Evangeline (vangie) Varelas Dennis BSN, RN, CNOR, CMLSO

Vangie Dennis is the director of patient care practice for Emory Healthcare and Ambulatory Surgery Centers located in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. Vangie has been a nurse for 42 years. Professional organizations include AORN, Laser Institute of America, AORN Advanced Technology Specialty Assembly, American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists, and the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery. She is presently the Laser Safety Officer for Emory Health System. Ms. Dennis is an independent consultant, lectures on lasers, endoscopic procedures, advanced technology, and nursing practice.

Vangie is on the board of Directors for Laser Institute of America, the chair for the National Certification on Lasers, and committee representative for the American National Standards Institute. She is a recipient named in Strathmore's WHO's WHO, the recipient of the 1996 Nursing Excellence Award from the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery, awarded the 2011 R. James Rockwell Jr. Educational Achievement Award, and the 2011 AORN Award for Outstanding Achievement in Perioperative Clinical Nursing Education. Vangie is a member of Emory Alpha Epsilon Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.