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Bayla Berkowitz, MS ’07, was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives at the organization’s 67th annual meeting and exhibition in May 2022.

Paul Thurman, PhD ’18, MS ’07, shared his knowledge of prescriptive authority for clinical nurse specialists (CNS) as it relates to advocacy, legislation, and implementation at the CNS Curbside Consult at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in April 2022.

Robyn Lanasa, BSN ’09, has joined UMSMG – Cardiology, in Easton.

Angela Novas, BSN ’09, is the chief medical officer at the Hospice Foundation of America in Washington, D.C.

2010s

Rebecca Aiken, MS ’10; Jennifer Zeller, DNP ’22, MS ’10; and Michele McKee, MS ’16, received Health Care Heroes awards from The (Maryland) Daily Record. Aiken and Zeller received individual Nurse Practitioner of the Year awards, while McKee was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award.

Michelle D’Alessandro, DNP ’10, has been appointed chief nursing officer at UMUCH in Bel Air.

Hana Gebrewold, MS ’10, received the Compassionate Caregiver Award at Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center’s annual The Sisters of Mercy Nursing Awards ceremony in May 2022.

Marian Grant, DNP ’10, and colleagues authored an article, “The Equity Issue with Advance Care Planning Cost Sharing,” that was published in Health Affairs Forefront in March 2022.

Lindsay Ward, MS ’14, BSN ’10, was named as one of 50Forward Emerging Leaders by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.

Nicole Beeson, MS ’21, BSN ’11, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, was quoted in December in a CBS Baltimore news story about the nursing shortage in Baltimore County.

Nicole Lollo, MS ’12, has been selected as president-elect of the Nurse Practitioner Association of Maryland.

Deirdre Smith, MS ’15, BSN ’12, a vascular surgery nurse practitioner at UMBWMC talked about the prevalence and warning signs of vascular disease on Maryland Public Television in September.

Sherri Bauman, MS ’13, works at the UMB Institute of Human Virology as a research nurse coordinator.

Claire Miller, BSN ’14, has joined Mercy Personal Physicians in Lutherville, Maryland, to provide care to patients of all ages.

Emily Nicoli, MS ’14, was a guest speaker at the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s annual conference in Baltimore in March 2022.

Amanda Palmer, BSN ’15, was recognized as a Team Member of the Quarter during the UMMC Midtown Campus Leadership Forum in March 2022.

Joseph Haymore, DNP ’16, has been named director of clinical innovation at Spartan Medical, a company that provides advanced medical devices and technologies for U.S. Veterans Administration and Department of Defense surgeons.

Christine Simon-Waterman, DNP ’16, president of the Maryland Nurses Association, provided guest commentary in Maryland Matters in October about the value of school nurses.

Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD ’18, was featured in a TIME magazine article in November about a rise in home births during the pandemic.

Fellows Selected to National Organizations

Congratulations to the 10 alumni, including two UMSON faculty members, inducted as 2022 American Academy of Nursing (AAN) Fellows in October and the three alumni inducted as 2022 American Association of Nurse Practitioner (AANP) Fellows in June. They join communities of more than 3,000 AAN and more than 900 AANP Fellows worldwide.

Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing

Michelle Munroe, MS ’03, BSN ’92, founder, Coastal Georgia Women’s Foundation

Susan Bindon, DNP ’11, MS ’96, associate professor and associate dean for faculty development, UMSON

Kenneth Rempher, PhD ’05, MS ’99, adjunct clinical professor, University of North Carolina Greensboro School of Nursing

Desiree Clement, MS ’03, BSN ’01, assistant professor and assistant dean of graduate clinical programs, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Bimbola F. Akintade, PhD ’11, MS ’05, BSN ’03, dean, East Carolina University College of Nursing

Christine Pintz, PhD ’06, professor, George Washington University

Stephan Davis, BSN ’07, assistant professor; executive director, inclusive leadership education; and assistant dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Virginia Commonwealth University College of Health Professions

Ingrid Pretzer-Aboff, PhD ’07, associate professor and senior nurse researcher, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing

Kelly Doran, PhD ’11, MS ’08, associate professor, UMSON Marian Grant, DNP ’10, senior regulatory advisor, Coalition to Transform Advanced Care

Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Joanne Silbert-Flagg, MS ’83, BSN ’79, associate professor and director, MSN programs, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Desiree Clement, MS ’03, BSN ’01, assistant professor and assistant dean of graduate clinical programs, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

Brigit Vangraafeiland, DNP ’08, associate professor and associate director, DNP Executive Track, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Alex Kim, BSN ’19, was interviewed by Buzzfeed in February 2022 about his experiences as a travel nurse and his use of TikTok as a platform for sharing information about the nursing profession.

Young Ho Kim, MSN ’19, UMSON adjunct faculty, received an Excellence in Teaching Award – Clinical Education at UMSON’s Convocation in May 2022.

2020s

Anna Lou Paniza, BSN ’20, who works on the in-patient adolescent care unit at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, received a DAISY Award in November 2021.

Chelsea Macatangay, BSN ’21, was photographed caring for an infant at University of Maryland Children’s Hospital, in a Baltimore Sun article in October about children with respiratory viruses overwhelming Maryland hospitals.