Recent Record of Service
Service to Country
United States Army Reserves, 2012-2021. Honorably Discharged November 30th, 2021. Rank: Captain
- Nurse Corps Officer, Primary MOS 66H
- Primary Unit- 456th Area Support Medical Company, Portsmouth NH
- Deployment 2016-2017 primary location Camp Taji, Iraq
Service to the Profession
- Director for the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN). Elected 2018-2020, Re-elected 2020-2022.
- Co-Chair, National Conference Planning Committee for the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Annual Conference WOCNext, 2021-present.
- Consensus statement validator, Compression for Preventing and Treating Venous Disease and Lymphedema of the Lower Extremity, WOCN, October 2021.
- Task Force Member, National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP), Coding and Present on Admission Special Interest Group, 2020-present
- Task Force Member, WOCN, Long-Term Care (LTC) Model CMMI Pilot Program. Responsible for the development of a proposal for updates to the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC) for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. September 2019-Present
- Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society
- Facilitator of International Service Learning (Guatemala and Brazil): Developed a 10 year relationship with the High Support Project.
Service to the Community
- Chief Nursing Officer, New Jersey Department of Health COVID-19 Field Medical Site Atlantic City, NJ. Letter from Commissioner of Health
- COVID-19 Vaccination Effort
Picture Caption from Currier Post Article: Dr. Kevin Emmons of Rutgers (right) walks in with a case of more doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after running out during a pop-up vaccine clinic at the Mickle Towers housing complex in Camden, NJ on Friday, April 02, 2021. Dr. Emmons has been part of New Jersey’s pandemic response since last year, when he ran a field hospital in Atlantic City. Now he’s running a series of pop-up clinics to get underserved residents vaccinated.
- Camden County COVID-19 Update with County Commissioner
- Advanced Practice Nurse, Wound and Foot Care, Project H.O.P.E, Camden Healthcare for the Homeless
- Faculty Liaison, Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Mu Chapters, 2020-present
- Research abstract reviewer. Sigma Theta Tau International, Eta Mu Chapter, 2018-2020
- Member, Camden Citywide Diabetes Coalition. November 2018-Present
- Developed Diabetic Foot Screening Program at the Annual Camden Diabetes Day. Mentored nursing students with providing screenings. November 2018
Service to Rutgers
Recent Assigned Committees
- Chair, Baccalaureate Curriculum and Educational Resources Committee, 2020-2021
- Member, Baccalaureate Curriculum and Educational Resources Committee, 2019-present
- Member, Scholastic Standing and Recruitment Committee, 2017-2019
Volunteered Committees (above and beyond required committee work)
- Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2020-present
- Personal Protective Equipment Liaison/Procurement Office for the Rutgers Camden Campus. Responsible to assessing the need for PPE, ordering supplies from central campus, and distributing among the different units at the Camden campus. 2020-present
- Member, Rutgers Health and Safety Committee for the Rutgers University Restart from COVID-19, 2020-present
- Member, Rutgers Camden Veterans Affairs Subcommittee, 2019-present
- Member, Faculty Practice Committee, 2019-present
- Co-Chair, NCLEX Taskforce, RSNC, 2017-2019
- ATI Superuser for the RSNC
Other Academic Service/Leadership
- Director, Rutgers REACHES Out Initiative for COVID-19 Health Access, 2021-present
- Director, Veterans Serving Veterans Nursing Program, 2019-current
- Director, Traditional Undergraduate Nursing Programs, 2018-2019
- Faculty mentor to undergraduate students and veteran students, Continuous
- Doctoral Chair and Co-Chair roles, Continuous (Rutgers University, Otterbein University, and Lynchburg College)