In April 2013, Clinical Assistant Professor Holly Fontenot, Ph.D., RN, WHNP-BC and Assistant Professor Melissa Sutherland, Ph.D., FNP-BC will be named Distinguished Practitioners and Fellows by the National Academies of Practice.

Distinguished Practitioners and Fellows are elected individuals who have spent a significant portion (10 years or more) of their professional career in the practice and direct delivery of health care services. Fellows are judged by distinguished peers to have made enduring contributions in their profession.

The National Academies of Practice is dedicated to affordable, accessible, coordinated quality healthcare for all. We believe that healthcare practice that has an interprofessional foundation and addresses the whole person provides better healthcare and better preventive care. Learn more >

Pictured: (top to bottom) Clinical Assistant Professor Holly Fontenot, Ph.D., RN, WHNP-BC and Assistant Professor Melissa Sutherland, Ph.D., FNP-BC