Eight alumni join associate professors in the cohort of AAN distinguished nurse leaders.
Baltimore, Md. – The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) proudly announces that Susan L. Bindon, DNP ’11, MS ’96, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, FAAN, associate professor, associate dean for faculty development, and director, Institute for Educators and Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions Certificate; and Kelly Doran, PhD ’11, MS ’08, RN, FAAN, associate professor, have been inducted as 2022 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). They are joined by eight UMSON alumni among the 250 distinguished nurse leaders who compose this year’s cohort. They were all recognized for their contributions to health and health care at the academy’s annual Health Policy Conference, Oct. 27 - 29, in Washington, D.C.
Criteria for selection as an AAN Fellow includes evidence of significant contributions to nursing and health care and sponsorship by two current AAN Fellows. Applicants are reviewed by a panel of elected and appointed fellows, and selection is based, in part, on the extent the nominee’s nursing career has influenced health policies and the health and well-being of all.
photo, l. to r.: Bindon and Doran