Rick Ramirez is an assistant professor, Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty Program Coordinator, and the DNP Program Director in the University of Hawaii at Manoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing. Dr. Ramirez is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner, an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, and an Emergency Nurse Practitioner.
Dr. Ramirez obtained his Bachelor of Science from Middle Tennessee State University, his Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University, and his Doctor of Nursing Practice with a focus on physical trauma in global health from Vanderbilt University. With his extensive nursing experience in adult and pediatric emergency departments, Dr. Ramirez remains passionate about nursing, emergency, trauma, and point of care ultrasound use by advanced practice registered nurses.
He is an active member of state and national organizations. With his administrative responsibilities, primary teaches in the DNP program.