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FACULTY


Leadership, Program Directors, and Administrative Staff
A full and up-to-date list of School of Nursing-Camden Leadership, Program Directors and Administrative Staff can be found on the school's website at: Here.

Faculty
A full and up-to-date list of School of Nursing-Camden Faculty can be found on the school's website.

Leadership

Donna Nickitas, A.A.S., Kingsborough Community; B.S., SUNY (Stony Brook); M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Adelphi, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN, Dean and Professor

Marie T. O'Toole, B.S.N., M.S.N., Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Rutgers; RN, FAAN, ANEF, Senior Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Affairs, and Professor

Joseph Cipriano, B.A., Rutgers (Camden); B.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden); APN, FNP-BC, AAHIVS, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Advanced Nursing Practice and Clinical Associate Professor

Rachel Derr, B.S.N., Widener; M.S., Phoenix; D.N.P., Duquesne; RNC-LRN, CNE, Associate Dean, Baccalaureate Programs and Clinical Associate Professor

Program Directors

Carlie Ale, B.S.N., Widener; M.S.N., Temple; RN-BC, CNE, rogram Director, RN-BS Program and Assistant Director of SNC-CARES

Janice Beitz, B.S., La Salle; M.S.N., Villanova; Ph.D., Temple; RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN-AP, CRNP, APNC, ANEF, FNAP, WOCNF, FAAN, Program Director, Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Certificate, and Professor

Arcilia Ortiz, P.R.N., A.S., Camden County College (Blackwood); B.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); M.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); CSN-NJ, FN-CSA, Program Director, School Nurse Program and Clinical Instructor

Jennifer Sipe, B.S.N., M.S.N., La Salle; Ph.D., University of the Sciences; RN, CRNP, Program Director, DNP Program and Clinical Assistant Professor

Kevin R. Emmons, B.S.N., Rutgers; M.S.N., Dr.NP., Drexel; APN, AGPCNP-BC, CWCN, CFCN, WOCNF, Director, Population Health and Community Outreach and Clinical Professor

Tyshaneka Saffold, B.S.N., M.S.N., Thomas Jefferson; Ph.D., Rutgers; RN, Special Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor

Professors

Janice Beitz, B.S., La Salle; M.S.N., Villanova; Ph.D., Temple; RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN-AP, CRNP, APNC, ANEF, FNAP, WOCNF, FAAN, Program Director, Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Certificate, and Professor

Kevin R. Emmons, B.S.N., Rutgers; M.S.N., Dr.NP., Drexel; APN, AGPCNP-BC, CWCN, CFCN, WOCNF, Director, Population Health and Community Outreach and Clinical Professor

Donna Nickitas, A.A.S., Kingsborough Community; B.S., SUNY (Stony Brook); M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Adelphi, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN, Dean and Professor

Marie T. O'Toole, B.S.N., M.S.N., Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Rutgers; RN, FAAN, ANEF, Senior Associate Dean, Academic and Faculty Affairs, and Professor

Associate Professors

Margaret Avallone, B.S.N., Villa Marie; M.S.N., Pennsylvania; D.N.P., Duquesne; RN, CCRN, CNE, Associate Dean, Baccalaureate Programs, and Clinical Associate Professor

Cynthia G. Ayres, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers (Newark); RN, FNAP, FNYAM, Associate Professor

Joseph Cipriano, B.A., Rutgers (Camden); B.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden); APN, FNP-BC, AAHIVS, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs & Advanced Nursing Practice and Clinical Associate Professor

Jeanann Sousou Coppola, B.S., Le Moyne; B.S.N., M.A., New York University; D.N.P., Rutgers; RN, CNM, CNE, C-EFM, FACNM, Clinical Associate Professor

Brigitte Cypress, B.S.N., Far Eastern (Philippines); M.S., Lehman College (CUNY); Ed.D., Columbia; RN, CCRN, Associate Professor

Rachel Derr, B.S.N., Widener; M.S., Phoenix; D.N.P., Duquesne; RNC-LRN, CNE, Associate Dean, Baccalaureate Programs and Clinical Associate Professor

Bonnie Jerome-D'Emilia, B.S., Brooklyn College (CUNY); B.S.N., SUNY (Downstate); M.P.H., Columbia; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth; MPH, RN, Associate Professor

Angela Kelly, A.A.S., Cumberland; B.S.N., M.S.N., Drexel; D.N.P., Rutgers; RNC-OB, WHNP-BC, APN, Clinical Associate Professor

Terri-Ann Kelly, B.S., Connecticut; B.S.N., M.S.N., Villanova; Ph.D., Pennsylvania; RN, CPT, Associate Professor

Sheila Linz, B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art; B.S.N., M.S.N., Columbia; Ph.D., Seton Hall; PMHNP-BC, RN, Associate Professor

Mary Ann Siciliano McLaughlin, B.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Columbia; RN, Clinical Associate Professor

Nancy Pontes, B.S.N., Pensacola Christian; M.S.N., Florida; Ph.D., Columbia; RN, FNP-BC, DRCC, FNAP, FAAN, Associate Professor

Katherine Soss Prihoda, B.S.N., College of New Jersey; M.S.N., Seton Hall; D.N.P., Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; RN, PPCNP-BC, Clinical Associate Professor

Mary Wunnenberg, B.S.N., Stockton; M.S.N., Drexel; Ed.D., Alabama; RN, APN, PMHNP-BC, CNE, Clinical Associate Professor

Assistant Professors and Instructors

Sharon Andress, B.S.N., Widener; M.S.N., Wilmington; D.N.P., Post; RN CEN, CNE, Assistant Teaching Professor

Deirdre Conroy, B.S.N., M.S.N., Stockton; D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden), APN, NP-C, Assistant Teaching Professor

Thomas Dahan, M.A.T., Drexel; Ph.D., Rutgers (Camden), Assistant Teaching Professor

Rida Gharzeddine, B.S., M.S., American (Beirut); Ph.D., New York University; RN, APRN, Assistant Professor

Latisha Hayes-Gaines, B.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden); APRN-BC, CNE, Program Director, Pre-licensure Programs and Assistant Teaching Professor

Scott Hirst, B.S.N., D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden); APN, AGPCNP-BC, Clinical Assistant Professor

Kimberly McGuinnes, B.S.N., North Carolina (Wilmington); M.S., Columbia; ANP-C, Clinical Instructor

Jamille Nagtalon-Ramos, B.S.N., Rutgers; M.S., Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Pennsylvania; WHNP-BC, FAANP, Assistant Professor

Arcilia Ortiz, P.R.N., A.S., Camden County College (Blackwood); B.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); M.S.N., Rutgers (Camden); CSN-NJ, FN-CSA, Program Director, School Nurse Program and Clinical Instructor

Sangita Pudasainee-Kapri, B.E., B.S.N. Tribhuvan; M.S., Syracuse; Ph.D., Syracuse; D.N.P., Rutgers (Camden); RN, APN, FNP-BC, CPN, Assistant Professor

Tyshaneka Saffold, B.S.N., M.S.N., Thomas Jefferson; Ph.D., Rutgers; RN, Special Assistant to the Dean and Assistant Professor

Jennifer Sipe, B.S.N., M.S.N., La Salle; Ph.D., University of the Sciences; RN, CRNP, Program Director, DNP Program and Clinical Assistant Professor

Catherine Stubin, B.S.N., Pennsylvania State; M.S.N., Ph.D., Widener; RN, CNE, CCRN, Assistant Professor

Professors Emerita

Claudia Beckmann, B.S.N., Kansas; M.A., Missouri; M.N., Kansas; Ph.D., Texas (Austin); MN, MA, BSN, Professor Emerita

Renee Cantwell, B.S.N., M.S.N., Widener; D.N.P., Duquesne; RN, CNE, CPHQ, Professor Emerita

Kathleen Jackson, B.S.N., Thomas Jefferson; M.S.N., Pennsylvania; M.A., D.N.P., Rutgers; APRN, BC-ADM, Professor Emerita

Carol Wallinger, B.S., Rutgers (Newark); J.D., Temple; Professor Emerita