Nursing Now Conference Speakers
Marion J. Ball, EdD
Senior Advisor, Healthcare and Life Sciences Institute, IBM Research
Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Anthony DiGioia III, MD
Renaissance Orthopaedics, PC
PFCC Partners@ the Innovation Center of UPMC
Jacqueline Dunbar-Jacob, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Mary Beth Happ, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and UPMC System Chair in Nursing Science
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Rose Hoffmann, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Leader Area of Concentration
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Susan Hoolahan, MSN, RN, NES-BC
Vice President, Patient Care Services / CNO
UPMC Passavant
2008 Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow
Holly Lorenz, MSN, RN
UPMC Chief Nurse Executive
Kathy Magdic, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP
Assistant Professor
Coordinator, ACNP Area of Concentration
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Marcia McCaw, BSN, RN
Unit Director
12 North, Abdominal Transplant
UPMC Presbyterian
Marianne McConnell, MN, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ, FACHE
Executive Director, Clinical and Operational Informatics
UPMC Presbyterian eRecord Informatics
John M. O’Donnell, DrPH, RN, CRNA, MSN
Associate Professor
Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Tim Porter-O’Grady, EdD, DM, APRN, FAAN
Tim Porter-O’Grady Associates, Inc.
Author and Consultant
Carol Scholle, MSN, RN
Clinical Director
Transplant and Dialysis Service
UPMC Presbyterian
Dave Sharbaugh
President, SmartRoom®
UPMC
Patricia Tuite, MSN, RN
Instructor
Coordinator, Medical-Surgical Clinical Nurse Specialist Area of Concentration
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Andrew R. Watson, MD, MLitt, FACS
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
UPMC Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery
Medical Director, Center for Connected Medicine
Gail Wolf, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor
Coordinator, Administration and Leadership Area of Concentration
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing
Deborah T. Zimmerman, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services
Virginia Commonwealth University Health Center