Curriculum Vitae
Thomas A. VanDruff, MS, ACNP-BC
2411 North Upshur Street,
Arlington, VA 22207
Cell Phone: 703-851-5874
E-mail: thomas.vandruff@gmail.com
Education:
Aug. 2004-July 2006
Master of Science with an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Concentration, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
Sept. 1995-May 1997
Bachelor of Science, Nursing at Syracuse University,
Syracuse N.Y., summa cum laude
Sept. 1991-Dec. 1994
Bachelor of Science, Biology at Binghamton University,
Binghamton N.Y., cum laude
Professional Experience:
January 2013-Present
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care,
Pulmonary Medical Associates of Northern Virginia at
the Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA.
Advanced practice clinician in a 24-bed Medical/Surgical
Intensive Care Unit. Practice includes direct interaction
with a team of intensivists to provide comprehensive care
for a wide variety of medical, surgical, neurological, and
neurosurgical patients in a critical care setting. Skills
employed include advanced physical assessment,
medication and diagnostic testing orders, placement of
central lines, arterial lines, and advanced hemodynamic
monitoring devices, thoracentesis and placement of chest
tubes, and coordination of multidisciplinary care provision.
Additional responsibilities include providing ICU consults
in the Emergency Department as well as in-patient units;
participation in the Rapid Response Team for in-house
critical situations.
August 2010-Present
Adjunct Clinical Instructor and Course Coordinator,
Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and
Clinical Nurse Specialist Program, Georgetown
University School of Nursing and Health Studies,
Washington, DC.
Course coordinator responsibilities include planning and
implementing curricula for the AG-ACNP/CNS program,
scheduling faculty and guest speaker lectures and
simulation lab experiences, and organizing assignments,
quizzes, and final exams.. Adjunct clinical instructor duties
include delivering didactic lectures for core Acute Care
Nurse Practitioner courses, instructing students in highfidelity patient simulation in the GUS lab, and supervising
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students’ clinical placements
and work product. Additional duties include preparation of
didactic content for the on-line AG-ACNP/CNS program.
August 2011-December 2012 Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Critical Care, Virginia
Hospital Center, Arlington, VA.
Responsibilities included developing and implementing the
role of the advanced practice clinician in a 24-bed
Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Practice includes
direct interaction with a team of intensivists to provide
comprehensive care for patients in a critical care setting.
Skills employed include advanced physical assessment,
medication and diagnostic testing orders, placement of
central lines, arterial lines, and advanced hemodynamic
monitoring devices, thoracentesis and placement of chest
tubes, and coordination of multidisciplinary care provision.
Additional patient care responsibilities include providing
ICU consults in the Emergency Department as well as inpatient units; participation in the Rapid Response Team for
in-house critical situations. Additional administrative duties
include precepting newly hired mid-level practitioners,
super-user for the ICU for transition to Computerized
Physician Order Entry.
October 2006-June 2013
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Surgical Critical Care
Service, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
Responsibilities include the providing of advanced medical
care for a variety of surgical patients admitted to one of
three units: Cardiovascular Recovery Room;
Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit; and Surgical
Intensive Care Unit. Practice includes direct interaction
with a team of intensivists to provide comprehensive care
for patients in a critical care setting. Skills employed
include physical assessment, medication and diagnostic
testing orders, placement of central lines and advanced
hemodynamic monitoring, and coordination of
multidisciplinary care provision. Additional duties include
precepting newly hired mid-level practitioners and acute
care nurse practitioner students.
June 2006-July 2006
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student Clinical
Placement, Inova Fairfax Hospital Intermediate Care
Unit, Fairfax, VA. Preceptor: Mary Duggan, MS, RN,
ACNP, CCRN. Clinical experience designed to complete
the transition into the role of acute care nurse practitioner
by providing comprehensive care to intermediate level
trauma patients in a Level I trauma center. 206 clinical
hours completed.
January 2006-April 2006
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student Clinical
Placement, Anne Arundel Medical Center
Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Annapolis, MD.
Preceptors: Drs. Weinstein, Peterson, Yu, Young, Beck,
and Resnick, Board Certified Physicians in Pulmonary and
Critical Care Medicine. Responsibilities included providing
comprehensive care for ICU patients by performing
physical examinations, monitoring of vital signs and lab
work, evaluating diagnostic testing results, managing
ventilators including initial set-up and weaning. Practical
skills developed included assisting and performing
thoracentesis, central line placement, and endotracheal
intubation. Additional patient populations cared for
included Emergency Department patients admitted to the
intensive care service, pulmonary consults for hospital
patients, and outpatients undergoing bronchoscopy or
thoracentesis. 280 clinical hours completed.
Oct. 2005-December 2005
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student Clinical
Placement, Kaiser Permanente Cardiology, Silver
Spring, MD. Preceptor: Suzanne Wingate, RN, DNSc,
CRNP, CS, FAHA. Responsibilities included evaluating
cardiology patients in an outpatient setting by performing
physical examinations and assessments, care planning,
exercise treadmill testing, and nuclear perfusion imaging.
Work involved collaborating with physicians, nurse
practitioners, and registered nurses, as well
echocardiography, pacemaker, and perfusion scanning
technologists. 150 clinical hours completed.
September 2005-Jan. 2007
Critical Education Resources, LLC, Principal/Instructor,
Washington, D.C. Critical Care Registered Nurse-owned
and operated education oriented company. Provided
education, certification, and training in American Heart
Association CPR to health care professionals and members
of the community.
January 2003-April 2006
GSB Associates, ACLS Instructor, Washington, D.C.
Provided instruction in American Heart Association
Advanced Cardiac Life Support to Georgetown University
Hospital health care professionals, Georgetown Medical
School students, and the local health care community.
September 2002-April 2006 Georgetown University Hospital, Clinical Nurse III,
Washington, D.C. Provided bedside care in an eighteenbed Level II Emergency Room. Acted as charge and triage
nurse; served as lead member of the Scheduling
Committee; served as facilitator of the Commitment-toCoworkers unit committee; served as unit representative for
hospital’s Sharps Safety Task Force. Precepted Registered
Nurses orienting to unit and student nurses; led peer
instruction sessions in invasive line set-up and monitoring,
use of Level I Rapid Infuser, and cardiac
monitoring/rhythm interpretation. Served as an instructor in
the Emergency Department Graduate Nurse Orientation
Program.
Aug.1999-July 2002
University of Virginia Health System, Registered Nurse
Clinician II, Charlottesville, VA. Provided bedside care in a
ten-bed Adult Surgical/Trauma Intensive Care Unit in a
Level I Trauma Center, serving a patient population of
trauma, general surgery, transplant, and bariatric surgery
patients. Served as rotating unit shift manager. Participated
in Stage II clinical trial of Extracorporeal Liver Assist
Device (ELAD) for Vitagen, Inc. as bedside clinician.
June 1997-Aug.1999
Crouse Hospital, Staff Registered Nurse, Syracuse, N.Y.
Provided bedside care in a twenty-one-bed
Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit in a large
metropolitan hospital, serving a diverse patient population.
Served as Core Trainer for ICU staff during Spring 1999
implementation of a new hospital-wide computerized
patient care system.
Aug. 1996-April 1997
Syracuse University School of Nursing, Student Nurse,
Syracuse, N.Y. Participated in an optional intensive clinical
practicum in the Neurosurgical ICU at the State University
of New York Health Science Center during the summer of
1996, which involved 120 hours of bedside critical care
clinical experience. Completed critical care preceptorship
in the Neurosurgical ICU at the State University of New
York Health Science Center in the spring of 1997, which
involved 120 hours of bedside critical care clinical
experience.
Licensure:
2011-Present
Licensed Nurse Practitioner, Virginia, #0024169483
2006-Present
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse-Nurse Practitioner,
District of Columbia, #RN967155
2002-Present
Registered Nurse, District of Columbia, #RN967155
1999-Present
Registered Nurse, Virginia, #0001164152
1997-1999
Registered Nurse, New York, #493199-1
Certifications:
2006-Present
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses
Credentialing Center, #2006009667
2005-2008
Critical Care Registered Nurse, American Association of
Critical Care Nurses, #0482484
1996-Present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
2012-2014, 2003-2007
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor
1992-Present
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Professional Affiliations:
2008-Present
Society of Critical Care Medicine, Member
2004-Present
American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Member
1997-Present
Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Member
Professional/Academic Service:
2012-Present
Virginia Hospital Center, Medical/Surgical ICU, Early
Mobilization Task Force, Member
2009-2011
Washington Hospital Center, Code Critical Airway Team
Committee, Member
2009-2011
Washington Hospital Center, Cardiovascular Recovery
Room, Nurse Education Committee, Advance Practice
Clinician, Chairperson and Instructor
2003-2006
Georgetown University Hospital, Emergency Department,
Self-Scheduling Committee, Lead Member
2003-2006
Georgetown University Hospital, Emergency Department,
Graduate Nurse Orientation Program, Instructor
2004-2005
Georgetown University Hospital, Hospital Sharps Safety
Task Force, Member
2003-2004
Georgetown University Hospital, Emergency Department,
Commitment to Coworkers Committee, Facilitator
Continuing Education Courses:
May 2013
AACN National Teaching Institute Annual Conference,
Boston, MA
March 2013
Spotlight on Critical Care presented by the Greater
Washington Area Chapter of the AACN, Bethesda, MD
September 2012
Critical Care Rehabilitation Conference: Creating and
Sustaining a Physical Rehabilitation Program in the ICU.
Johns Hopkins Medicine Continuing Medical Education,
Baltimore, MD
May 2012
AACN National Teaching Institute Annual Conference,
Orlando, FL
April 2010
Mid-Atlantic VAD and ECMO Symposium, Fairfax, VA
April 2008
Center for Bio-Medical Communication, Critical Care
Medicine Comprehensive Update and Board Review.
McClean, VA
November 2007
Contemporary Forums, Advanced Critical Care and
Trauma. Chicago, IL
August 2007
University of Virginia Health Systems Foundation, A Half
Century of Progress in Cardiovascular Surgery.
Charlottesville, VA
September 2006
Fitzgerald Associates, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Board
Exam Review Course. Philadelphia, PA
June 2005
Education Enterprises, CCRN Review Course. Atlantic
City, NJ
Publications/Presentations:
June 2014
Advance Practice Nursing Roles at Legacy Health:
Exploring Options and Creating Possibilities. Guest
Speaker – The roles and responsibilities of the AdultGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Panelist –
Open Forum on Advanced Practice Nursing. Legacy Health
Systems, Portland, OR.
March 2014
Greater Washington Area Chapter-AACN: Spotlight on
Advanced Practice Nursing. Primary Speaker-Concurrent
Session. Assessment and Management of Dyslipidemia:
From ATP III to the new ACC/AHA guidelines.
March 2014
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Anticoagulant
Therapy.
March 2014
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Assessment and
Management of Dyslipidemia.
May 2013
AACN National Teaching Institute Annual Conference,
Boston, MA. Primary Speaker-Concurrent Session.
Trimming the Fat: Dyslipidemia Management from ATP III
and Beyond.
Primary Speaker-Concurrent Session. Anticoagulant
Therapy: The Old, The New, The Tried and True.
April 2013
National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty Annual
Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
Poster Presentation: Incorporating Diagnostic Reasoning
and Clinical Decision Making Skills into a Pre-Clinical
Course for Nurse Practitioner Students: Providing the Tools
for Clinical Practice.
March 2013
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Dyslipidemia
Management.
March 2013
Greater Washington Area Chapter-AACN: Spotlight on
Critical Care. Primary Speaker-Concurrent Session.
Anticoagulant Therapy: The Old, The New, The Tried and
True.
February 2013
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Anticoagulant
Therapy.
February 2013
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation and Liberation from
Mechanical Ventilation. Pulmonary Education Conference
sponsored by the Virginia Hospital Center
November 2012
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation. 6A Ventilator Stepdown
Unit Nurse Education Sessions. Virginia Hospital Center
October 2012
Basics of Hemodynamic Monitoring, Virginia Hospital
Center Critical Care Nurse Orientation Class
September 2012
Therapeutic Hypothermia: Indications and Interventions.
Nursing Grand Rounds. Virginia Hospital Center
June 2012
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation. 6A Ventilator Stepdown
Unit Nurse Education Sessions. Virginia Hospital Center
May 2012
AACN National Teaching Institute Annual Conference.
Primary Speaker-Concurrent Session. Anticoagulant
Therapy: The Old, The New, The Tried and True.
Primary Speaker-Concurrent Session. Trimming the Fat:
Dyslipidemia Management from ATP III and Beyond.
March 2012
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Anticoagulant
Therapy.
March 2012
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Dyslipidemia.
February 2012
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation. 6A Ventilator Stepdown
Unit Nurse Education Sessions. Virginia Hospital Center
November 2011
Basics of Mechanical Ventilation. 6A Ventilator Stepdown
Unit Nurse Education Sessions. Virginia Hospital Center
June 2011
Tying it All Together: Case Presentations in the
Cardiovascular Recovery Room. Registered Nurse
Education Seminars. Washington Hospital Center
March 2011
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Anticoagulant
Therapy.
March 2011
Georgetown University Certified Registered Nurse
Anesthesia Program. Guest Lecture: Dyslipidemia.
June 2010
Tying it All Together: Case Presentations in the
Cardiovascular Recovery Room. Registered Nurse
Education Seminars. Washington Hospital Center
June 2009
Tying it All Together: Case Presentations in the
Cardiovascular Recovery Room. Registered Nurse
Education Seminars. Washington Hospital Center
March 2008
Code Critical Airway Teams Improves Patient Safety,
Poster Presentation, McCabe, P. RN; Sample, G. MD;
VanDruff, T. NP; Akintade, B. NP; Hesham, H. MD;
Amorn, M. MD; Deeb, Z. MD; Chia, S. MD; Hawksworth,
L. RN; Snyder, D. MD; Sava, J. MD; Trankiem, C. MD;
Dubin, J. MD; Tassler, A. MD; Palmer, E. RT; Plant, D.
RN. Code Critical Airway Team, Washington Hospital
Center, Washington, DC USA