Faculty Directory
All teaching faculty at the UVA School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Director of the Mary Morton Parsons Clinical Simulation Learning Center
Director of Interprofessional Collaboration
McLeod 3010
rma8y@virginia.edu
McLeod 4005
kda8xj@virginia.edu
Jeanne Alhusen, PhD, CRNP, RN, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Nursing Research
University of Virginia Medical Center Endowed Professor of Nursing
McLeod 5005
(434) 924-1585
(434) 924-1585
jla7e@virginia.edu
(434) 243-7718
(434) 243-7718
jra6d@virginia.edu
McLeod 5038
kma8mk@virginia.edu
(434) 806-8765
(434) 806-8765
ma9kv@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2005
aka5nd@virginia.edu
Marianne Baernholdt, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
The Pew Charitable Trusts Dean and Professor
Dean of Professional Nursing for the Medical Center
CMNEB 3115
mb2vy@Virginia.EDU
(434) 243-6661
(434) 243-6661
cms5q@virginia.edu
Amy Boitnott, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CPNP-PC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Pediatric Primary Care Specialty Lead
McLeod 4006
(434) 982-1094
(434) 982-1094
ald4p@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2109
(434) 924-0102
(434) 924-0102
kdw5f@virginia.edu
(434) 305-7302
(434) 305-7302
hns3j@virginia.edu
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinical Nurse Leader Specialty Lead
CMNEB 2107
(540) 256-5960
(540) 256-5960
slb4w@virginia.edu
Caitlin Burchfield, DNP, RN, AGPCNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
McLeod 4018
ceb9p@virginia.edu
McLeod 5027
hb7ze@virginia.edu
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director of Global Initiatives
McLeod 4013
clc5t@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2022
(434) 924-0063
(434) 924-0063
pfc4n@virginia.edu
McLeod 4058
(434) 924-0105
(434) 924-0105
csc7a@virginia.edu
(434) 924-2409
(434) 924-2409
hth3qw@virginia.edu
McLeod 4060
bmc8b@virginia.edu
Sarah Craig, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K, CHSE, CNE
Associate Professor of Nursing
CMNEB 2101
sjw5y@virginia.edu
McLeod 5007
kjd2m@virginia.edu
Regina DeGennaro, DNP, CNS, RN, AOCN, CNL
Professor of Nursing
Department Chair of Undergraduate Nursing Programs
CMNEB 2111
(434) 924-0116
(434) 924-0116
rmd3e@virginia.edu
(434) 297-7522
(434) 297-7522
jse5q@virginia.edu
(434) 243-6364
(434) 243-6364
lme9k@virginia.edu
Kimberly Elgin, DNP, APRN, ACNS-BC, PCCN, CMSRN, FCNS
Clinician Educator of Nursing/Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
(434) 982-0950
(434) 982-0950
kwe2y@virginia.edu
McLeod 5006
(434) 982-3285
(434) 982-3285
meg4u@virginia.edu
McLeod 4008
ece5c@virginia.edu
Christina Feggans-Langston, DHA, MSN, RN
Westhaven Nursing Clinical Community Health Nurse
Clinical Instructor of Nursing
(434) 243-1869
(434) 243-1869
cgf7c@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2106
mbf8h@virginia.edu
Louise Fleming, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean for Academic Operations
Professor of Nursing
CMNEB 3107
(434) 924-0106
(434) 924-0106
nsd5ds@virginia.edu
Jennifer Gaines, MSN, RN, CHSE, IBCLC
Clinical Simulation Educator, Mary Morton Parsons Clinical Simulation Learning Center
Instructor of Nursing
McLeod 3010
jeu3bp@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2015
(434) 924-5671
(434) 924-5671
lkg5fd@virginia.edu
McLeod 5008
js6zn@virginia.edu
McLeod 5036
(434) 924-5586
(434) 924-5586
sg5m@virginia.edu
Melissa Gomes, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
CMNEB 3028
mg3uq@virginia.edu
Clinical Professor of Nursing
Professor of Pediatrics, UVA School of Medicine
Professor of Anesthesiology, UVA School of Medicine
McLeod 4009
(434) 982-1707
(434) 982-1707
jah4ub@virginia.edu
(304) 692-4163
(304) 692-4163
kmh5ht@virginia.edu
Sara Hallowell, DNP, RN, CPNP-PC, CNL
Associate Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Nursing Programs
CMNEB 2003
sch4v@virginia.edu
(434) 924-0311
(434) 924-0311
ssh9t@virginia.edu
(434) 924-5671
(434) 924-5671
qby3ge@virginia.edu
(434) 296-5832
(434) 296-5832
plh6z@Virginia.EDU
McLeod 4015
mco2y@virginia.edu
Samantha Hudgins, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CHSE
Clinical Simulation Educator, Mary Morton Parsons Clinical Simulation Learning Center
Instructor of Nursing
McLeod 3010
slh3fj@virginia.edu
McLeod 4059
arh7kz@virginia.edu
(434) 806-3336
(434) 806-3336
mlc7d@virginia.edu
Randy Jones, PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Partner Development and Engagement
Jeanette Lancaster Alumni Professor of Nursing (Endowed Professor)
McLeod 4054
(434) 924-0125
(434) 924-0125
raj9c@virginia.edu
McLeod 4061
jck9e@virginia.edu
Tracy Kelly, DNP, APRN, CPNP-P/AC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Pediatric Acute Care Specialty Lead
McLeod 4010
tpk2bf@virginia.edu
Dominique Klakoski, PhD
(Dominique Tobbell)
Professor & Director of the Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Centennial Distinguished Professor of Nursing (Endowed Professorship)
McLeod 5034
rnp6dm@virginia.edu
(434) 924-5671
(434) 924-5671
kmw2zw@virginia.edu
Kathryn Laughon, PhD, RN, FAAN, SANE-A/SANE-P
Associate Professor of Nursing
PhD Program Lead
McLeod 5041
(434) 924-1985
(434) 924-1985
klc6e@virginia.edu
Virginia LeBaron, PhD, APRN, FAANP, FAAN
Associate Professor of Nursing
Kluge-Schakat Associate Professor of Compassionate Care (Endowed Professorship)
McLeod 5013
vtl6k@virginia.edu
Christopher Lecznar, MSN, APRN, ACCNS-AG, CCRN, TCRN
(Christoph Lecznar)
Clinical Instructor of Nursing
Jeanel Little, DNP, RN, CCRN, AG-ACNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty Lead
McLeod 4047
jgp2n@virginia.edu
McLeod 4011
jl3zj@virginia.edu
Professor of Nursing
The Emily Davie & Joseph S. Kornfeld Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Director, Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine
(434) 924-5695
(434) 924-5695
mfm@virginia.edu
McLeod 5012
(434) 243-3936
(434) 243-3936
ms2bv@virginia.edu
(434) 760-2050
(434) 760-2050
cm2s@virginia.edu
McLeod 4026
(434) 924-5856
(434) 924-5856
nlb7r@virginia.edu
(540) 292-7958
(540) 292-7958
mem2fc@virginia.edu
McLeod 5037
emm6z@virginia.edu
McLeod 4057
(434) 924-2704
(434) 924-2704
dkc9az@virginia.edu
Malinda Myers, DNP, RN, FNP-BC
(Malinda L Whitlow)
Associate Professor of Nursing
Undergraduate Program Lead
CMNEB 2103
mlw7b@virginia.edu
(434) 924-1955
(434) 924-1955
ygn7w@virginia.edu
James Nisley, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, CHSE
Clinical Simulation Educator, Mary Morton Parsons Clinical Simulation Learning Center
Instructor of Nursing
McLeod 3010
jrn9w@virginia.edu
Director, Compassionate Care Initiative, School of Nursing
Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Julie Logan Sands Associate Professor, Darden School of Business
Partner Development
& Engagement
CMNEB 3026
(434) 982-2730
(434) 982-2730
eap5a@virginia.edu
Beth Quatrara, DNP, RN, CMSRN, ACNS-BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
Acute Care CNS Specialty Lead
McLeod 4056
bad3e@virginia.edu
Kathleen Rea, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, PCCN, CNL
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Clinician Educator of Nursing
(434) 243-3791
(434) 243-3791
kmj6d@virginia.edu
Kathryn Reid, PhD, RN, FNP-C, CNL
Associate Professor of Nursing
Director, School of Nursing Continuing Education
CMNEB 2113
(434) 924-0115
(434) 924-0115
kjb@virginia.edu
McLeod 4016
gr5u@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2122
(434) 465-8935
(434) 465-8935
rr2m@virginia.edu
(434) 996-2903
(434) 996-2903
ser5u@virginia.edu
CMNEB 2121
(434) 962-7964
(434) 962-7964
jah3t@virginia.edu
(434) 982-0175
(434) 982-0175
fdm6q@virginia.edu
(434) 924-9005
(434) 924-9005
pas9c@virginia.edu
McLeod 5040
(434) 243-3974
(434) 243-3974
gxf6qx@virginia.edu
Christian Simmers, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Instructor of Nursing
Clinical Integration Specialist
Academic Clinical Coordinator - FNP
McLeod 4046
crw7b@virginia.edu
(434) 924-5504
(434) 924-5504
des9k@virginia.edu
Shelly Smith, PhD, DNP, APRN-BC, FAAN, FNAP
Professor of Nursing
Associate Dean for Graduate Nursing Programs
CMNEB 3007
srp5k@virginia.edu
David Strider, DNP, MSB, APRN, CCRN, ACNP-BC
(David V Strider Jr.)
Vascular Nurse Practitioner
Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing
Elizabeth Taliaferro-Jones, MSN, RN
Instructor of Nursing
Pre-Licensure Clinical Specialty Lead
CMNEB 2120
ewt3e@virginia.edu
Crystal Toll, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, PCCN
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Competency Based Education Champion
McLeod 4019
clt2w@virginia.edu
(434) 924-8604
(434) 924-8604
aet8u@virginia.edu
(434) 924-3766
(434) 924-3766
dhw2k@virginia.edu
Richard Westphal, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN
Professor of Nursing
Woodard Clinical Scholar in the School of Nursing
Co-Director, Wisdom and Wellbeing, UVA Health
McLeod 5042
(434) 982-1649
(434) 982-1649
rjw5a@virginia.edu
Gretchen Wiersma, DNP, RN, CNE, CHSE
Associate Professor of Nursing
RN-BSN Specialty Lead
McLeod 5009
(434) 924-0480
(434) 924-0480
icw8t@virginia.edu
(434) 924-5671
(434) 924-5671
pkw7u@virginia.edu
Associate Professor of Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner Specialty Lead
CMNEB 2105
tly6f@virginia.edu