About me
A born and raised New Yorker, Lisa completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1993 at Mount Saint Mary’s College. After graduation, Lisa worked at NYU Tish Medical Center as a staff nurse. Seeking to grow further as a nurse, she enrolled in the NYU Nurse Practitioner Program in 1995. Lisa was awarded the NYU Nursing Excellence in 1996.
In 2000, as an Adult Nurse Practitioner, Lisa embraced a position to establish a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner program at Vassar Brothers Medical Center (VBMC). At that time, this program would be the only one of its kind in all of Hudson Valley. Lisa was the first clinician hired and eventually became the Lead Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner.
In 2006, Lisa launched the Rapid Response Team (RRT) at VBMC. She developed educational playbooks and classes to facilitate the new venture. Under her direction, the VBMC RRT succeeded in reducing annual Code Blue rates by 50 percent within 2 months.
In 2021, Lisa joined the VBMC Critical Care department to develop and manage the new Medical Step-Down Unit. She is tasked with optimizing clinical outcomes and promoting a collaborative environment between nursing and physicians. Lisa was awarded the VBMC Medical Staff Honoree of the Month in December 2022.
In 2022, Lisa joined the Patricia A. Tietjen Teaching Academy as a scholar. She is developing a “POP UP” education classes for residents and nursing. These classes will be structure education with the ability to POP UP when the time is available. Her first class is ACLS review, with plans to expand to other topics in the future.
After completing her first year at the Academy, she remained actively engaged with PATMDTA through ongoing participation in lectures, conferences and collaborative initiatives. Over the past 4 years, Lisa has continued to work alongside fellow PATMDTA members and valves the strong community of practice the organization fosters. Lisa was awarded a PATMDTA grant to expand her “POP UP” sessions into a Rapid Response Team (RRT) Simulation course for residents and nurses at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Now in its fourth year, the program is supported by a research study titled “Assessing Multimodal Simulation Case-Based Learning on Clinical Aptitude and Response to Rapid Response Team Activation. Building on that work, she is developing a second research project focused on the use of a validated scoring instrument to evaluate RRT simulation scenarios, ensuring evidence-based cases design and optimal leaners’ outcomes. This study is titled “Development and Evaluation of an Interprofessional Rapid Response Team Curriculum using a Simulation Scenario Quality Instrument.
Lisa continues to explore innovative approaches to healthcare education. Her “Sip and Paint Wounds” workshop is an interactive learning experience in which the participates paint realistic silicone pressure ulcer models while developing the skills in wound assessment, staging and evidence-based wound care. She also designed and implemented a Code Stroke Escape Room and is currently collaborating with Neurology to future scholarly work exploring on gamification and medical education at Vassar Brothers Medical Center.
