Amy Wallace Smith DNP, FNP-BC, CENP, FAANP, FACHE
Nurse Practitioner, Family Nursing
Ridgeland, Mississippi, United States of America
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Dr. Amy W. Smith has joined the Medical Center’s School of Nursing faculty and is currently teaching an interdisciplinary, interprofessional health policy class for doctoral students of multiple schools across the Medical Center.
After receiving her B.S.N. summa cum laude in 1991 from UMMC, where she served as nursing student body president and received the Christine L. Oglevee Award, Smith served as an R.N. and later as a case manager in internal medicine at the G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson while concurrently earning her M.S.N. summa cum laude at UMMC in 1994. She then served as a family nurse practitioner in the Mississippi Delta (Pickens, Canton, and Greenville) and became an affiliate faculty member at UMMC in 1996. She returned to the VA to serve in a variety of clinical and leadership roles at the local, regional and national levels; currently serving as the deputy chief medical officer for the South Central Veterans Affairs Health Care Network, serving veterans in eight southern states. She received her doctorate summa cum laude from Rush University in Chicago in 2008.
A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Smith is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association. A member of Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Theta Kappa, she has served on numerous national and regional committees of the Veterans Health Administration and state committees of the Mississippi Board of Nursing and the Mississippi State Department of Health.
The author or co-author of nine published articles, including peer-reviewed journals, Smith has given 22 invited presentations nationally. Her research interests include quality, effectiveness, and safety innovations. She is a strong proponent of evidence-based practice and has proven experience translating research into practice by leading change. She values team-based health care and believes that each discipline uniquely contributes to best practice. Smith has devoted her career to leading change at the local, regional and national levels so all members of the health care team can strive for excellence.
After receiving her B.S.N. summa cum laude in 1991 from UMMC, where she served as nursing student body president and received the Christine L. Oglevee Award, Smith served as an R.N. and later as a case manager in internal medicine at the G. V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson while concurrently earning her M.S.N. summa cum laude at UMMC in 1994. She then served as a family nurse practitioner in the Mississippi Delta (Pickens, Canton, and Greenville) and became an affiliate faculty member at UMMC in 1996. She returned to the VA to serve in a variety of clinical and leadership roles at the local, regional and national levels; currently serving as the deputy chief medical officer for the South Central Veterans Affairs Health Care Network, serving veterans in eight southern states. She received her doctorate summa cum laude from Rush University in Chicago in 2008.
A fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Smith is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Nurses Association. A member of Sigma Theta Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, and Phi Theta Kappa, she has served on numerous national and regional committees of the Veterans Health Administration and state committees of the Mississippi Board of Nursing and the Mississippi State Department of Health.
The author or co-author of nine published articles, including peer-reviewed journals, Smith has given 22 invited presentations nationally. Her research interests include quality, effectiveness, and safety innovations. She is a strong proponent of evidence-based practice and has proven experience translating research into practice by leading change. She values team-based health care and believes that each discipline uniquely contributes to best practice. Smith has devoted her career to leading change at the local, regional and national levels so all members of the health care team can strive for excellence.
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