Dr. Vera Barton-Maxwell is an Associate Professor and Program Director the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Georgetown University (GU). Previous to GU, Dr. Barton-Maxwell was an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Duquesne University and Wheeling Jesuit University (WJU). Dr. Barton-Maxwell maintains a part-time clinical practice as a nurse practitioner/primary care provider at Wheeling Health Right.
Dr. Barton-Maxwell received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from WJU and her PhD in nursing from West Virginia University (WVU.) Her academic awards include the St. Ignatius of Loyola Award for outstanding alumnus from WJU, and the PhD Nursing Leadership Award, and Anna Mary Miller Scholarship for outstanding PhD student from WVU. She was awarded the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) State Award for Excellence for her promotion of evidence-based ambulatory care for heart failure (HF) patients in West Virginia.
With more than 30 years of experience in the care of the cardiovascular patient, Dr. Barton-Maxwell has a passion for and expertise in the management of chronic HF. She is a past president of The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses. Dr. Barton-Maxwell’s research involves HF patient decision-making surrounding primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. She is a published author of peer-reviewed journals and nursing texts, a manuscript reviewer for multiple professional journals, and a national speaker on subjects surrounding cardiac care and HF.