Meet our DNP Faculty
Faculty in Vanderbilt’s DNP program are doctorally-prepared, predominantly those who are actively practicing APNs. Specific qualifications reflect the course responsibilities. Faculty are actively engaged in their own scholarly projects. Our core faculty are listed below. Additional faculty teach in the DNP program and serve as advisors.
Program Leadership
Terri Donaldson
Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program
Associate Professor
603D Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.7732
Fax: 615.343.7505
Email: terri.donaldson@vanderbilt.edu
Linda D. Norman
Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing
Senior Associate Dean for Academics
Co-Director, Ph.D. in Nursing Science Program
215 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.3804
Fax: 615.322.1708
Email: linda.norman@vanderbilt.edu
Staff
Mindy Kessler
DNP Program Administrative Manager
603C Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.7371
Fax: 615.343.7788
Email: mindy.d.kessler@vanderbilt.edu
Pamela Pettis
Department Education Specialist
603 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.8419
Fax: 615.343.7788
Email: pam.pettis@vanderbilt.edu
Faculty in the Program
Susan M. Adams
Director, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Family) Program
Professor
384 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.3324
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: susie.adams@vanderbilt.edu
Angel Anthamatten
Assistant Professor
358 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.9835
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: angel.anthamatten@vanderbilt.edu
Debra Arnow
Assistant Professor
222 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.8607
Fax: 615.341.3925
Email: debbie.arnow@vanderbilt.edu
Joshua Baxter
Assistant Professor
106 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.4400
Email: joshua.l.baxter@vanderbilt.edu
Linda Beuscher
Assistant Professor
513 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.1849
Fax: 615.343.7788
Email: linda.m.beuscher@vanderbilt.edu
Steven Busby
Assistant Professor
355 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.875.5604
Fax: 615.343.7711
Email: steven.busby@vanderbilt.edu
Sharon Bryant
Assistant Professor
360 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.936.5161
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: sharon.bryant@vanderbilt.edu
Amy Bull
Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program
Assistant Professor
352 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.0765
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: amy.w.bull@vanderbilt.edu
Cara Callaway Lane
Assistant Professor
Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.873.7995
Email: carol.l.callaway.lane@vanderbilt.edu
Tom Christenbery
Assistant Professor
313 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.2947
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: tom.christenbery@vanderbilt.edu
Michelle R. Collins
Director, Nurse Midwifery Program
Associate Professor
348 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.936.5494
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: michelle.r.collins@vanderbilt.edu
Tom H. Cook
Assistant Professor
School Health Director,
Vanderbilt Children's Hospital
512 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.3296
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: tom.cook@vanderbilt.edu
Karen D'Apolito
Director, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program
Professor
420 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.2682
Fax: 615.343.5898
Email: karen.dapolito@vanderbilt.edu
Sharon Fleming
Instructor
315 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.3152
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: sharon.y.fleming@vanderbilt.edu
Sarah C. Fogel
Associate Professor
306 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.0098
Fax: 615.343.7788
Email: sarah.fogel@vanderbilt.edu
Mary Jo Gilmer
Professor
417 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.0938
Fax: 615.343.5898
Email: maryjo.gilmer@vanderbilt.edu
Jeff Gordon
Professor of Informatics
520 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.875.8648
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: jeff.s.gordon@vanderbilt.edu
Sharon Holley
Assistant Professor
354 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.936.8956
Fax: 615.292.9706
Email: sharon.holley@vanderbilt.edu
Catherine Ivory
Assistant Professor
366 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.875.8941
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: catherine.h.ivory@vanderbilt.edu
Joan E. King
Director, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
Professor
340 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.3278
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: joan.king@vanderbilt.edu
Stephen Krau
Associate Professor
309 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.936.5154
Cell: 615.479.7333
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: stephen.d.krau@vanderbilt.edu
Jana Lauderdale
Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor
218 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.2228
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: jana.lauderdale@vanderbilt.edu
Treasa K. Leming-Lee
Assistant Professor
1024-C 18th Avenue South
Phone: 615.322.7438
Fax: 615.341.3925
Email: susie.leming-lee@vanderbilt.edu
Kathryn Lindstrom
Assistant Professor
303 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.875.3381
Fax: 615.343.7711
Email:kathryn.b.lindstrom@vanderbilt.edu
Rene Love
Assistant Professor
355 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.875.3346
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: rene.love@vanderbilt.edu
Donna B. McArthur
Professor
DNP Program Director 2008-2012
603D Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.2174
Fax: 615.322.1708
Email: donna.mcarthur@vanderbilt.edu
Anne A. Moore
Director, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Program
Professor
366 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.8519
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: anne.moore@vanderbilt.edu
Bette Moore
Associate Professor
603B Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.9373
Fax: 615.343.8204
Email: elizabeth.moore@vanderbilt.edu
Ginny Moore
Instructor
374 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.945.6595
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: ginny.moore@vanderbilt.edu
Susan Mott-Coles
Assistant Professor
345 A Frist Hall
Phone: 615.936.5167
Email: susan.m.coles@vanderbilt.edu
Maria L. Overstreet
Assistant Professor
603A Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.4797
Fax: 615.936.0228
Pager: 615.923.9836
Email: maria.overstreet@vanderbilt.edu
Abby Parish
Assistant Professor
358 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.289.3414
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: abby.parish@vanderbilt.edu
Julia Phillippi
Assistant Professor
354 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.2683
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: julia.phillippi@vanderbilt.edu
Bonnie A. Pilon
Director, Health System Management Program
Professor of Nursing, Health Systems Management
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical and Community Partnerships
1024-C 18th Ave
Phone: 615.322.1561
Fax: 615.343.3327
Email: bonnie.pilon@vanderbilt.edu
Shea Polancich
Director Quality and Patient Safety Vanderbilt Medical Center
Lecturer
2135 Blakemore Avenue
Phone: 615.343.7809
Email: shea.polancich@vanderbilt.edu
Geri C. Reeves
Assistant Professor
350 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.4679
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: geri.reeves@vanderbilt.edu
Sheila Ridner
Professor
525 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.322.0831
Fax: 615.343.7788
Email: sheila.ridner@vanderbilt.edu
Mavis Schorn
Assistant Dean for Academics
Associate Professor
213 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.5876
Fax: 615.343.3998
Email: mavis.schorn@vanderbilt.edu
Patricia A. Scott
Instructor
NICU Centennial Women's Hospital
Phone: 615.747.9547
Fax: 615.342.4661
Email: patricia.scott@vanderbilt.edu
Clare Thomson-Smith
Director, Center for Advanced Practice Nursing and Allied Health
Assistant Dean for Faculty Practice
220 Godchaux Hall
Phone: 615.343.7566
Fax: 615.343.8646
Email: clare.thomson-smith@vanderbilt.edu
Trish Trangenstein
Director, Nurse Informatics Program
Professor
334 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.3246
Fax: 615.936.2549
Email: trish.trangenstein@vanderbilt.edu
Richard Watters
Associate Professor
1024C 18th Avenue South
Voicemail: 615.936.0000
Voicemail Mailbox: 67214
Fax: 615.341.3925
Email: richard.watters@vanderbilt.edu
Betsy Weiner
Senior Associate Dean for Informatics
Centennial Independence Foundation Professor of Nursing
260 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.322.4639
Fax: 615.936.2549
Email: betsy.weiner@vanderbilt.edu
Jennifer Wilbeck
Coordinator, Emergency Nurse Practitioner Focus
Associate Professor
336 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.322.4195
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: jennifer.wilbeck@vanderbilt.edu
Terry Witherington
Director, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Program
368 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.343.7510
Fax: 615.347.7711
Email: terry.witherington@vanderbilt.edu
Kelly Wolgast
Assistant Professor
1024C 18th Avenue South
Phone: 615.343.4491
Fax: 615.341.3925
Email: kelly.a.wolgast@vanderbilt.edu
Courtney Young
Assistant Professor
360 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.875.4008
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: courtney.j.young@vanderbilt.edu
Carol C Ziegler
Assistant Professor
345 Frist Hall
Phone: 615.875.2414
Fax: 615.936.0228
Email: carol.c.ziegler@vanderbilt.edu
