Distinguished Nursing Alumni
The School of Nursing has provided nursing education since 1937 and is continuing its tradition of being a critical link to healthier communities and a source of pride for Pittsburgh and beyond. We have prepared leaders, locally and globally, to positively impact health and advocate for the oppressed and vulnerable. We are indeed fortunate to have accomplished clinicians, executives, faculty, and deans among our alumni who are leaders in the nursing discipline. Please join me in congratulating these distinguished alumni.
Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN
Dean and Professor
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Myrna Abi Abdallah-Doumit, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN President of the Order of Nurses in Lebanon (similar to the ANA in the US) |
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Anne R. Bavier, PhD, RN, FAAN
PhD 2003 Former Dean, University of Texas, Arlington |
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Noreen Beardmore, BSN, RN Former Health and Safety Coordinator for the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana Schools |
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Susan Beck Larson, PhD, APRN, AOCN, FAAN Oncology Nursing Society Nurse Researcher of the Year 2012 |
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Mary Ann Cantrell, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN Professor and Director of PhD Program, Villanova University School of Nursing |
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Rita Carty, DNSc, RN, FAAN Former Dean, School of Nursing, George Mason University |
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Kathy Czekanski, PhD, RN, CNE Dean and Associate Professor, LaSalle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences |
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Margaret DiCuccio, PhD, MSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer |
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Judy Didion, PhD, MSN, RN Dean, Oakland University School of Nursing |
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James Doelling MS, BSN, RN CEO/Medical Center Director at the Hines VA Hospital in Hines, IL |
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Maryann Fralic, DrPH, RN, FAAN Former Chief Nursing Officer, Professor Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations, John Hopkins University |
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Karen Gittings, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl Dean, Francis Marion University School of Health Sciences, Florence, SC |
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Faye Grund, PhD, APRN Dean and Administrative Officer, Ashland University |
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Sister Louise Grundish, MEd, MNEd, BSN, RN Current President of Archivists of Congregations of Women Religious (ACWR) |
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Rose Higgins, MPM, BSN Chief Executive Officer, HealthMyne |
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Diane Hupp, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC |
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Barbara Karaktkey Colin, MSN, BSN, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Bayada Nurses, Moorestown, NJ |
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Mary (Mallie) Kozy, PhD, APRN, BC, RN Dean, Linfield College School of Nursing, Portland, OR |
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Leah Laffey, DNP, RN CEO, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Sewickley |
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Richard Longo, RN, FACHE, FACMPE Healthcare Consultant |
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Stephanie Kopp Marshall, MSN, RN, FAAN Director for Community Partnerships for the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa |
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Carolynn Masters, PhD, RN Former Provost and Academic Vice President of Gannon University in Erie, PA |
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Maribeth McLaughlin, MPM, BSN, RN Vice President of Women's Health for UPMC and Vice President of Operations, Magee-Women's Hospital of UPMC |
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Denise McNulty, DNP, RN Chief Nursing Officer, Park Royal Hospital |
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Diane Mead, BSN, RN President and CEO, Bethany Hospice |
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Ramona Nelson, PhD, RN-BC, ANEF, FAAN Professor Emerita, Slippery Rock University |
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Wendy Robinson, PhD, RN, FNP-BC,CNE President/CEO, Helene Fuld College of Nursing |
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Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli, Phd, RN, FAAN Chief Nursing Officer, Bon Secours Health System |
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Gretchen Schumacher, PhD, GNP-C, FNP, NP-C Director of Nurse Practitioner Program, |
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Lori Schumacher Anderson, PhD, RN Associate Dean Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Georgia Health Sciences University |
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Major General Kimberly Siniscalchi, MSN, BSN, RN Assistant Air Force Surgeon General, Medical Force Development |
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Amy Smith, DNP, RN Chief Operating Officer, Sharon Regional Health System |
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Marlaine C. Smith, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN Former Dean and Helen K. Persson Eminent Scholar for the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University |
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Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN Dean and Professor, Duquesne University School of Nursing |
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Susan A. Stuart, BSN, RN President and CEO |
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Allison Squires, PhD, RN, FAAN Associate Professor, New York University |
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Suzan Ulrich, DrPH, CNM, FACNM Dean of Nursing & Respiratory Care, Henrietta Schmoll School of Health, St. Catherine University |
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Patricia Valoon, MSN, RN Retired, Senior Administrator and Chief Nursing Officer, New York University Langone Medical Center |
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Sister Carol Zupancic, MSN, BSN, RN Former Vice President of Nursing at St. Francis Hospital |