About Us

About National APP Week

Our Mission

National APP Week exists to recognize, celebrate, and advance the essential role of Advanced Practice Providers across the healthcare system.

Physician Assistants and Associates, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Midwives and Certified Nurse Midwives, and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants form the backbone of patient-centered care in the United States.

APPs assess, diagnose, treat, and manage illness, prescribe medications, perform clinical procedures, and contribute to research that directly improves outcomes for individuals and communities.

Beyond individual roles, National APP Week highlights the collective force of APPs as innovators, educators, collaborators, and leaders inside complex, interdisciplinary care teams.

This week elevates visibility, amplifies impact, and honors the daily expertise that quietly sustains healthcare systems while shaping their future.

2026 Planning Committee

Hosting Organization

UVA Health

Host Elect

Advocate Health

Immediate Past Host

Indiana University Health

Leadership & Guidance

Advisory Board

Kristen Nelson (Immediate Past Chair)
Nurse Practitioner, MedStar Health

Tamekia Hayes
Physician Assistant/Associate, Huntsville Hospital

Catherine Baglieri
Nurse Practitioner, Penn Medicine

Buffy Krauser Lupear
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Vanderbilt

Kristen Koller
Nurse Practitioner, Johns Hopkins / Sibley Memorial

Jill Anderson (Chair)
Physician Assistant/Associate, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Gloria Franklin
Nurse Practitioner, Providence St. Jude

Linda Jordan
Physician Assistant/Associate, Miami Cancer Institute

Ashish Patel
Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant, MedStar Health

Margaret "Maggie" McLean
Clinical Nurse Specialist, UT Southwestern

Committees

Executive Committee

  • Stacey Woodburn, Indiana University Health
  • Lindsay Anderson, Indiana University Health
  • Tia Brutscher, Indiana University Health
  • Karen Snyder, Indiana University Health
  • William Lombardi, University of Virginia Health
  • Matthew Robertson, University of Virginia Health
  • Lauren Maino, University of Virginia Health
  • Christopher Roe, UT Southwestern
  • Meredith Stringer, UT Southwestern
  • Alyse Chambers, UT Southwestern
  • Clair Kuriakose, Stanford Health Care
  • Jasmine Garces-King, ChristianaCare
  • Corinna Sicoutris, Penn Medicine
  • Tamekia Hayes, Huntsville Hospital
  • Monica Nandwani, Stanford Health Care
  • Jay Navoa, Stanford Health Care
  • Eileen Legaspi-Wilson, Stanford Health Care
  • Jill Anderson, Johns Hopkins
  • Honore Kotler, Cedars Sinai

Awards Committee

  • Honore Kotler, Cedars Sinai (Chair)
  • Jasmine Garces-King, ChristianaCare (Past Chair)
  • Kimberly Brazee, University Hospitals
  • Kimberly Broughton-Miller, U of L Health
  • Carol Antequera, University of Miami
  • Matthew Sigafus, Penn Medicine
  • Melissa Campbell, Emory Healthcare
  • Bahare Farhadian, Stanford Medicine Children's
  • Kelly Haviland, Memorial Sloan
  • Elizabeth Orr, Prisma Health
  • Karen Holmes, Baylor Scott & White
  • Jillian Belmont, University of Vermont Health Network
  • Whitney Miller, Denver Health
  • Heather Augustyniak, Baptist Health
  • Jody Mackling, Children's Health System of Texas
  • Stephanie Nunes, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Elmira Jangi, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
  • April Burke, Sound Physicians

Events Committee

  • Lindsay Anderson, Indiana University Health (Chair)
  • Meredith Stringer, UT Southwestern (Past Chair)
  • Edie Brucker, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Matthew Robertson, University of Virginia
  • Jaime Melhorn, Inova
  • Jenny Morrison, University of Pennsylvania

Founders

Organizations that helped establish and support National APP Week.

  • Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA)
  • Advanced Infusion and Wellness Center
  • Advanced Practitioner Society of Hematology and Oncology
  • Advocate Aurora Health
  • Akron Children’s Hospital
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • APPraise Network
  • Baptist Memorial Health Care
  • BJC Healthcare: St. Louis Children’s Hospital & Barnes Jewish Hospital
  • Cayuga Health
  • Centra Health
  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Children’s Health
  • Children’s Hospital of New Orleans
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Children’s National Hospital
  • Cypress at Home
  • Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
  • Dayton Children’s Hospital
  • DispatchHealth
  • Edward-Elmhurst Health
  • Eisenhower Health
  • Erie Family Health Center
  • Federal Medical Center Carswell
  • Geisinger
  • Grand View Hospital
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
  • Hartford Healthcare
  • Healthy Alliance, LLC
  • HealthGigJobs
  • Hennepin Healthcare
  • Henry Ford Hospital
  • Horizon Behavioral Health
  • Hudson Medical
  • Huntsville Hospital
  • Indian Nurses Association of Illinois
  • Inova Health System
  • Intermountain Healthcare
  • Jefferson Health
  • Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital
  • Johns Hopkins Hospital GYN/OB
  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center
  • Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
  • Lee Health
  • LewisGale Physicians, HCA Virginia
  • M Health Fairview
  • Maimonides Medical Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Memorial Healthcare System
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  • Mercy
  • Metro Health System
  • Metro Infectious Disease Consultants
  • Miami Cancer Institute
  • Mon Health System
  • Mountain View Surgical Associates
  • Nemours Children’s Hospital
  • Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital
  • Northwell Health
  • Northwestern Medicine
  • Oak Street Health
  • OhioHealth
  • Orlando Health
  • OSU Wexner Medical Center
  • OU Health
  • Penn Medicine
  • Providence Saint John’s Health Center
  • Rush University Medical Center
  • Stanford Health Care
  • Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Washington University Anesthesiology
  • West Virginia University Medicine