About Us

Staff

KT Waxman, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL, CHSE, CENP, FAONL, FSSH, FAAN

Director and Faculty

(925) 413-1929
kt@healthimpact.org

Dr. KT Waxman is an international nurse leader and executive with extensive experience in academic and healthcare settings. She is a Professor and the Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. She is also the director of the California Simulation Alliance (CSA) at Healthimpact and is the editor-in-chief for Nursing Administration Quarterly (NAQ). An internationally known speaker and author, Waxman is past president of the Association of California Nurse Leaders (ACNL) and past board member, serving as treasurer for the READ MORE

Alexandra Duke, DNP, RN-BC, CEN, CHSE, CNE®cl, EBP-C

Manager and Faculty

(424) 422-5903
alexandra@healthimpact.org

Dr. Alexandra Duke is a DNP nurse leader with clinical specialties and national certifications in emergency and medical-surgical nursing. Additional areas of expertise include evidence-based practice, academic clinical nursing education, and healthcare simulation. In her former roles, she worked as a Nursing Education Consultant for the California State Board of Registered Nursing and an accreditor for the American Nurse’s Credentialing Center for accreditation review of nurse residency programs across the country. READ MORE

Faculty

Deborah Bennett
PhD, RN, CHSE

Leslie Catron
MA.Ed, BSN, RN, FAHCEP, CHSE

Brett A. Dodd
RN, MBA, MSN, CHSE, CHSOS, CEN, CCRN-K, CFRN, TCRN, CPEN, CNLM

Marie Gilbert
DNP, MA, RN, CHSE

Brian Hanlon
BS, CHSOS

Connie Lopez
MSN, CNS, RNC-OB, CPHRM, CHSE-A, FSSH

Kati Maxkenzie
MSHS, BFA, CHSOS, CHSE

Juli Maxworthy
DNP, MSN/MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, FSSH

Barbara McCamish
MSN, MPT, RN, PT, CNL, CHSE

Russell D. Metcalfe-Smith
MSc.NRP, CHSE-A, CHSOS, FRSPH, FHEA

Pooja Nawathe
MD, FAAP, FCCM, CHSE-A, CHSOS

Melissa Punnoose
MSN, RN-BC, CHSE, CHSOS

Jenna Reyes
EdD, MSN/ED, RN, PHN, CHSE

Cynthia M. Shum
DNP, MEd, RN, CHSE-A

Heidi Traxler
MSN, RN-CHSE

Amy Vermillion
EdD, MSN, RN, FNP, CHSE

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Dougherty
RN, MSN-ed, CPN, CHSE, CCRN-K
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