Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb PHD, RN, ANP, FAAN, FAHA, FPCNA

Dr. Dennison began her career as a clinical nurse at the Baylor University Medical Center’s Medical Intensive Care Unit in 1991, becoming supervisor of that same unit the following year. From 1993 to 1995, she served as a staff nurse at many locations, including American Mobile Nurses Critical Care Unit Staffing in San Diego, California; New York University Medical Center in New York, New York; Tulane University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana; Straub Hospital and Clinic in Honolulu, Hawaii; and MRA Staffing Systems.

From her arrival at Hopkins in 1995 through 2001, Dr. Dennison continued working as a clinical nurse in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital. From 1996 to 2000, she also served as a research assistant and project data manager for a study on “Comprehensive High Blood Pressure Care for Young Urban Black Men. ” From 1998 to 2001, she was a nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Ciccarone Preventive Cardiology Center. In 2001, Dr. Dennison joined the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, becoming assistant professor in 2004 and associate professor in 2008. In 2007, she received another faculty appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Division of Health Sciences Informatics. While at Johns Hopkins.