About Us
Our Mission Statement
National Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Week honors the contributions of Physician Assistants/Associates, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Nurse Midwives, and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants. We recognize and celebrate providers who are certified and licensed to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage illnesses, prescribe medications, perform clinical procedures, and conduct clinical research in management of the whole individual. This important group of providers elevates the fields of medicine and nursing to ensure our patients and communities receive safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.
We utilize this week to celebrate the hard work of these professionals and to raise awareness of their unique roles in healthcare.
2024 Planning committee
HOSTING ORGANIZATION
The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
HOST ELECT
Indiana University Health
IMMEDIATE PAST HOST
University of Kentucky
ADVISORY BOARD
- Kristen Nelson (Chair), Nurse Practitioner, MedStar Health
- Tamekia Hayes (Immediate Past Chair), Physician Assistant/Associate Huntsville Hospital
- Tiffany Golub, Certified Nurse Midwife, Huntsville Hospital
- Catherine Baglieri, Nurse Practitioner, Penn Medicine
- Buffy Krauser Lupear, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Vanderbilt
- Kristen Koller, Nurse Practitioner, John Hopkins/Sibley Memorial
- Gloria Franklin, Nurse Practitioner, Providence St. Jude
- Jill Anderson, Physician Assistant/Associate, John Hopkins Hospital
- Linda Jordan, Physician Assistant/Associate, Miami Cancer Institute
- Kaitlin Spiegelhoff, Physician Assistant/Associate, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Ashish Patel, Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant, MedStar Health
- Shana Cunningham, Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Kentucky
- Margaret "Maggie" McLean, Clinical Nurse Specialist, UT Southwestern
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
- Christopher Roe (Host), University of Texas Southwestern
- Missy Hockaday (Host Elect), Indiana University Health
- Tamra Langley, University of Kentucky
- Meredith Stringer, University of Texas Southwestern
- Clair Kuriakose, Stanford Health Care
- Lori Ernest, University of Kentucky
- Jasmine Garces-King, ChristianaCare
- Chlodys Johnstone, University of Kentucky
- Corinna Sicoutris, Penn Medicine
- Tamekia Hayes, Huntsville Hospital
- Stacey Woodburn, Indiana University Health
- Monica Nandwani, Stanford Health Care
- Jay Navoa, Sanford Health Care
- Eileen Legaspi-Wilson, Stanford Health Care
AWARDS COMMITTEE
- Jasmine Garces-King(Chair), ChristianaCare
- Emily Moore, Seattle Children's
- Kimberly Brazee, University Hospitals
- Kimberly Broughton-Miller, U of L Health
- Jessica Wellner, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Carol Antequera, University of Miami
- Melissa Ballard, Stanford Children's Health
- Matthew Sigafus, Penn Medicine
- Melissa Campbell, Emory Healthcare
- Briana Witherspoon, University of Texas Southwestern
- Bahare Farhadian, Standford Medicine Children's
- Christina Lloyd, Intermountain Healthcare
- Kelly Haviland, Memorial Sloan
- Honore Kotler, Cedars Sinai
EVENTS COMMITTEE
- Meredith Stringer (Chair), University of Texas Southwestern
- Corinna Sicoutris , Penn Medicine
- Chlodys Johnstone, University of Kentucky
- Tamra Langley, University of Kentucky
- Tamekia Hayes, Huntsville Hospital
- Edie Brucker, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
- Sarah Clark, Hartford Health Care
- Matthew Robertson, University of Virginia
- Jaime Melhorn, Inova
- Tatiana Emanuel, University of Colorado
Founders
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 Childrens 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
Northwell Health
Northwestern Lake Forest
Northwestern Medicine
Oak Street Health
OhioHealth
Orlando Health
OSU Wexner Medical Center
OU Health
Penn Medicine
Pivotal Health
Providence Saint John’s Health Center
Rhode Island Hospital
Rocky Mountain Pediatric Gastroenterology & Gynecology
Rush University Medical Center
Saint Luke’s Health System
Scripps Clinic Medical Group
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Sierra Emergency Medical Group
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
Spectrum Health
Stanford Children’s Health
Stanford Health Care
Swedish American
Tampa General Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital
The Clinician Life, LLC
The Miriam Hospital
The University of Texas Medical Branch
The US Oncology Network
Tower Health System
Transhealth
Truman Medical Centers/University Health
UNM Health
U of L Healthcare
UI Health
University Medical Partners
University Hospitals
University of Lynchburg
University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky Healthcare
University of Miami
University of Rochester Medical Center
University of Utah
UPMC Pinnacle (Harrisburg, Westshore, Memorial)
UT Health San Antonio Department of Emergency Medicine
UW Health – University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners
Vituity
Washington University Anesthesiology
Secret Code: “Big Tex”
West Virginia University Medicine