August 1996          Post graduate, ACNP program               The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

December 1994    Master of Science, Nursing, Education  The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

December 1987    Bachelor of Science, Nursing                 The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

December 1978    Diploma, Nursing                 Idabelle Firestone School of Nursing, Akron, Ohio

1997-2008  Acute Care Nurse Practitioner       Neurosurgery and Neurology Associates, Inc.     Akron, Ohio

1996-1996  Acute Care Nursing Practitioner     Summa Health System                                          Akron, Ohio

1987-1995  Staff Development, Critical Care Division    Summa Health Service                             Akron, Ohio

1984-1987  Perdiem, Critical Care Nursing  University of Michigan Medical Centers      Ann Arbor, Michigan
School Nurse  High Point Center, Washtenaw County                                                    Ann Arbor, Michigan

1982-1984  Critical Care Nursing, Coronary Care Unit                                Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio

1981-1982  Orthopedic Nursing                                                                  Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital

1979-1981  Medical Surgical Nursing      Marymount Hospital                                     Garfield Heights, Ohio

American Nurses Credentialing Center
   -Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, November 1996 to present
   -Staff Development, November 1987 to 1996

American Heart Association ACLS provider 1982 to 2006

American Heart Association ACLS instructor 1982 to 2000

American Heart Association BLS provider 1978 to present

American Heart Association BLS instructor 1985 to 2000

Community                 Risk Factors, Health Disease and Women, American Heart Association
1990-2002                 Risk Factors, Stroke, American Heart Association
                                  Risk Factors, Stroke, The Stroke Club, Barberton Citizens Hospital

Rehabilitation              Parkinson’s Disease, Barberton Citizens Hospital
1999-2002                  Multiple Sclerosis, Barberton Citizens Hospital

Sleep Tech                 Dysrhythmias, Ohio Sleep Disorders Center, 1700 Boettler Road,
1999-2007                  Uniontown, Ohio  

Staff Development     Basic Critical Care Curriculum, Summa Health System, Akron, OH
1987-1995                 Intermediate Critical Care Curriculum, Summa Health System, Akron, OH
Advanced Critical Care Curriculum, Summa Health System, Akron, OH
ACLS, Summa Health System, Akron, OH
BCLS, Summa Health System, Akron, OH

Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses, 2000 to present

Northeast Ohio Nurse Practitioner Group, 1998 to present

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 1997 to present

American Association of Critical Care Nurses, 1982 to 2001

National Nursing Staff Development Organization, 1985 to 1995

American Heart Association/Professional Member, Stroke Council, Council on Clinical
Cardiology, 2006 to present

American College of Nurse Practitioners, 2005 to present

Overwhelming Meningococcal Purpura, Nursing Grand Rounds Nursing, 1995.