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Our Group

Jennifer K. Clune, MD
Chief Resident

Jennifer K. Clune, MD is currently a resident in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University and will be the Hugh J. Morgan Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Vanderbilt University Hospital for the 2008-2009 adademic year. Jenny graduated Summa Cum Laude from Miami University (Oxford, OH) and earned her medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine (Columbus, OH), where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was elected to the AOA medical honor society. She is currently applying for fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. She has recently joined the ICU Delirium and Cognitive Impairment Study Group as a member of the RETURN team of investigators, seeking to improve cognitive and functional outcomes for survivors of ICU care. Additionally, she has special interest in integrating Palliative Care practices into the care of critically ill patients in the ICU. In her free time, she enjoys volunteering at the Shade Tree Clinic, a medical student run clinic that provides indigent care in the Nashville area. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Adam, who is a project manager for a Nashville area construction management firm.

 

Site Principal Investigators

Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jin H. Han, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology and Long-Term Follow Up

Pratik Pandharipande, MD, MSCI
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

E. Wesley Ely,MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Critical Care
Associate Director of Aging Research, VA GRECC

Senior Advisors

Gordon R. Bernard, MD
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research

Robert S. Dittus, MD, MPH
Div Chief Gen Medicine, Director GRECC

Research Coordinators

Leanne Boehm, MSN, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Joyce Okahashi, RN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Jan Dunn, RN, MSN, CCRN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Cayce Strength, RN, BSN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Brenda Truman Pun, RN, MSN, ACNP
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Program Clinical Manager

Mitzi W. Baker, RN, MSN
Critical Care Research Nurse

Neuropsychology

Sharon M. Gordon, PsyD
Geriatric Neuropsychology, GRECC

James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology

Lauren Hardy, MA
Research Analyst II

Amy Lipsey, MA, LPC-MHSP
Licensed Professional Counselor

Sleep

Paula Watson, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Brandi Cleaver, RPSGT
Polysomnographic Technician

Peter Howard, RPSGT, AA
Sleep Research Core Manager

Beth Malow, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Neurology

Kimberly Vigil
Polysomnographic Technician

Neuroimaging

Max Gunther, PhD
Neuroimaging & Neuropsychology Research Instructor

John Gore, PhD
Neuroimaging, FMRI, Director of VUIIS

Baxter Rogers, PhD
Physicist

Psychiatry

Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc
Psychiatry Department Chair

D. Catherine Fuchs, MD
Pediatric Psychiatry

Pediatric Delirium

Heidi Smith, MD, MSCI, FAAP
Pediatric Intensive Care

Pam Berry
Pediatric Critical Care Nurse

Biostatisticians

Ayumi Shintani PhD, MPH
Chief ICU Delirium Biostatistician

Jennifer Thompson, MPH
Analyst, Biostatistics

Theodore Speroff, PhD
Psychometrics, Statistician, GRECC

Renee Torres, MS
Biostatistician

Research Fellows

Michael Hooper, MD
Research Fellow

Matthew King, MD
Research Fellow

Alessandro Morandi, MD
Geriatrician & Research Fellow

Jennifer K. Clune, MD
Chief Resident

ICU Outcomes and Patient Safety

Eduard E. Vasilevskis, M.D.
Hospital Medicine and Center for Health Services Research

Administrative

Stephanie Hamilton, BA
Administrative Assistant

 

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