Keynote/Featured Speakers
We invited internationally and nationally renowned experts and scholars.
They will share their expertise and insights about nursing practice today,
and their visions into the future. 

Tim Porter-O’Grady, DM, EdD, ScD(h), APRN, FAAN
is the senior partner of an international healthcare consulting firm in Atlanta, GA specializing in conflict and change, delivery models, complex health service, organizational innovation, and health futures. Tim has published extensively in healthcare with over 175 professional journal articles and 21 books, and is an eight-time winner of the AJN Healthcare Book of the Year Award.  He has consulted internationally with over 500 institutions and has lectured in over 1000 settings internationally. Tim is noted for his work on shared governance models, clinical leadership, conflict,  complex systems, health futures, and innovation.

Dr. Tim Porter-O’Grady returns to UTMB to again share his depth and breath of scholarship and expertise, making him the consummate opening keynote speaker to lead us in Surfing the Waves of EBP: Advancing practice, transforming care, promoting innovation.
 

Ellen Fineout-Overholt, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN is Dean and Professor of the School of Professional Studies at East Texas Baptist University. Ellen was formerly a clinical professor and director for advancement of EBP at Arizona State University. She is a well-published author in the field of EBP. A graduate of UTMB School of Nursing, University of Alabama and University of Rochester in New York, Ellen brings to the table her values and passion to make a meaningful impact on the lives of students, patients and communities.

Dr. Ellen Fineout-Overholt's masterful adeptness in bringing theory and research into practice make her the befitting keynote speaker on Day 2 of our conference to  reflect upon Demystifying the Myths and Capturing the High Tides of EBP.

 

Scott E. Parazynski, MD is the Chief Medical Officer and Director of  the Center for Polar Medical Operations at UTMB Health. Before he joined UTMB, Scott was the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas.  A graduate of Stanford University, he trained at Harvard in preparation for a career in emergency medicine and trauma. During his 17 years as an Astronaut (where he flew 5 Space Shuttle Missions and conducted 7 spacewalks), he served in various senior leadership roles. After leaving NASA in 2008 he has worked in senior leadership positions in both the aerospace and medical research industries, and has been instrumental in the development of numerous medical devices and other technologies for supporting life in extreme environments. A recipient of a number of prestigious awards, Scott has numerous publications in the field of space physiology and expertise in human adaptation to stressful environments.

Dr. Scott E. Parazynski's combined expertise in medicine, technology, and human adaptation makes him the quintessential closing keynote to inspire us Launch into the Future... with a worldview of EBP as Catalyst for Innovation.

 

Dolora (Dolly) Sanares-Carreon, MPA, RN, NE-BC is the UTMB Health Nursing Program Manager for EBP. Dolly's academic education in nursing, public administration, and regional planning in concert with her professional experiences in management, research, and development planning accorded her a visionary perspective in incepting, testing and implementing Disciplined Clinical Inquiry (DCI).  DCI©, the UTMB Health EBP model, provides a platform to enculturate EBP in nursing systems and draws a roadmap to innovation. Dolly served as principal investigator of a number of nursing research studies and developed several self-directed web-based learning modules and pathways on EBP. She had presented in local, national, and international conferences. She has published in peer reviewed journals and the lead author of a book chapter on EBP. Dolly was a recipient of the Good Samaritan Award (silver medalist, 2011) in nursing administration and leadership category for her work and scholarship in EBP.

Dolly will share with us Mainstreaming Disciplined Clinical Inquiry: Building knowledge-force and driving innovation.