School Leadership

The Duke University School of Nursing is led by Dean Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN. Dean Relf is the Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing at the Duke University School of Nursing and Associate Chief Nurse Executive for Academic Partnerships and Innovation at Duke University Health System. 
He works with a leadership team of vice deans, department chairs, center and institute directors, and associate and assistant deans.

Michael Relf

Michael V. Relf, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN

  • Dean - Duke University School of Nursing
  • Associate Chief Nurse Executive for Academic Partnerships and Innovation - Duke University Health System
  • Mary T. Champagne Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Office: 4142 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9444

Email: michael.relf@duke.edu

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, RN, CPNP, FAANP

Anne L. Derouin, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHS, FAANP, ANEF

  • Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs
  • Specialty Director, Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health
  • Professor

Office: 2019 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 668-5375

Email: anne.derouin@duke.edu

sharron_docherty

Sharron L. Docherty, PhD, PNP, FAAN

  • Vice Dean for Research
  • Associate Professor

Office: 4273 Interprofessional Education Building

Phone: (919) 668-3836

Email: sharron.docherty@duke.edu

Barbera Turner

Barbara S. Turner, PhD, RN, FAAN

  • Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Development
  • Interim Chair, Clinical Health Systems & Analytics Division
  • Elizabeth P. Hanes Distinguished Professor of Nursing

Office: 3116 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9251

Email: barbara.turner@duke.edu

Eleanor Stevenson

Eleanor L. Stevenson, PhD, RN, FAAN

  • Interim Vice Dean for Global and Community Health Affairs (VD, GCHA)
  • Professor

Office: 4287 Interprofessional Education Building

Phone: (919) 660-3003

Email: eleanor.stevenson@duke.edu

Angie Keith

Angie Keith, MBA

  • Vice Dean, Finance and Administration

Office: 3020A Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9323

Email: angie.house@duke.edu

Ernest Grant

Ernest Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN

  • Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB)

Office: 4110B Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 668-5103

Email: ernest.grant@duke.edu

Terry McDonnell

Terry McDonnell, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC

  • Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs
  • Senior Vice President & Chief Nurse Executive, Duke University Health System

Office: 40 Duke Medicine Circle - Suite 1117

Phone: (919) 681-2345

Email: theresa.mcdonnell@duke.edu

Chip Bailey

Donald (Chip) E. Bailey Jr., PhD, RN, FAAN

  • Chair, Healthcare in Adult Populations Division
  • Associate Professor

Office: 2059 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 681-3003

Email: chip.bailey@duke.edu

Debra Brandon

Debra H. Brandon, PhD, RN, CNS, FAAN

  • Chair, Health of Women, Children & Families Division
  • Professor

Office: 3077A Interprofessional Education Building

Phone: (919) 681-3813

Email: debra.brandon@duke.edu

Mary L. Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN

Mary Lou Affronti, DNP, MHSc, RN, ANP, FAAN

  • Assistant Dean, Doctor of Nursing Practice
  • Professor

Office: 3055 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9365

Email: mary.affronti@duke.edu

Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman

Stephanie Gedzyk-Nieman, DNP, MSN, RNC-MNN

  • Assistant Dean, Pre-Licensure Programs
  • Assistant Professor

Office: 2116 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9364

Email: stephanie.gedzyknieman@duke.edu

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda

Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

  • Assistant Dean, PhD Program
  • Professor

Office: 4238 Interprofessional Education Building

Phone: (919) 613-2634

Email: rosa.gonzalez-guarda@duke.edu

Benjamin Smallheer

Benjamin Smallheer, PhD, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, FAANP

  • Assistant Dean, Master of Science in Nursing Program
  • Provost Faculty Fellow
  • Associate Professor

Office: 2025 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 613-9787

Email: benjamin.smallheer@duke.edu

Jessica Szydlowski Pitman

Jessica Szydlowski, DNP, CRNA, MSN, ACNP

  • Assistant Dean, Nurse Anesthesia Program
  • Assistant Professor

Office: 3027A Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 613-9767

Email: jessica.szydlowski@duke.edu

Sara Aghajanian

Sara Aghajanian, MPH

  • Associate Dean, Marketing and Communications

Office: 4133 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-3219

Email: sara.aghajanian@duke.edu

Kate Gray

Kate Gray

  • Associate Dean, Development and Alumni Affairs

Office: 4151 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 681-9641

Email: kate.gray@duke.edu

Mitchell T. Heflin

Mitchell T. Heflin, MD, MHS

  • Associate Dean, Interprofessional Education and Care
  • Associate Professor of Medicine

Office: 4242 Interprofessional Education Building

Phone: (919) 660-7561

Email: mitchell.heflin@duke.edu

Jacqui McMillian-Bohler

Jacquelyn M McMillian-Bohler, PhD, CNM, CNE

  • Associate Dean, Academic Innovation and Evaluation
  • Director of Educational Excellence
  • Associate Professor
  • Duke Ivy+ Provost Leadership Fellow

Office: 2043 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 684-9541

Email: jacquelyn.mcmillianbohler@duke.edu

Devon Noonan

Devon Noonan, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CARN, FAAN

  • Associate Dean, Community Engaged Science
  • Director of Rural Health Equity, Center for Nursing Research
  • Associate Professor

Office: 3069 Pearson Building

Phone: (919) 613-9130

Email: devon.noonan@duke.edu

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