Meet the Creators
Michelle Camicia, PhD RN CRRN CCM NEA-BC FARN FAHA FAAN has an exceptional rehabilitation nursing career spanning over 30 years. Dr. Camicia’s leadership in practice and research developing and implementing innovative interventions has improved care coordination, and equitable care for individuals with disabilities (IWD) and their caregivers. She has disseminated her work through numerous policy papers, peer reviewed manuscripts, and book chapters. As an advisory board member of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR), Dr. Camicia secured family caregiving as a focus in NCMRR’s Strategic Plan. She has served on numerous national boards/expert panels, and as an international accreditation surveyor for CARF International. Her leadership with the American Heart Association (AHA) and Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), including past president, provides venues to strengthen nursing and equitable care delivery for individuals with disabilities regionally, nationally, and internationally. Dr. Camicia is a transformational leader and has been recognized by many awards, including the Kaiser Permanente Exemplary Nurse Leader of the Year award (2020). The ARN has recognized her with the President’s Award (2020), Distinguished Service Award (2012), and Doctoral-Prepared Nurse Researcher (2020) awards. The ARN White Paper on The Essential Role of the Rehabilitation Nurse in Facilitating Care Transition received the ARN Article of the Year (2014). Dr. Camicia’s work on the PATH-s has been recognized by the American Heart/Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Stroke in 2020 with the Stroke Article of the Year (Camicia, et al., 2020). Further, she was a finalist for AHA/ASA Martha N. Hill New Investigator Award (2018). She is co-developing a global rehabilitation nursing certification program. Dr. Camicia earned a BSN from San Francisco State University, MSN from Sonoma State University, and PhD from the University of California-Davis.
Barbara J. Lutz, PhD, RN, CRRN, PHNA-BC, FAHA, FAAN serves of the McNeill Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington and is Associate Professor, Emeritus at the University of Florida, College of Nursing. Her career as a rehabilitation and public health nurse spans 40+ years. She has conducted rehabilitation nursing research related to comprehensive stroke care for more than 20 years, focusing on assessing and addressing the care needs of stroke survivors and their caregivers as they transition home. She has received funding from the Rehabilitation Nursing Foundation, Sigma Theta Tau International, VA, National Institute of Nursing Research, and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. She served as President of ARN from 2019-2020 and has served on multiple committees for ARN and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA). In recognition of her service to ARN and to stroke rehabilitation nursing research, the ARN Board of Directors established the Barbara Lutz Stroke Rehabilitation Nursing Grant in 2020. Dr. Lutz is a co-author on several AHA/ASA scientific statements including palliative care in stroke, risk adjustment for stroke, and best evidence on stroke caregiver interventions. She has served on several national committees and advisory boards including the ANA Care Coordination Expert Panel, Joint Commission Technical Advisory Panel for Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification, and National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research Advisory Board. In 2018, Dr. Lutz received the AHA/ASA Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing Stroke Article of the Year Award (Lutz, et al. 2017). Dr. Lutz has a BSN from the University of Iowa, MS from Northern Illinois University, and MSN and PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.