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| 2007 Faculty |
 Gail Bennett, RN, MSN, CIC, is executive director of ICP Associates, LLC, a national consulting company based in Georgia providing education on the prevention of healthcare-associated infections. She has served as an independent training and education consultant for a number of healthcare-related agencies, corporations, and institutions across the United States and in foreign countries, and serves as the course director of ICP Associates’ Basic Training Program for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Nosocomial Infections. She also currently serves as a member of the faculty of APIC’s Certification Preparation Course, and for many years taught APIC’s Infection Control and Epidemiology (ICE I) course. She has lectured in front of numerous groups, including the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, the American Hospital Association, and numerous state and local healthcare associations and infection control networks. Bennett is the author of numerous infection control manuals and also has been published in a wide variety of industry journals and publications. |
 Karyn
Buxman, MSN, CSP, CPAE, is
president and founder of HUMORx, a
humor-based management and
communications company. Through her
years of research and experience,
she's determined that humor and its
powerful physiological, psychological,
social, and spiritual consequences
offer benefits in the workplace that
can be the catalyst for change that
will move groups forward and allow
individuals to live more positive,
productive and happier lives. While in
graduate school, Buxman combined her
research with the one thing that
enabled her to get through an entire
day without losing her sanity: humor.
The result became her master's thesis,
"The Development and
Implementation of a Humor Room in a
Hospital Setting." Now an
internationally recognized expert on
humor, she puts her studies to work by
delivering energy-charged keynotes
that entertain, motivate, and educate
audiences nationwide. Buxman is the
recipient of the Lifetime Achievement
Award from the Association for Applied
and Therapeutic Humor (AATH). She has
made numerous national television
appearances, and has been featured in
professional publications such as the
American Journal of Nursing and
Nursing Spectrum, as well as in
magazines such as Marie Claire,
Shape, and Woman's World.
She has also been recognized for her
expertise on Web sites such as
ABCnews.com and Monster.com. Buxman
has contributed to books such as Chicken
Soup for the Nurses' Soul, Chicken
Soup for the Christian Woman's Soul,
and Humor Me; America's Funniest
Humorists On the Power of Laughter.
For 10 years she was a contributing
editor for the Journal of Nursing
Jocularity and for five years
edited the national newsletter for
AATH. Her articles appear in numerous
professional and industry journals
such as Professional Speaker and
Healthcare Review. Buxman also
wrote and published, This Won't
Hurt a Bit! And other Fractured Truths
in Healthcare, a 96-page
collection of stories, quotes, jokes,
and cartoons for those on the giving
and receiving end of healthcare and is
currently working with her agent on
her latest book in which she will
reveal her "laugh
strategies" to the world. She has
earned the National Speakers
Association (NSA)'s Certified Speaking
Professional (CSP) designation (held
by less than 7 percent of professional
speakers), and is one of only 166
experts (26 women) in the world
awarded admission into the NSA Speaker
Hall of Fame (CPAE). |
 Libby F. Chinnes, RN, BSN, CIC, is an independent infection control consultant with IC Solutions, LLC, based in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. She has more than 25 years of experience in infection prevention and control. She provides consultation to infection control programs in assessment, problem solving, and training in acute-care, long-term care, ambulatory care, home care, and long-term acute care. She also serves as a consultant to healthcare industries. Chinnes has served in many capacities for the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), and is a frequent speaker at APIC's ICE I course for new practitioners and APIC’s annual national conference. She is published in the field and has lectured extensively on infection prevention and control topics throughout the United States. |
 Susan A. Dolan, RN, MS, CIC, who was named the 2002 Infection Control Educator of the Year, was the recipient of a 2006 Hero of Infection Prevention Award from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control Professionals (APIC). She is the hospital epidemiologist for The Children's Hospital in Denver, and has more than 20 years of experience in acute-care nursing practice. Her writing has been published widely in professional journals and publications, and she is an active member of APIC, currently serving as a member of the National Mandatory Reporting Task force of APIC’s Public Policy
Committee. She holds certifications in infection control and hospital epidemiology. She earned her master of science in pediatric nursing from the University of Rochester, and her bachelor of nursing degree from State University of New York. |
 Margaret
S. Gallagher, BS, MS, RN, CIC, is
an infection control practitioner for
the Southeast Georgia Health System in
Brunswick, GA, a 320 bed community
hospital. She is certified in
Infection Control and Epidemiology.
Board positions with the Certification
Board of Infection Control and
Epidemiology (CBIC) include being an
active board member for the past seven
years, past president, treasurer, test
committee chairman for 2005, 2004 and
2003, and serving on the infection
control and epidemiology practice
analysis committee. Gallagher is the
2006 and 2007 secretary-treasurer of
the National Organization for
Competency Assurance (NOCA). |
 Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, is the infection control manager for Via Health Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., and has 18 years of experience in infection control and quality improvement. She received a 2006 Hero of Infection Prevention Award from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control Professionals (APIC) for initiating several programs with far-reaching impacts on patient safety. Two years ago, Greene led a team of professionals to reduce bacteria associated with central venous catheters (CVC) in the hospital’s ICU and expanded the program to the entire organization; within three months, death attributed to CVC bacteremia decreased from 4 percent to zero. Two years later, the overall bacteremia rate decreased 72 percent. She received her master’s degree in administration from Alfred University, and her bachelor’s degree from State University of New York. |
 Roy McKay,
Ph.D., has a degree in
pulmonary toxicology and is a full-time
faculty member at the University of
Cincinnati’s Department of Environmental
Health. McKay is also director of the
respiratory protection services program at
the Center for Occupational Health, the
oldest occupational medicine training
facility in the country. In this role,
respirator fit-testing and consultative
services are performed for local and
regional companies. In addition to his
teaching and clinical service activities,
McKay is involved in respirator research
with publications and presentations at
national and international conferences.
McKay is a current member of the American
Industrial Hygiene Association's Respiratory
Protection Committee, a national committee
developed to disseminate respiratory
protection information. Previously, McKay
was appointed to the ANSI Z88.10-2001
subcommittee on Respirator Fit Testing
and is now the current chair of ANSI Z88.10.
McKay was also a sub-committee member of
Z88.6 which recently published guidelines on
Physical Qualifications for Respirator
Wearers. In addition to his many
sub-committee assignments, McKay was
appointed to the full ANSI Z88 committee on respiratory protection. |
 Cheri
Oglesbee, RN, BSN, CIC, is
a certified infection control officer
that has worked in the field for the
last 10 years. As a
hospital-based infection control
officer, she completed JCAHO surveys
in 1997, 2000 and 2003 with a 98
percent accreditation score. She
has also authored certification
curriculum for Infection Control in
Environmental Services for the
Oklahoma State Vocational Technical
schools. Oglesbee is a member of
the Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology
(APIC), an active member of the Nurse
Advisory Council for Northeastern
State University’s BSN program, and
has been an experienced nursing
educator since 1990. |
 Suzanne M. Pear, RN, Ph.D, CIC, is associate director for infection control practices within the Scientific Affairs and Clinical Education Department of Kimberly-Clark Health Care. Pear is a healthcare epidemiologist with extensive experience in clinical infection control practice and outbreak investigations. Her general area of expertise is healthcare- acquired infections and her special interests include surgical site infection, Clostridium difficile infection, and device-associated infections. Prior to coming to Kimberly-Clark Health Care, Pear practiced as infection control coordinator with the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System. She was also adjunct clinical faculty with the University of Arizona College of Nursing and lecturer in Infectious Diseases for the College of Public Health. Pear is a registered nurse and obtained her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Long Island University in New York. She also holds a master’s degree in medical-surgical nursing with an education concentration from the University of Arizona. Her thesis work investigated nurses’ self-perception of hand-hygiene behavior. She subsequently obtained a doctorate degree in epidemiology from the College of Public Health at the same institution. Her dissertation work focused on the role of hyperglycemia in post-cardiac surgery infections. She has been certified in infection control and epidemiology (CIC) for more than 15 years. |
 Kelly M. Pyrek is the chair of the
ICT Conference on Professional Development.
She has served as editor in chief of Infection
Control Today magazine for the past five
years, and is the group editor of four
healthcare trade journals, e-newsletters,
and Web sites within the Health &
Nutrition division of Virgo Publishing, LLC.
Recognized by the Society of Professional
Journalists as an award-winning
practitioner, she has served as an editorial
manager, editor, and writer for newspapers,
magazines, wire services, and public
information bureaus for more than 20 years.
She is a graduate of the University of
Southern California. |
 Kathleen
Roye-Horn, RN, CIC, is the
director of infection control services
for Hunterdon Healthcare System in
Flemington, N.J. She has 18 years of
experience in infection control and
epidemiology, and has been certified
in infection control since 1990.
Roye-Horn is a past-president of the
National Certification Board of
Infection Control and Epidemiology,
and currently co-chairs the National
APIC Practice Guidance Internal
Documents Committee. She has twice
served as NNJ APIC president, and is a
founding member and faculty for the
Northeastern Infection Control
Educators. Roye-Horn is a liaison to
the New Jersey Department of Health
and Senior Services, and has served on
many of their committees including
healthcare licensure, emergency
preparedness and latex allergy. |
 Linda L. Spaulding, RN, C, CIC, who was named the 2003 ICT Educator of the Year, is the owner of Florida-based InCo and Associates, an infection control consulting firm she founded in 1994. Spaulding is certified in infection control through the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) and holds a certification in medical/surgical nursing through the American Nursing Association (ANA). With many years of experience in medical/surgical nursing, geriatrics, and intensive care, Spaulding has worked on numerous outbreak investigations involving VRE, MRSA, and scabies, as well as issues relating to hemodialysis and influenza. She has provided many presentations for the community and other healthcare facilities on various infection control topics, as well as consulting services to hospitals, nursing homes, home care agencies, prisons, and other local industries and community-based groups. As a healthcare consultant she has been interviewed numerous times on a local Honolulu TV station, and as past-president and education chairperson of the Hawaii chapter of APIC, Spaulding took the opportunity to network with infection control practitioner worldwide. Her infection control experience includes both adult and pediatric infectious diseases. |
 Beth
Young, RN, BSN, CIC, is the
infection control coordinator at
Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna,
Ohio, and was honored as the 2004 ICT
Educator of the year. She is a
graduate of East Liverpool Ohio City
Hospital School of Nursing, and
received her bachelor’s degree from
Kent State University. She is an
adjunct clinical associate for the
Kent State University School of
Nursing. Young is certified in
infection control, and has served the
Northeast Ohio chapter of the
Association for Professionals in
Infection Control and Epidemiology
(APIC) as director, a member of the
education committee, and as president.
She is currently the chairman of the
Northeast Ohio APIC Long-Term Care
focus group, and is well known for
entertaining and creative educational
programs, using humor and music to
share her infection control message. |
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