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ElyStephanie Hamilton, BA
Administrative Assistant

Ms. Stephanie Hamilton, BA is Administrative Assistant to Dr. Wes Ely in the Center for Health Services Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee with a concentration in Psychology. Her position with the ICU Delirium Team is to provide administrative support such as organizing and scheduling meetings, managing travel arrangements, and coordinating large databases. A significant portion of Ms. Hamilton's time is allotted to assisting in education through the creation and distribution of materials related to delirium and sedation in the ICU.

Contact information

Fax: 615-936-1269

 

Site Principal Investigators

Timothy D. Girard, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of 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

Neuropsychology

Sharon M. Gordon, PsyD
Geriatric Neuropsychology, GRECC

James C. Jackson, PsyD
Neuropsychology

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
Director of Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center

Kimberly Vigil
Polysomnographic Technician

Neuroimaging

Max Gunther, PhD
Neuropsychology, Neuroimaging Post Doc

John Gore, PhD
Neuroimaging, FMRI, Director of VUIIS

Chris Gatenby, 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

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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