Deborah Trautman, Ph.D., R.N.
Fellowship Year(s): 2007-2008
Profession: Nurse
Specialty: Emergency Medicine, Nursing
Fellowship Details:
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Rep Pelosi (D-CA)-Speaker of the House
Maryland
At time of Fellowship
Deborah E. Trautman, Ph.D., R.N., is the Interim Vice President of Patient Care Services for Howard County General Hospital, part of the Johns Hopkins Health System; Director of Nursing for Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital; and Faculty Associate at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
Since 1980, Dr. Trautman has held clinical and administrative leadership positions at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins medical institutions. She received a B.S.N. from West Virginia Wesleyan College, an M.S.N. with emphasis on education and administration from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Ph.D. in health policy from the University of Maryland’s Department of Public Policy in 2004. Her dissertation research examined emergency department screening for intimate partner violence, and her research interests include women’s health, health care disparities, violence, and clinical service excellence.
She has authored and coauthored publications on intimate partner violence, pain management, clinical competency, change management, cardiopulmonary bypass, the use of music in the emergency department, and consolidating emergency services. As a member of the senior leadership at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, she represents the hospital on the Baltimore City Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team.
Dr. Trautman is a Magnet Appraiser Fellow for the American Nurses Association Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. She previously served on the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Public Health Interest Group, the Baltimore City Mayor’s Task Force on Domestic Violence, and the Johns Hopkins University President’s Council on Urban Health Violence Prevention Workgroup. Her health policy interests include emergency patient care, emergency nursing practice, women’s health, health care disparities, access to health care, and improving health care delivery.
Current Info:
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Since Fellowship:
Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). As the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, AACN serves the public interest by setting standards, providing resources, and developing the leadership capacity of member schools to advance nursing education, research, and practice.
Prior to AACN, Dr. Trautman served as the Executive Director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She served in other leadership positions at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Dr. Trautman has authored publications on health policy, leadership, nursing practice and nursing education.
Dr. Trautman is a member of several professional societies and serves on a number of high-profile boards and advisory groups, including the Research!America Board of Directors, the Joint Commission Chief Nurse Executive Council (CNEC), is current Chair of the Board of Directors of AMHIC, A Reciprocal Association, and is past Treasurer and Chair of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative. She has contributed as a member of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Well-being and Resilience, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Special Medical Advisory Group, which advises the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on matters related to healthcare delivery, research, education, and related areas and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as program director of the New Careers in Nursing project.
Dr. Trautman is a 2007/2008 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow who worked for the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, then Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. She is also a Distinguished Nursing Fellow in the National Academies of Practice.
Dr. Trautman received a BSN from West Virginia Wesleyan College, an MSN from the University of Pittsburgh, and a PhD in health policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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