Councils - Nursing, Health Science, and Allied Health
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All ISHLT members with an interest in Nursing, Health Sciences, and/or Allied Health, are invited to join the ISHLT NHSAH Discussion Group. Subscribers will be able to join a worldwide community of allied health professionals. This group will cover all topics related to allied health in heart and lung transplantation, and only members will be able to post and view group content. We hope to make this the premier site to discuss difficult issues, gaps in knowledge, or to tap into the expertise of your colleagues. To receive an invitation to join, please send an introductory email to our discussion group moderator at nursing-ishlt@googlegroups.com - from your professional email address with credentials (name, professional title, affiliation and full contact information). Sorry, this group is not open to industry.
The ISHLT NHSAH google group home page is: http://groups.google.com/group/nursing-ishlt |
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University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
215-662-2366
Nancy.Blumenthal@uphs.upenn.edu | Nancy Blumenthal, CRNP, is Director of Clinical Practice & Senior Nurse Practitioner in the Department of Transplant Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been a Nurse Coordinator for PENN's Lung Transplant Team since 1993. She is a frequent lecturer for both graduate and undergraduate programs at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and currently holds a faculty appointment as an instructor within the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. She received her BS from Boston University School of Nursing, her MSN with a cardiopulmonary specialty in adult health and illness track and her CRNP from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. |  |
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
604-806-8976
akaan@providencehealth.bc.ca | Annemarie Kaan, MCN, RN, is Adjunct Professor and Clinical Nurse Specialist in Acute and Chronic Heart Failure at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She teaches in the areas of heart transplantation, heart failure, acute heart failure and the use of mechanical assistance for the management of acute heart failure. She has supervised BSN and masters students in these areas as well as facilitated nursing student’s clinical time in the area of cardiology. Her research interests include VAC Caregiver burden, smoking after heart transplantation, and web-based self-monitoring tools for heart failure patients. |  |
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California, USA
310-423-4351
bernice.coleman@cshs.org | Bio coming soon... | | ISHLT BOARD OF DIRECTORS LIAISON |  |
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
416-340-4800 x 6574
susan.chernenko@uhn.on.ca | Susan Chernenko is a Nurse Practitioner with the Toronto Lung Transplant Program. She has been in clinical practice since 2002 following completion of a Masters degree in Advanced Nursing Practice from the University of Alberta. She currently holds a position of Clinical Practice Leader/Program Development within the Toronto Lung Transplant Program. Susan partners with medical, surgical and multidisciplinary colleagues in the management of patients with end-stage lung disease through their trajectory of illness towards and following lung transplantation. Susan has been appointed to various leadership positions locally, nationally and internationally and has lectured frequently on key issues pertaining to lung transplantation. She currently holds cross appointment as adjunct lecturer with the Lawrence S Bloomberg, Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. | | 2012 ANNUAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES |  |
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
412-624-5314
ajdst42@pitt.edu | Annette DeVito Dabbs, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Associate Professor and Interim Vice Chair of Acute and Tertiary Care at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She received her AD in Respiratory Care from the University of Toledo, her BSN from Kent State University, her MN in Physiological Nursing and Pulmonary CNS from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and her PhD in Nursing from the University of Pittsburgh. Her scholarly interests include health-related quality of life after lung transplantation, active partnerships between patients and clinicians, qualitative research, and mixed-methods analysis techniques. |  |
Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
61-402-247-965
b.levvey@alfred.org.au | Bio coming soon... | | WORKFORCE LEADERS |  |
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
205-975-8611
cwwilli@uabmc.edu | Connie White-Williams, PhD, RN, FAAN, works in the Center for Nursing Excellence at the University of Alabama Birmingham. Her primary responsibility is the incorporation of evidence based practice and research into the nursing infrastructure. For the previous 24 years, she was a cardiothoracic transplant coordinator where she devoted her nursing career to cardiothoracic transplantation and achieved distinction as a clinician, researcher, and educator.
Dr. White-Williams received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She received her Master of Science, which focused on Cardiovascular Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate, and doctoral degree from the University of Alabama School of Nursing in Birmingham. Upon graduation, she was awarded the 2009 Outstanding Doctoral Student Distinction. In 2009, she received the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation Excellence in Research Award. |  |
University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
612-273-5607
mpetty1@fairview.org | Dr. Michael Petty is a Cardiothoracic Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. He received his nursing degree from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in 1996 and earned his PhD at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in 2010. He began his career as a staff nurse in the Surgical ICU at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic, and has held a variety of clinical, administrative, and industry roles in the subsequent years. Much of his focus and interest during that time has been in the care of patients with cardiovascular disorders requiring medical, surgical, and transplant interventions. |  |
University of Leuven
Leuven, BELGIUM
32-16-33-69-81
fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be | Dr. Dobbels is a psychologist with clinical experience in the field of heart transplantation. She is a professor at the Center for Health Services and Nursing Research at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Her key research topics include patient adherence, psychosocial issues and patient reported outcomes related to transplantation and other chronic illnesses. |  |
Alfred/Deakin Nursing Research Center
Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
61-3-9244-6122
judy.currey@deakin.edu.au | Associate Professor Judy Currey coordinates ten critical care and perioperative postgraduate nursing programs at Deaking University, Melbourne Australia. In 2011 Judy was awarded an Australian Learning and Teaching Council citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning. In 2010 Judy was awarded four teaching and innovation awards including the Deakin University Teacher of the Year. At The Alfred/Deakin Nursing Research Centre, Judy's research program is focused on nurses' decision making to optimize recovery after critical illness (heart and lung transplantation), medication quality and safety, and the impact of health technologies (MCS) on patient outcomes and carers. Judy also researches teaching and assessment methods to improve graduate's skills, knowledge and attributes in critical care nurses and is an international expert in Team-Based Learning. | |
Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
61-402-247-965
b.levvey@alfred.org.au | Bio coming soon... |  |
Mount Sinai Medical Center
arzellra.walters@mountsinai.org | Bio coming soon... |
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