse practitioner for the last 10 years. She has experience working in Cardiology, Primary care and Hospital medicine. She is currently working as a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner at CJW Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia where she serves as the Lead Advanced Practice Clinician for her team.

CURRICULUM VITAE


Clifford C. Pyne, MS, ACNP-BC (LCDR, Navy Retired)


PERSONAL DATA: Full Name: Clifford Charles Pyne
SSN: Upon Request
Current Home Address: 65 Elmhurst Drive
Orchard Park, NY 14127
Home Telephone: (716) 667-3355
Cell Phone Number: (716) 870-1936
Current Position: Buffalo Heart Group
3435 Bailey Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Office Telephone: (716) 835-2966
Fax Number: (716) 834-3901
E-mail: ccpyne@gmail.com
Date and Place of Birth: 19 May 1962, Buffalo, NY


EDUCATION: Graduate: University of Maryland School of
Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland
2003 Degree Earned: Masters of Science, Speciality:
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
/Clinical Nurse Specialist

1993 Undergraduate: Daemen College, Buffalo, NY
Degree Earned: Bachelor of Science: Nursing

Associate Degree: Delaware Technical and Community
College
1987 Degree Earned: Associate Degree: Nursing









PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:


August 2014-
Present Nurse Practitioner- Buffalo Heart Group
 Provider General Cardiology currently providing outpatient cardiology services for the local population. Over 3,000 encounters annually. Generating over 250K in revenue for the practice.
 Provider BHG "Heart Failure Clinic" clinical support for the collaborative heart failure (HF) initiative between Catholic Health System and BHG providing outpatient HF services in the local community. Currently serving 350 patients on a rotating basis.
 Supervision provide clinical and administrative supervision for 12 staff members including registered nurses, medical assistants and cardiovascular technicians.
 Clinical Supervisor act as clinical preceptor and supervisor for three to four Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant students annually.
 Proficient in the use of windows based computer programs and electronic medical records (EMR).
 Speaking currently serving on the Novartis and Bristol-Myers Squibb speaker bureaus, providing education to prescribers regarding Entresto and Eliquis.

March 2010-
July 2014 Nurse Practitioner- Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates, Buffalo, New York.
 Cardiology Provider responsible for over 3,000 initial and follow-up cardiology appointments annually. Assisting three cardiologists including electrophysiology. Supervising four staff members.
 Staff Development provided staff education on general cardiology topics.
 Lead Author Chapter 19 “Common Cardiovascular Disorders” in Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach 10e, 2012.
 Lecturer Daemen College on topics including: Cardiac Pathophysiology, 12 Lead ECG interpretation and Assessment and Management of Heart Failure.
 Developed and implemented home visitation cardiology services providing home visits for eight to ten patients monthly.
 Proficient in the use of windows based computer programs and electronic medical records (EMR).
 Certified by CITI Program in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
 Distinguished Alumni-Career Advancement Award: Daemen College 2010

July 2008-
March 2010 Nurse Practitioner-Peninsula Cancer Institute, Newport News, Virginia.
 Nurse Practitioner responsible for evaluation, referral and management of oncology patients.
 Proficient in performing bone marrow biopsies. Completed five to eight biopsies weekly.
 Volunteer Cardiology Provider for the Chesapeake Free Clinic.
 Lecturer Old Dominion University Cardiac Pathophysiology and Assessment.
July 2003-
June 2008 Nurse Practitioner assigned to the Cardiology Division, Naval
Medical Center, Portsmouth (NMCP), VA.
 Associate Director and Nurse Manager for the Heart Failure Clinic (CHF), responsible for evaluating, monitoring and providing direct care for over 250 patients.
 Impaneled with over 600 cardiovascular patient's followed annually.
 Independently conducted and evaluated over 90 treadmill stress tests monthly.
 Director of Internal medicine/Cardiology clinic implementation committee responsible for implementation of AHLTA (EHR) block one.
 Assistant Director Collaborative program implementation between Richmond VA hospital Cardiology and NMCP Cardiology to provide heart failure and angiographic services.
 Patient Contact Representative while on staff at NMCP cardiology clinic
 Volunteer Cardiology Provider for the Chesapeake Free Clinic.
 Voluntarily Instructed: ACLS, BLS, Basic ECG and 12 Lead ECG interpretation courses, for a cost savings of over $15,000.00.
 Attended Heart Failure 2006: An Integrated Approach, September 2006.
 Attended Dysrhythmia Management in the Real World, September 2007.
September 2001
-July 2003 Completed the Navy's Duty Under Instruction Program at the University of
Maryland.
 Voluntarily Taught lectures to over 400 personnel in five Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) courses, five 12 Lead ECG courses, six Basic EKG courses, and two Critical care lectures at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) resulting in a cost savings of over $7,000.00.
 Instructed 25 undergraduate nursing students at the University of Maryland in selected portions of Basic ECG.
 Attended the 7th World Congress on Stress, Trauma and Coping.
October 2000-
September 2001 Heart Failure Clinic Nurse Manager, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth.
 Nurse Manager Heart Failure Clinic. Responsible for case management, physical assessment, scheduling and telephone triage for 15-20 patients weekly. Supervised four registered nurses.
 Director for critical care training presented by the Professional Development Department NMCP, including: Quarterly RN critical care courses, Corpsmen critical care courses, Basic ECG and 12 Lead ECG courses, ACLS and BLS.

May 1999-
October 2000 Cardiology Clinic Nurse NMCP, Assistant Nurse Manager Progressive
Care Unit
 Initiated and managed the NMCP Heart Failure Clinic. Responsible for case management, scheduling and telephone triage for 15-20 heart failure patients weekly. Reduced readmission rate by 50%. Supervised four professional nurses.
 Selected to serve as Department Head Critical Care Nursing department during a staffing shortage.
 Reviewed and revised clinical guidelines prior to the JCAHO inspection. Served on the multidisciplinary JCAHO committee. NMCP received the highest rating.
 Independently conducted 50-70 outpatient Adenosine and Dobutamine cardiac stress tests (EST) per month. Performed 10-15 standard exercise stress tests per month. Reduced provider cost by $36,000 over a 12-month period.
 Coordinator for outpatient and inpatient NMCP Cardiology Clinic nursing services. Supervised 25 RN's and 15 Paraprofessionals.

September 1996-
May 1999 Assistant Nurse Manager/Clinical Educator Cardiac Care Unit, Staff Nurse
Emergency Medicine Department, NMCP.
 Supervised: all staff orientations resulting in a 40% improvement in paraprofessional medication competencies
 Responsible: for monthly scheduling and supervision of 25 RN's and 15 Paraprofessionals. Assisted in all clinical and managerial aspects associated with the CCU and Telemetry Units.
 Instructed: ACLS, BCLS, TNCC, RN Critical Care and Paraprofessional Critical Care courses resulting in $23,367.00 savings to the Navy.
 Coordinated: the five-week summer teen volunteer program for 35 teens between the ages of 13 and 18.
LICENSURE AND
CERTIFICATION: 2003 Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care, New York: #F430215-1 (Current)
1987 Registered Nurse, New York: #425849-1(Current)
2006 Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care, Virginia: #0024167152 (Inactive)
2006 Registered Nurse, Virginia: #0001203927 (Inactive)
-Certified Navy Instructor in Fundamentals of Total Quality Management (TQL), Methods of Managing Quality and Statistical Process Improvement.
-Basic Cardiac Life Support (Current)
-Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Current)

PUBLISHING AND
RESEARCH: 2012 Lead Author for chapter 19 entitled “Common Cardiovascular
Disorders” in Critical Care Nursing: A Holistic Approach 10e, 2012.
2006 Lead Author for chapter entitled “Alterations in Myocardial Tissue
Perfusion,” in “High Acuity Nursing”, Prentice Hall, 2006.
2005 Awarded first place in the annual “Admiral Mary Hall” award for
outstanding publication.
2004 Author for article entitled “Classification of Acute Coronary Syndromes Using the 12-lead Electrocardiogram as a Guide”, in AACN Clinical Issues, Vol. 15 (4) 2004.
2001 Award, for best research poster-presented at the Shea-Arentzen Nursing
Research Symposium; Bethesda, Maryland. Poster Title:
“Implementation of a Nurse Managed, Prevention Focused
Heart Failure Clinic: Enhancing Patients' Options”.
2000 Organized and facilitated the data collection for the NMCP Heart Failure
Clinic. Presented outcome and cost effectiveness data to the NMCP
Executive Steering Committee in support of their ongoing process
improvement efforts.


INVITED
PRESENTATIONS: 2004 “Application of Current Lipid Management Guidelines to Clinical
Practice”, CME presentation to Interns and Residents, Internal Medicine
Clinic, NMCP.
2004 - “Goal-directed Therapy in the Management of Heart Failure”, Presented
2007 as part of ongoing training to primary care providers at NMCP branch
clinics.
2004- “Dyslipidemia Management: New Concepts and Treatment Options”,
2007 presented as part of ongoing training to primary care providers at
NMCP Branch Clinics.
2007 “Targeting the Stage A and B Heart Failure Patient: Preventing Heart
Failure through Aggressive Management”, Transitional Intern training presented August 2007.
2011 “Women and Heart Disease: Update on Current Trends and Treatments”,
presented at the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners Annual
Conference.
2012 “Atrial Fibrillation, Management Options and Anticoagulation Update”,
presented at the Western NY Physician Assistant Association
Conference.
2010-
Present "Cardiac Assessment", Lecture at Daemen College annually (Guest
Lecturer).
2010-
Present "Heart Failure Assessment and Management", Lecture at Daemen
College annually (Guest Lecturer).
2010-
Present "Basic 12 Lead ECG Interpretation", Lecture at Daemen College
annually (Guest Lecturer).

2014- "Women and Heart Disease", "Coronary Artery Disease", and
Present "Myocardial Infarction" present fall semester for D'Youville
College Physician Assistant Program.

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP: 2004-Present American College of Cardiology, Cardiac Care Associate
2003-Present American College of Nurse Practitioners
2003-Present Sigma Theta Tau International-Honor Society of Nursing
1987-Present American Association of Critical Care Nurses

COMMUNITY
SERVICE: 2005-2010 Volunteer Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Chesapeake Care Free Health Clinic
Chesapeake, VA



REFERENCES: Available upon request.


Clifford C. Pyne ACNP-BC

I have a Doctor of Nursing Practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner. As a doctoral student, I was awarded an American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) grant for my project where I developed and launched an integrated oral healthcare program into the Mason and Partners safety-net clinics. This included process development, referral collaboration, and establishment of interprofessional education with the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) dental hygiene program. Additionally, I developed best practice recommendations for inclusion of oral healthcare competencies into the nursing curriculum at George Mason University. My research and practice focus is on oral health and preventive care using evidence based best practice.

Dr. Elizabeth Wheatley, DNP, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC (Nurse Practitioner)

Elizabeth has over 38 years experience in healthcare. Her Bachelor's degree is from Florida State University. She has a Masters in Human Relations from Liberty University and both a Masters in Nursing and Post Masters certificate from University of Virginia. Her Doctor of Nursing Practice is from the University of South Alabama. She is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner through American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
Her mental health practice includes an interest in the individual experience and impact of trauma, as well as church education regarding trauma impact and support. She has been involved as a NP preceptor as well as DNP mentor. Elizabeth's practice philosophy is a partnership with patients from a holistic perspective. This includes medical, psychosocial, and spiritual elements as needed by individual patients.

Professional memberships include: Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Kappa Chapter; American Association of Nurse Practitioners; Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners; Neuroscience Education Institute; and International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

Outside her NP responsibilities, Elizabeth enjoys time with her family (including 7 grandchildren), her church family, gardening, fishing, and assorted creative activities.

I completed my fellowship in Infectious Diseases from VCU in 2011. I work as an Assistant Professor in the division of Infectious Diseases at Eastern Virginia Medical School and have been here for four and a half years. My interests are HIV care, Antimicrobial stewardship and tropical infectious diseases.

Dr. Johnson is Professor and Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Postgraduate Education at the Bernard J. Dunn School of Pharmacy, Shenandoah University. He practices in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Winchester Medical Center. His teaching and research include infectious diseases, spirituality in healthcare, pharmacy postgraduate education. He gives New Drug Updates several times a year locally and within the state. He is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy and completed residency training at VCU Health System.

Walter Whitley, OD, MBA, FAAO serves as the Director of Optometric Services and Residency Program Supervisor at Virginia Eye Consultants in Norfolk, Virginia where his practice encompasses ocular surface disease, glaucoma, surgical co-management, clinical research and the supervision of an extensive referral network. Dr. Whitley is a nationally recognized lecturer on topics ranging from ocular disease, surgical co-management, pharmaceuticals and practice management topics. He serves as Co-Chief Medical Editor for Advanced Ocular Care and contributing editor for the Review of Optometry and Optometry Times.