Meet Our Writers

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Sherlan Thomas, F.N.P., M.S.N., M.P.H., D.N.P.-C

Sherlan Thomas, F.N.P., M.S.N., M.P.H., D.N.P.-C, works full time as a nurse practitioner at the Montefiore Medical Center for Positive Living/Infectious Diseases Clinic in the Bronx, New York. Summer of 2010 will see her in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, where she will again be working with HIV-infected patients and the health care professionals who treat them.
Sheryl Sommer, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E.

Sheryl Sommer, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.E., is the Director of Nursing Education & Curriculum at Ascend Learning in Leawood, Kansas. She has held numerous faculty and administrative positions in practical, associate, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing programs.
Shonta D. Collins, BSN, RN, MPA

Shonta D. Collins, BSN, RN, MPA, graduated in December 2007 from the BSN program at LaSalle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences in Philadelphia. She is a critical care nurse at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and the founder of the nonprofit organization Explorers Sans Frontières (www.ExplorersSF.org).
Silvia Foti

Silvia Foti of Chicago runs her own free-lance writing company, Lotus Ink. Visit her at www.silviafoti.com
Sonya Stinson

Sonya Stinson is a freelance writer based in New Orleans.
Spencer Miller, RN

Spencer Miller, RN, is an emergency room nurse who has worked at various hospitals in Florida, Georgia and California. He now lives in San Jose, Calif., with his partner, Tao. Visit his blog at www.emergencydpt.com.
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Sujayalakshmi Devarayasamudram, MSN, RN, MPhil

Sujayalakshmi Devarayasamudram, MSN, RN, MPhil, is a clinical associate professor of nursing at North Carolina Central University in Durham, North Carolina. She can be contacted at sujayalakshmi_d@yahoo.com.
Susan Moscou, F.N.P., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Susan Moscou, FNP, MPH, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Mercy College School of Nursing. Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York is a private, nonprofit college offering more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs. www.mercy.edu. 877-MERCY-GO.
Susan O’Brien, EdD, RN, Louise Riley, MS, RN, BC, and Jovita Solomon-Duarte, MSN, RN, CCRN

Susan O’Brien, EdD, RN, is dean of the Thomas Edison State College School of Nursing and the principal writer of HRSA Grant # DIIHP05199. Louise Riley, MS, RN, BC, is the School of Nursing’s assistant dean for distance learning and co-writer of the HRSA grant. Jovita Solomon-Duarte MSN, RN, CCRN, is the diversity coordinator for the School of Nursing.

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