Health Professions Faculty

Whether you’re studying to be a nurse, physician assistant or health care administrator, UDM’s faculty will help you learn the science of the health professions. They’ll also teach you the art of it.

Rachel-DeWittRachel DeWitt/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Rachel-DeWittRachel DeWittB.S., Biology and Education, University of MichiganM.S., Physician Assistant Studies, University of Detroit MercyIntroduction to Physician Assistant Studies/CHP313-993-1773dewittrd@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-RachelDewitt-lrg.jpgUDM-RachelDewitt-lrg.jpgUDM-RachelDewitt-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classPart of my class in Physician Assistant Studies includes job shadowing, so you actually go out and follow a practicing physician assistant, either in a hospital or community setting. You’ll come away with a good picture of what it’s like to be a physician assistant.Great things in store after UDMYou’re going to have a great job when you graduate from UDM’s PA program. You can work in a variety of healthcare fields—basically, anywhere you can imagine doing healthcare, you can be employed as a PA.“We want great things for you” meansI want you to succeed in my course—not just getting an A, but also expanding your way of thinking and getting a vision for what being a PA is all about.My favorite part about teaching you isJust being with UDM students. They’re bright and motivated, and they have a good spiritual and community background. They respect UDM’s mission—and they challenge me as much as I challenge them!/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-RachelDewitt-sm.jpgUDM-RachelDewitt-sm.jpgUDM-RachelDewitt-sm.jpgYou’re going to have a great job when you graduate from UDM’s PA program.Sharon-MoserSharon Moser/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Sharon-MoserSharon S. MoserB.A., Sociology, Bloomfield College, NJMaster's, Sociology, American UniversityMaster's, Educational Psychology, Wayne StateMaster's, Physician Assistant Studies, University of Detroit MercyClinical Medicine I, II, III/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/cv-pdf/moser.pdfmoser.pdfCHP 231313-993-1674moserss@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-SharonMoser-lrg.jpgUDM-SharonMoser-lrg.jpgUDM-SharonMoser-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classI teach you the bread and butter of medicine. You’ll memorize a thick textbook of information, but you’ll learn how to manipulate it for actual application. This is hard-core training for the profession.Great things for you at UDMYou’ll get the critical thinking skills, knowledge and preparation you need for the national board certification exams. Right now we have a 100% pass rate.Great things in store after UDMAll hospitals are thrilled to take our students because we’re the #1 PA program in the state. You’re actually sought after for employment. So expect 2—4 lucrative offers when you graduate.“We want great things for you” meansWe demand excellence of you and for you. But UDM students want a degree worthy of the reputation and the serious skills to go with it.My favorite part about teaching you isHow much I learn from your diverse backgrounds and prior experience. I’ll ask “has anyone seen this?” and I’ll get illustrative examples, lively stories and dynamic case studies.No other professor can say to youI have a competition license to race Porsche Carerras on the track./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-SharonMoser-sm.jpgUDM-SharonMoser-sm.jpgUDM-SharonMoser-sm.jpgUDM is the #1 PA program in the state. So hospitals actually seek out our graduates for employment.Sr.-Judy-MouchSr. Judy Mouch, RSM/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Sr.-Judy-MouchJudith Mouch, RSMB.N., University of CincinnatiM.S.N., Wayne State UniversityCommunity Health Nursing/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/cv-pdf/mouch.pdfmouch.pdfCHP 325313-993-1677mouchj1@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-SrJudyMouch-lrg.jpgUDM-SrJudyMouch-lrg.jpgUDM-SrJudyMouch-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classBecause you’re going to learn that to be a good nurse you need to know about where the clients live and their life experiences. In community health you’re working with people in their own environment.Great things for you at UDMYou’ll take away an appreciation for the opportunities and challenges of working in a diverse population. And you’ll come away with a sense of how important your role as an advocate is.Great things in store after UDMAfter you finish our program, you’ll have people knocking on your door.My favorite part about teaching you isHelping you see that health care takes place in other places than the hospital. Health promotion is a much bigger challenge than trying to take care of someone who’s already sick.You might like to knowI headed up a program on migrant health in the Midwest for the Department of Health and Human Services.No other professor can say to youI nursed in the projects of New Orleans and in the villages outside Bangalore, India./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-SrJudyMouch-sm.jpgUDM-SrJudyMouch-sm.jpgUDM-SrJudyMouch-sm.jpgYou’re going to come away with a sense of how important your role as an advocate is.Pat-RouenPatricia Rouen/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Pat-RouenPatricia A. RouenB.S.N., University of MichiganM.S.N., Oakland UniversityPost Master’s certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, Oakland UniversityPh.D. candidate, University of MichiganPhysical Exam and Advanced Health AssessmentChronic IllnessLeadership, Management, and Business Practices for the Nurse Practitioner/CHP 222313.993.1739rouenpa@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-PatriciaRouen-lrg.jpgUDM-PatriciaRouen-lrg.jpgUDM-PatriciaRouen-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classBecause when you’re done, I’ll ask you to look back to the first week of class and see how much you’ve grown. You’ll have become the person you want to be. And I’ll have had the joy of watching you grow.Great things for you at UDMOur FNP program is rigorous and you'll work hard.  But we always find something to laugh about, as a group. You’ll become a family to one another. We always have a celebration at the end of year to welcome graduates to the professional world.Great things in store after UDMYou’ll be a competent, caring, reflective healthcare provider, delivering advanced nursing services to patients and families.My favorite part about teaching you isSeeing that spark inside you that brought you to us. Not everybody steps up to be a nurse practitioner. If you do, it’s because you’re motivated to know more, do more, contribute more.You might like to knowI am working on a groundbreaking study that looks at menopause symptoms in women with diabetes.No other professor can say to youMy great great aunt was a mad hatter. Literally./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-PatriciaRouen-sm.jpgUDM-PatriciaRouen-sm.jpgUDM-PatriciaRouen-sm.jpgWhen you’re done, I’ll ask you to look back to the first week of class and see how much you’ve grown.Mitzi-SaundersMitzi Saunders/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Mitzi-SaundersMitzi M. SaundersB.S.N., University of KansasM.S.N., Adult Health, Oakland UniversityPh.D., Nursing, Wayne State UniversityHealth AssessmentPhysical Assessment for the APNHealth Restoration in AdultsAdults Health CNS I and II/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/cv-pdf/MitziSaunders_CV.pdfMitziSaunders_CV.pdfMitziSaunders_CV.pdfCHP 324313-993-1767saundemm@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-MitziSaunders-lrg.jpgUDM-MitziSaunders-lrg.jpgUDM-MitziSaunders-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classI teach the complex medical side of nursing—the real meat and potatoes. It’s a lot of information to cover, so I organize it before class even rolls out so it’s manageable. And you’ll know what’s expected on a weekly basis to achieve high marks.Great things for you at UDMTechnology is well supported at UDM. Nowadays, most classes have an online component. We also have mannequins that simulate human symptoms—including lifelike wheezing sounds—for health assessments. We get whatever we need to enhance the courses.“We want great things for you” meansWe understand student needs come first. It’s not about us. Although we’re engaged in research and projects, our focus on a daily basis is teaching students.My favorite part about teaching you isYour eagerness to learn. But I guess that’s the nature of this practice. In nursing, you need to be spot-on with medical knowledge. You can’t wing it because it’s life and death.You might also like to knowI am currently developing, teaching and mentoring our first group of Clinical Nurse Specialist students to be advanced practice nurses.No other professor can say to youMy garden features a pond with nine goldfish—which are hibernating in the frozen water right now./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-MitziSaunders-sm.jpgUDM-MitziSaunders-sm.jpgUDM-MitziSaunders-sm.jpgIn nursing, you need to be spot on with medical knowledge. You can’t wing it because it’s life and death.Mary-WhiteMary White/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/Mary-WhiteMary WhiteR.N., Macomb Community CollegeB.S.N., University of Detroit MercyM.S.N., University of Detroit MercyAdvanced Medical-Surgery NursingAdvanced Pathophysiology/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/cv-pdf/white.pdfwhite.pdfCHP 356313-993-2482whiteml@udmercy.eduCollege of Health Professionshttp://healthprofessions.udmercy.edu/http:///www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-MaryWhite-lrg.jpgUDM-MaryWhite-lrg.jpgUDM-MaryWhite-lrg.jpgWhy you’re going to love my classIt’s going to make all your other classes a little bit easier! You’ll feel that you studied, you struggled and you succeeded. You’ll really feel a sense of accomplishment. And if you get stuck, I’m here.Great things for you at UDMYou’ll see how the science of nursing and the art of nursing come together and can actually make the best outcome for patients.Great things in store after UDMUDM grads are very much sought after. I’m in the clinic all the time, and our students are very highly regarded in all of the major hospitals. They look for UDM grads to hire. So you will have several jobs to choose from.“We want great things for you” meansWe take our students very seriously. We know them, we know their lives, we know their families, we know everything about them that they want to share with us. So we’ll know you as a student but also as a person./www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/images/UDM-MaryWhite-sm.jpgUDM-MaryWhite-sm.jpgUDM-MaryWhite-sm.jpgYou’ll see how the science of nursing and the art of nursing come together.cv-pdfCV PDFs/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/cv-pdfindexCHP Faculty/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/index/www.udmercy.edu/about/meet_faculty/chp/chp_profileschp_profiles