Office of Advanced Practice Leadership
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The Office of Advanced Practice’s robust leadership infrastructure is rare among the country’s centers. The office leadership team is uniquely positioned to advocate for all advanced practice providers and is committed to the promotion of the profession.
- Vice president, patient care services and chief nursing officer
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- Katherine W. Rogers, DNP, APRN-Norton Cancer Institute, Norton Children’s Medical Group, Norton Medical Group
- System director, advanced practice providers
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- Casie Kichler, DNP, APRN
- Clinical directors and coverage areas
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- Elizabeth M. Archer-Nanda, DNP, APRN – Norton Cancer Institute and behavioral health
- Emily K. Beckman, APRN – Primary care and Norton Immediate Care Centers
- Lennea E. Coombs, MHS, PA-C – Physician assistants
- Tara U. Mudd, APRN– Ambulatory specialties and women’s services
- Kyle A. Nauert, DNP, APRN– Adult inpatient specialties and interim pediatric specialties
- Advanced practice provider champions
- Rachel Alexander, DNP, APRN – Norton eCare (telehealth)
- Lela A. Baker, DNP, APRN– Neonatology
- Roshana D. Cheek, APRN– Hospital medicine
- Jennifer S. Dupree, APRN – Spine and pain management
- Jennifer M. Elmore, APRN– Women’s health
- Aaron D. Georgel, PA-C– Orthopedics
- Nicola C. Jones, APRN– Pediatric oncology
- Lucy Koroma, APRN– Pediatric specialty care
- Ashley N. Lovell, APRN– Norton Immediate Care Centers
- Emily M. McRae, APRN – Pediatric inpatient care
- Erin Naiser, APRN – Hospital medicine
- Christopher T. Shelburne, PA-C– Neuroscience and wound care
- Nancee R. Spillman, APRN– Pediatric primary care
- Megan T. Ward, APRN– Primary care
- Kellie A. Woodruff, APRN– Pediatric specialty care
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