Sixth Annual
2007 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice
Quality and Safety
Institute Faculty

Nationally and internationally renowned evidence-based quality improvement experts will guide Institute participants through current EBP concepts to incorporate strategies into their roles in patient care, research, education, and management in their home institutions.
  • Keynote: Timothy P. Shea, FACHE, Medical Center Director and Chief Executive Officer, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital Division

  • Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, McMaster University

  • Kay Dickersin, MA, PhD, Director, US Cochrane Center; Professor and Director, Center for Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Research, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Debbie Fowler, RN, MSN, Clinical Manager, Labor and Delivery, Seton Family of Hospitals

  • Jeremy Grimshaw, MBChB, PhD, FRCGP, Professor and Director, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Health Research Institute, University of Ottawa; Director, Canadian Cochrane Center

  • Janis Costello Ingham, PhD, Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara; Adjunct Professor, UTHSCSA

  • Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, Associate Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt Medical Center; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University; member, IOM expert panel on Preventing Medication Errors

  • Heidi King, MS, CHE, Deputy Director, DoD Patient Safety Program, Program Manager, Healthcare Team Coordination Program

  • Marthe M. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division

  • Dennis S. O'Leary, MD, President, The Joint Commission

  • S. Liliana Oakes, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Community Geriatrics, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Donald A. Robin, PhD, Professor, Research Imaging Center, Departments of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Physical Therapy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Professor, Honors College, University of Texas at San Antonio; Chief, Speech and Language Sciences Program, Research Imaging Center

  • Judy Smetzer, RN, BSN, MSN, Vice President, Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP); adjunct Assistant Professor, Temple University School of Pharmacy

  • Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Professor and Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA; member, IOM expert panel on Preventing Medication Errors

Program Committee Co-Chairs:

  • Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN, Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA; Professor, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor and Deputy Chair for Research, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division

  • LTC Mona Bingham, PhD, RN, Deputy Chief, Nursing Research, Brooke Army Medical Center

Program Committee Members:

  • Sonya Arzola, MS, Project Director, Department of Nursing Research, Brooke Army Medical Center

  • Oralia Bazaldua, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Vicki L. Byers, RN, PhD, Associate Director for Education, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA; Clinical Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Matita Charlton, BA, Social Science Research Associate II, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • COL Phyllis A Chelette, RN, PhD, Deputy MEDCOM Chief Nurse, Fort Sam Houston

  • Paul R. Clark, RN, MSN, MAT, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA

  • Paula Clutter, RN, MSN, APRN, BC, Doctoral Candidate, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice; Clinical Assistant Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Jennifer Collins, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA

  • Joan Feller, BA, Administrative Assistant I, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • Debra Fraley, BSN, RN, CCRN, Unit Educator, University Hospital

  • Leslie Goddard, PhD, RN, CNRN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Neuroscience, Methodist Hospital

  • Mary L. Heye, PhD, RN, APRN, BC, Associate Professor, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Cherri A. Hicks, MSN, APRN, RN, CNS, Clinical Instructor, Family Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Brenda G. Jackson, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA

  • Brenda Johnson, MEd, Director, Continuing Medical Education, UTHSCSA

  • Janna Lawrence, MLIS, AHIP, Reference & Instructional Services Coordinator, Briscoe Library, UTHSCSA

  • Virginia Lester, RN, MSN, CNOR, Initiatives & Optimization, Business Operations, TRICARE South

  • Katherine L. McDuffie, RN, MSN, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA

  • COL Patricia A. Patrician, RN, PhD, Chief, Department of Nursing Science, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, TX

  • Mary Jo V. Pugh, PhD, RN, Research Health Scientist, VERDICT; Assistant Professor of Medicine, UTHSCSA

  • Janis Needham Rice, MSN, RN, CS, Assistant Professor/Clinical, Acute Nursing Care, UTHSCSA

  • Donald A. Robin, PhD, Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Physical Therapy, UTHSCSA; Chief, Speech and Language Sciences Program, Research Imaging Center; Professor, Honors College, UTSA

  • Susan Rothman, Event Planner, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

  • John D. Rugh, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Orthodontics, UTHSCSA

  • Judy Staley, RNC, MSN, WHNP, FNP-BC, Doctoral Student, UTHSCSA; Associate Professor of Nursing, Chair/Director, San Antonio College

  • John M. Tovar, Pharm D, Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA