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Recent Family Nurse Practitioner Graduate Works at COVID-19 Testing Site in Florida

August 14, 2020 – Nordica Owens (G’20) graduated in May from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She grew up in Cumberland House, a First Nations community in Canada, and…

August 14, 2020

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NHS Alumni Notes

August 5, 2020

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NHS Alumni Notes

The new edition (issue 13) of Alumni Notes at the School of Nursing & Health Studies contains highlights about school graduates from 1948 to 2019. This issue was published in…

August 5, 2020

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Georgetown Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program Director Named ‘Star Nurse’

Dr. Ladan Eshkevari, who directs the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Program at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, is being honored as a “Star Nurse,” a recognition…

July 29, 2020

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Professor Helps Produce New COVID-19 Legal Database

Dr. Matthew Kavanagh, assistant professor of international health at NHS and director of the Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative at the O'Neill Institute for National and…

July 22, 2020

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BSN Alumna, Now Family Nurse Practitioner, Sees COVID-19’s Impact on Cardiac Care

Megan Berard (NHS’12), who earned her bachelor of science in nursing at Georgetown, is now a family nurse practitioner at an outpatient cardiology clinic in Austin. She…

July 22, 2020

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HRSA Funding Continues to Support Georgetown Doctor of Nursing Practice Students

Dr. Ella Heitzler, assistant professor of advanced nursing practice, is principal investigator on an award from the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the…

July 10, 2020

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Georgetown Alumna Serves as New MedStar Montgomery CNO

In March, Dr. Claire Piccirillo (G’00), who earned her master’s degree at Georgetown, became the new chief nursing officer of MedStar Montgomery Medical Center. “Just as I…

June 29, 2020

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Family Nurse Practitioner Alumnus Celebrates Third Anniversary of Texas Clinic He Founded

Since Michael Menchaca (G’15) graduated from Georgetown’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program five years ago, he founded Menchaca Family Clinic in Harlingen, Texas. In mid, …

June 23, 2020

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Georgetown Nursing Professor Named 2020 Health Disparities Institute Scholar

Dr. Roxanne Mirabal-Beltran, assistant professor of professional nursing practice at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, has been named a 2020 Health Disparities Institute…

June 16, 2020