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.

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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.

Mark Coles' nursing career spans three continents and over 40 years. He is an NP Hospitalist with Sentara. For VCNP, Mr Coles served for many years initially as Tidewater GR Chair and ultimately VCNP State Government Relations Chair. Mark was the initial VCNP representative to the Virginia Center for Health Innovation and remains currently appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Joint Boards of Medicine and Nursing. Mark has been a front-line advocate for NP autonomous practice for more than twenty years.

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).

Todd began his nursing career in 2000. His first RN positions were in the Coronary and Coronary Medical ICUs and the Emergency Department at VCU Health. Todd started as an NP in 2003 and joined the division of Trauma Surgery and established the Lead Advanced Practice Provider (APP) role in 2006. Todd has managed and supervised the APP clinical operations of the Acute Care Surgery Service (ACSS) to develop and maintain strong clinical performance and outcomes that support the practice of high quality, evidenced-based, consistent and effective trauma and acute care surgery and advanced nursing care. He is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, and is the current President Elect of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Carolinas/Virginias chapter. As a current Senior Advanced Practice Provider with ACSS, Todd continues to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, house staff, nurses and all ancillary staff to work towards achieving the best outcomes for all patients.

I am a Family Nurse Practitioner working in the UVA Family Medicine Clinic. I am the Director of Ambulatory Quality Improvement for the Department of Family Medicine and hold the role of Co-Medical Director. I also sit on the board for our provider group and And am a member of several clinical committees.

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.