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Practice Programs

A commitment to practice is deeply embedded in the fabric of our college.

The UT Health Science Center College of Nursing has a national reputation for preparing top-notch practitioners and integrating practice as a key element of our mission. From professional entry through doctoral education, from operating rooms to primary care clinics, and from rural communities to big cities, our faculty members are forging new pathways in the delivery of health care. Our practice sites are extremely diverse, representing the background and preparation of faculty and staff who engage in faculty practice.

Department of Health Promotion
and Disease Prevention
Ja'Quay Brister, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Brister providers psychiatric mental health care across the lifespan in her practice as a Telehealth Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner at One TeleMed Mental Health Clinic one day per week. More about Dr. Brister.
Ricketta Clark, DNP, APRN-BC

Dr. Ricketta Clark's faculty practice in gastroenterology at Regional One Health provides specialized care for underserved patients in the Mid-South area with digestive system disorders such as GERD, inflammatory bowel disease, liver disorders, and gastrointestinal cancers. As part of a level one trauma center, her clinical practice integrates clinical care with teaching and research. Dr. Clark collaborates with an interprofessional team, including social workers, physicians, and pharmacists, to ensure health equity for those often under-treated due to their disadvantaged backgrounds.  Her holistic approach emphasizes individualized treatment plans that address medical conditions, lifestyle factors, and various social determinants of health impacting gastrointestinal well-being. More about Dr. Clark.

Sally Humphrey, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC
Dr. Sally Humphrey has been a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner since 2001, working primarily in the areas of pediatric endocrinology and diabetes. From 2010 to 2024, she was employed at BMG The Endocrine Clinic. In June 2024, she moved her practice to the University Le Bonheur Pediatric Specialists (ULPS) Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Humphrey treats a range of pediatric endocrine diagnoses, including Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, growth disorders, and puberty disorders. She has a particular interest in diabetes technology, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS). More about Dr. Humphrey.
Sharon Little, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Dr. Sharon Little is a Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 25 years of experience. Her current practice is a family practice setting where she sees patients of all ages and varied conditions, including a moderate pediatric population. More about Dr. Little. 
Laura Reed, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE
Dr. Laura Reed is the concentration coordinator for the Family Nurse Practitioner concentration. She has practiced in a wide variety of primary care settings including end-stage renal disease, transplantation, and internal medicine and currently sees patients at the University Clinical Health/Family Medicine clinic where her practice focuses on complex chronic disease management for a vulnerable and underserved population. Dr. Reed is an expert clinician who is recognized nationally as a content expert and leader. More about Dr. Reed.
Jackie Sharp, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Dr. Jacqueline Sharp has been a certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner since 2017. Her nurse practitioner experience focuses on patients in the psychiatric outpatient clinic setting. Her practice is focused on patients across the lifespan, which includes pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. Dr. Sharp is the concentration coordinator for the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner concentration. More about Dr. Sharp
Nakiesha L. Shepherd, DNP, APRN, AG-ACNP-BC 
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Dr. Nakiesha Shepherd holistically manages the care of complex, critically-ill patients at the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr. VA Medical Center (VA Memphis). She assists with quality improvement initiatives to prevent infection related to ventilators, Foley catheters, and central venous access devices. She is a member of the Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Task Force, which is charged with making recommendations to prevent CLABSI. Other quality improvement initiatives include decreasing length of ICU days; decreasing ventilator days; prevention of ICU delirium; early removal of lines, tubes, and drains, etc. She also completes sepsis surveillance and rapid response follow-up. In addition, Dr. Shepherd precepts nurse practitioner students at VA Memphis and assists with orienting physician assistant students, medical interns, residents, and new attendings in the critical care setting. More about Dr. Shepherd.
Nina Sublette, PhD, APRN-BC

Dr. Nina K. Sublette is a family nurse practitioner at The University of Tennessee-Regional One Physicians Group’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine clinic. Specializing in perinatal HIV, she provides comprehensive care for pregnant women living with HIV. She provides extensive HIV education and counseling and serves as an advocate for patients as they navigate pregnancy, delivery, and care of their HIV-exposed infants. She is responsible for the initiation and management of antiretroviral therapy. In addition to comprehensive prenatal care, she provides gynecological care and contraception management for women living with HIV. Dr. Sublette has been a co-investigator for multiple NIH perinatal and neonatal clinical trials and a health care provider for this specialty population since 1999. More about Dr. Sublette.

Christina Wills, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC
Dr. Christina Wills has dedicated her clinical practice to caring for children and adolescents with hematological and oncological diseases. Her career in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology began as a Registered Nurse (RN) in August 2012. She transitioned to the PNP Role within the St. Jude Hematology Department in July 2017, where she primarily cares for the General Hematology Clinic. Dr. Wills primarily works in the general hematology clinic which includes diagnosing and managing autoimmune hemolytic anemias (AIHA), congenital hemolytic anemias, iron-deficiency anemias (IDA), G6PD deficiencies, immune thrombocytopenias (ITP), and may-hegglin anomalies. She also performs bone marrow aspirates and biopsies. More about Dr. Wills.

 

Department of Acute and
Tertiary Care
Carrie Harvey, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, CHFN
Dr. Carrie Harvey has been practicing as a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner for more than 20 years, providing care for patient with cardiac arrhythmias. Her faculty practice is with the UT Methodist Physicians Cardiology. She takes weekend call, covering all of the Methodist hospitals in the Memphis area, performing new patient consultations, patient follow-ups, and discharges. She has a passion for cardiac electrophysiology and obtained a PhD in that area. More about Dr. Harvey.
Lee Hover, DNP, APRN, CRNA
Dr. Lee Hover is a seasoned Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist with more than 11 years of experience in the Memphis area.  Dr. Hover provides expert anesthesia care for patients of every age and for a wide variety of procedures, including regional anesthesia in labor and delivery. Over the past year, Dr. Hover has dedicated herself to enhancing her pediatric anesthesia skills, focusing on providing safe and effective care for young patients. Dr. Hover splits her clinical time currently practicing across the Methodist Healthcare System, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and LeBonheur Children’s Hospital. In these roles, Dr. Hover performs comprehensive anesthesia care, from perioperative assessments to postoperative recovery, for general, obstetric, and pediatric patients.  More about Dr. Hover.
Jordan Isaac, DNP, CRNA

Dr. Jordan Isaac practices as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist in several clinical settings in the Mid-South. Dr Isaac has spent the past 10 years in the Methodist Healthcare System providing anesthesia for surgical and labor/delivery patients. He has also spent time practicing in surgery centers including Semmes-Murphy, Conrad/Pearson urology center, Methodist Germantown, and Campbell Clinic. More about Dr. Isaac

Shelley Miller, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Dr. Shelley Miller practices as a family nurse practitioner at the Health Education and Lifestyle Promotion (HELP) Center at Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC). The Center is a collaboration between the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing and STCC, with a focus on health choices and preventive health care. Southwest students, faculty, administration, and staff can obtain free physicals, referrals, and health care resources provided by a nurse practitioner on the faculty of the UT Health Science Center College of Nursing. More about Dr. Miller.
Andrea Sebastian, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC, AFN-C, SANE-P
Dr. Andrea Sebastian practices at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital on the Child Advocacy Resource and Evaluation Services (CARES) team, where she provides medical evaluations on children when there are concerns about abuse and/or neglect. She also serves as a liaison between the hospital and investigators to ensure the patient's care is coordinated, while also advocating for the best interest of the children. She is also a member of the Shelby County Child Protection Investigation Team and the DeSoto County Multidisciplinary Team. More about Dr. Sebastian.

 

Department of Community and Population Health
Lisa Beasley, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AFN-C
Dr. Lisa Beasley's clinical practice centers on the College of Nursing's Mobile Health Unit in rural West Tennessee, where she provides primary care and forensic nursing services. With a deep commitment to serving rural, under-resourced, and vulnerable populations, Dr. Beasley ensures that essential health care reaches those who need it most, bridging gaps in access and addressing the unique challenges faced by these communities. More about Dr. Beasley.
Diana Dedmon, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, AFN-C

Dr. Diana Dedmon is director of clinical affairs for the College of Nursing and is principal investigator for a $3.98 million, four-year Health Resources and Services Administration Grant that funds a Nursing Mobile Health unit for two rural West Tennessee counties: Lake and Lauderdale. Dr. Dedmon's faculty practice centers on the mobile health unit, where she provides primary care and forensic nursing services to residents of those counties. More about Dr. Dedmon.

Kate Fouquier, PhD, APRN, CNM, FACNM

Dr. Kate Fouquier is one of 10 certified nurse-midwives practicing at Regional One Health, which is the only hospital in Memphis that offers midwifery care. In addition to providing care during pregnancy, labor and birth, the midwives work in three Regional One Outpatient clinics, Hollywood Primary Care, East Memphis Primary Care and Regional One Outpatient.  Dr. Fouquier’s practice includes annual well-woman exams, gynecological exams, birth control counseling and management, basic primary care, preconception care, and STD screening. Because midwives typically have more time to spend with each patient, their practice philosophy also includes an educational component. Dr. Fouquier is the concentration coordinator for the Nurse-Midwifery concentration of the Doctor of Nursing Practice. More about Dr. Fouquier.

Meghan Madea, MSN, APRN, CNM, WHNP-BC

Regional One Health is the only hospital in Memphis where Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) practice. Meghan Madea practices full-scope midwifery through one outpatient clinical day each week at either the Hollywood Primary Care Clinic, East Women’s Clinic, or Regional One Outpatient Clinic. She also takes one Labor and Delivery shift per month. Her clinical practice includes well-woman gynecology, contraception, and obstetrical care. This Midwifery practice is the primary clinical training site for the UT Health Science Center’s midwifery students. More about Ms. Madea.

Michelle Rickard, DNP, CPNP-AC

Dr. Michelle Rickard has been a member of the General Pediatrics/Hospitalist Team at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital for more than seven years. She continues to practice in this setting on her clinical practice days as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. In this role, she provides high-quality, patient-and family-centered care to children of all ages with a wide variety of illnesses, injuries, and medical needs in the inpatient hospital setting. This practice setting also offers her the opportunity to precept students in the college’s Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program on her clinical days. More about Dr. Rickard.

 

Aug 8, 2024