VAQS

Birmingham

Our program site is known for interprofessional training, quality and safety education, health services research, surgical outcomes, and inpatient quality care (nurse-led interventions and others). Our site includes fellows from nursing (pre/post PhD and DNP doctoral students), pharmacy, and medicine (from surgery and medicine- including GIM, Hospital medicine and other sub specialties).

Faculty at our Birmingham VAQS site are sought after expertise and recognition in signature programs and areas of excellence (ex: nurse staffing, work environment, and quality indicators, implementation science, surgical outcomes, community interventions, HIV /hepatitis C, rheumatology, medical education, informatics, personalized medicine)

Fellows come to our Birmingham VAQS site for the culture of interprofessional mentorship and the wide areas of excellence and opportunities.

For additional information about the VAQS Birmingham site, please visit here!

Faculty

Tracey Dick, PhD, RN, CNE, COI, CPPS

Senior Faculty Scholar

Carlos Estrada, MD, MS

Senior Faculty Scholar

Jarrett Wright, PharmD, MSHIA

Faculty Scholar

Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, RN, FAAN

Faculty Scholar

Meghan Black, MD

Faculty Scholar

Suzie Miltner, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Faculty Scholar

Melanie Morris, MD

Faculty Scholar

Fellows

Emem Etukinoh, PharmD, MSN

First Year Fellow

Stephanie Hammond, DNP, CRNP, ANP-BC

First Year Fellow

Rebecca Suttle, DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BC

Second Year Fellow

Asiah Ruffin, PhD, RN

Second Year Fellow

Wendelyn Oslock, MD, MBA

Second Year Fellow

Zacchaeus Hampton, PharmD

Second Year Fellow

Cheryl Elliott-Dawe, PhD, RN, CNOR

Third Year Fellow

Site Alumni