Deborah Sutherland Email & Phone Number

Vanderbilt, Nashville, Tn

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Manage the Infectious Disease program. Responsibilities include but not limited to tracking employee blood and body fluid and other potentially infectious material exposures, tracking other exposures such as TB, Pertussis, Varicella, Meningitis, etc. Provide employee exposure support and education.

Nashville, Tn

Manage the Vanderbilt Therapeutics Clinical Research Site (VTCRS) which is one of 47 domestic and 23 international sites that is part of the AIDS Clinical Trials Groups (ACTG) network sites at the One Hundred Oaks location. The ACTG is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health through the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Clinical Research Manager and Registered Nurse with experience managing, coordinating, and implementing research protocols including involvement in international sharing of information via AIDS Clinical Trials Groups (ACTG) in 47 domestic and 23 international sites. More than 20 years’ experience managing up to 150 staff in healthcare settings such as internal medicine, home health care including Medicare and private duty services, and research.Aids Clinical Trials Network (ACTG) current activities as follows: Chair of the Protocol Development and Implementation SubcommitteeStudy Coordinators Working GroupTraining and Education SubcommitteeProtocol Development and Implementation SubcommitteeField Representative of A5306: A Phase I, Four-Arm Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetic Interaction Study of PA-824, an Investigational Nitroimidazole for the Treatment of Tuberculosis, together with Efavirenz, Ritonavir-Boosted Lopinavir, Rifampin, or TenofovirField Representative of A5310: Development of Neuroimaging Network for the ACTG SystemField Representative of A5315: Romidepsin in Subjects with Viremia on ART to Assess Safety,Tolerability, and Activation of HIV

Nashville, Tn

Planned, recruited, implemented, screened, enrolled and managed research protocols (ACTG network, industry, investigator initiated study protocols).

Nashville, Tn

Supervised 25+ employees (clinical and non-clinical staff) >50% of time in staffing and provided direct patient care per our research protocols/MD orders.

Nashville, Tn

Supervised and managed of 75+ outpatient employees (clinical and non-clinical staff). Supervised and managed 4 employees (clinical and non-clinical staff) at the Summit’s outpatient clinic. Collaborated with approximately 23 primary care physicians and approximately 80 residents.

Nashville, Tn

Managed a team of 150+ Registered nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Home Health Aides, Sitters, and Care Partners. Collaborated with physicians to develop a plan of care for the patients. Participated in the CQI process and in community education.