Mandy Wilson McKimmy

Biography:

Dr. McKimmy has been in the field of nursing for over twenty-five years, and in academia since 2006. She is a graduate of The University of Texas Medical Branch where she earned her BSN in 2000 and her MSN in the Family Nurse Practitioner Track in 2003. She completed her DNP at the University of Alabama in 2013, focusing on pediatric development/autism. She began her teaching career at UTMB in undergraduate studies and taught for over 10 years at Oregon Health & Science University in the FNP/DNP program, across all graduate programs, and served as the Post-Master's DNP Lead. While at OHSU, Dr. McKimmy served as chair to over 40 DNP students, successfully completing their doctoral projects. She actively served on the board of Nurse Practitioners of Oregon and was the state representative for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners for 4 years. Clinically, she has worked primarily in family practice, pediatrics, and school/college-based health and served as Medical Director for an FQHC look-alike in Portland, Oregon specializing in primary care, HIV and sexual health. Dr. McKimmy is an Associate Professor at Texas Tech Health Sciences University School of Nursing teaching in the BSN-DNP programs. She maintains her clinical practice in Pediatric Urgent Care.