Mindy Johnson is board certified as a Family, Adult Gerontology Acute Care, and Emergency Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Johnson is an assistant professor in the Emergency Nurse Practitioner program at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. She has a passion for teaching, having begun her career with a degree in Secondary Education – Biological Sciences from Pennsylvania State University.
She currently practices at the Vanderbilt Walk in Clinics and prior to this worked as a nurse practitioner in the Pediatric Emergency Department at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Her nursing background includes emergency medicine, as well as adult and pediatric intensive care.
She currently serves as the Tennessee State Representative for the American Association of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP) and is actively involved in a number of professional organizations. In her free time, she enjoys visiting National Parks and spending time outdoors hiking, running, and biking with her husband and two children.