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Dr. Patty Schweickert, FNP-BC, DNP, is an experienced Neuroradiology Nurse Practitioner at the University of Virginia where she is a member of the Neurovascular Team, collaborating with stroke and telemedicine colleagues within the Virginia Acute Stroke Telemedicine (VAST) Program. In this role, she works interprofessionally with the multidisciplinary stroke team as well as with colleagues in the community to manage the care of stroke patients. Patty received her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at Old Dominion University in May 2011. She was awarded a Graduate Teacher Assistantship by ODU 2010-2011, focusing on Telehealth. Her DNP capstone project implemented the first patient focused stroke tele-education program. She is Program Director of the HealtheCongregations Stroke Tele-education project at the University of Virginia. Patty served on the American Telemedicine Association Board of Directors from 2010-2012. She won the American Telemedicine Association Student Paper Award in 2011 for her work in tele-education. Dr. Schweickert also serves as Chair for the American Telemedicine Association Student Member Special Interest Discussion Group, where she leads HIT students, healthcare students, and business students in interprofessional telehealth projects and discussions. Dr. Schweickert is a core member of the Millennia2015 WeTelemed Taskforce, a global initiative organized by the Destree Institute with the patronage of the UNESCO. She is a Contributing Faculty member for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program in the College of Health Sciences at Walden University. She lectures and mentors within the University of Virginia and has lectured locally, nationally, and internationally on telehealth and neurologic topics. She is a published researcher in telehealth stroke education and neuroradiology topics, and is a Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Telemedicine and e-Health
