Joanne ThanavaroDr. Joanne Thanavaro is an associate professor of nursing, the director of the advanced nursing practice programs and the associate dean of graduate nursing education at Saint Louis University School of Nursing. She has been teaching since 1990 in boh undergraduate and graduate nursing programs. Dr. Thanavaro is board certified as an adult gerontology primary care and acute care nurse practitioner. She maintains an active internal medicine practice at Washington University School of Medicine with Washington University Clinical Associates and routinely precepts nurse practitioner students at Grant Medical Clinic. Dr. Thanavaro is a frequent invited presenter at numerous national and international nurse practitioner conferences and serves as a reviewer for a variety of nursing journals. She was among the first cohort of DNPs who because certified as a Diplomat in Comprehensive Care (DCC) awarded by the American Board of Comprehensive care and is a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP). She is currently the Department Editor for "Image of the Month" in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. Read More Read Less