Curriculum Vitae
Name:Rozann DeBorde-Hansford
Date of Birth:February 14, 1955
Address: P.O. Box 26
Grenada, West Indies
Telephone :Home: (473) 443-5042
Work: (473) 444-4175
Email:
Marital Status:Married, 1 child, 3 stepchildren
Education:
1978-1980Catonsville Community College, R.N.
1983-1986College of Notre Dame, Nursing and History
2001-present MPH candidate, St. George’s University
Professional Experience:
1980-1981Clinical Nurse Johns Hopkins Hospital General Research
Center: Provided direct patient care to patients enrolled in clinical
Research studies, assured compliance with protocols.
1981-1985Senior Clinical Nurse- Charge Nurse Johns Hopkins Hospital
General Research Center and Cardiovascular Step-Down Units
Supervised Clinical Nurses, coordinated in-service nursing education, prepared staff schedules, responsible for admissions and discharges, liason for principal investigators
1985-1994 Research Nurse/ Program Coordinator Johns Hopkins University:
Nurse Manager for Cardiac Electrophysiology Service, supervised all nursing and support staff, directed patient-family support group for patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators,
Participated in independent and collaborative research projects and publications, prepared all FDA and IRB documents and assured regulatory compliance.
1994-1997 Pacemaker/ Research Nurse Coordinator Cardiac Diagnostic Ass.
Managed independent outpatient pacemaker clinic in collaboration with two Hopkins trained Cardiac electrophysiologists. Responsible for pacemaker programming, coordination of research projects and patient and family teaching.
1997-1999Program Manager: Johns Hopkins University, Cardiac
Electrophysiology Research Program. Responsible for the development and management of a multi-project clinical research program in the division of Cardiology. Responsible for triage and initiation of all research projects, IRB documents, consent writing, preparation of budgets and regulatory documents, grant writing, staff management, completion of all case report forms, in-service education, staff and physician training. Participated as co-investigator on all research initiatives.
1999-present Deputy Director, Visiting Cardiology Program, St. George’s
University. Developed and manage a visiting cardiology program
Including the initiation of a pilot pacemaker
program) with the Grenada Ministry of Health, the Barbados
Cardiology Team and the Vice Chancellor, St. George’s
University. Duties include, in addition to clinic management and
performance of diagnostic testing (echo, EKG, treadmills
Etc. ) recruitment of all cardiologists, coordination of all teaching
activities, community liason for the University.
Miscellaneous :
1985-1990Nurse Advisor to Cardiac Pacemakers Inc. Responsible for advising pacemaker /defibrillator company on patient management issues relating to pacemakers and the automatic implantable defibrillator. Prepared and delivered lectures on cardiac pacing and defibrillation to local hospitals in Maryland, Washington and Virginia as well as national and international cardiovascular health conferences.
1989-1999Developed and managed a public health project in Guanaja
Honduras in collaboration with physicians and nurses at Johns
Hopkins Hospital. In addition to initiating and sustaining a basic
medical clinic, basic first aid, CPR, family planning, diabetic
health and maternal child health care classes were taught.
Certifications
1999 CPR Instructor
2000 Advanced Cardiac Life Support
2001 Advanced Trauma Life Support
Abstracts:
- (Hansford) DeBorde R, Levine J, Griffith LSC, Veltri E, Fennel M, Aarons D, Mirowski M, Mower M, Guarnieri,T. Exercise testing in patients with an automatic cardioverter defibrillator. JACC 9;169A,1987.(presented by R.DeBorde-Hansford, ACC conference, New Orleans,1987.)
- (Hansford) DeBorde R, Levine J, Griffith LSC, Siddoway L, Mirowski M, Mower M,Veltri E, Guarnieri T. Exercise stress testing to prevent asymptomatic automatic implantable defibrillator Discharges. International Conference on the Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias. PACE 10:11-982, 1987. (presented by R.DeBorde -Hansford at Queen Elizabeth Conference Hall, London England, 1988.)
- Veltri E, Mower M, Aarons D, Grunwald l, (Hansford) Deborde R, Juanteguay J, Watkins L, Guarnieri, T, Griffith, LSC. Automatic implantable cardiovereter defibrillator: comparison of patients with and without discharges. Circulation 80: 11-530, 1989.
4. (Hansford) DeBorde R., Tomaselli G.,Griffith LSC, Guarnieri T. Does Programming
the automatic defibrillator decrease asymptomatic shocks? JACC,1991 (presented at
ACC Conference, Atlanta Georgia 1991)
Publications
- Crocetti S, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Falsetti J, Pardoe P. AICD: A lifesaving device.
American Journal of Nursing, Sept. 1986
- Singer I, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Veltri E, Siddoway L, Levine J, Griffith LSC,
Guarnieri T: The automatic cardioverter defibrillator: T wave sensing in the newest generation. PACE 11:1584-1591, 1988.
- (Hansford) DeBorde R, Biggs M. The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. AACN Issues in Critical Care Nursing, February 1991.
- Tomaselli G, (Hansford) DeBorde R, Griffith LSC, Guarnieri T. The role of ICD
Programmability in tachycardia discrimination and the incidence of asymptomatic device discharges. PACE, 1994.
- Bourne PG and Hansford R. Cardiology practice in Grenada, West Indies: A unique
Collaborative approach. Caribbean Health. December, 2000.
- Halperin H, Bourne PG, Hansford R, Finlay P, Subbarao C, LaCorte J, Butcher B.
Public access defibrillation in the Caribbean: The time has come. Caribbean Health. June 2001.
- Hansford, R. Thrombolytic Therapy in the Caribbean. Caribbean Health. October
2001.
Participation in Clinical Studies
1985-1990Research Nurse Coordinator, “Mexiletine Hydrochloride” (P.I.
T. Guarnieri).
1985-1990Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Trial of Oral Flecainide” (P.I.T. Guarnieri)
1985-1990Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Trail of Oral Amiodarone”
(P. I. LSC Griffith)
1985-1990Research Nurse Coordinator “AICD Project” (P.I. M. Mower, M
Mirowski )
1990-1993Research Nurse Coordinator, “Multiprogrammable Automatic
Defibrillator” (CPI) (P.I. T. Guarnieri)
1991-1992Research Nurse Coordinator, “The Endotak transvenous-subcutaneous
AICD system (CPI) (P.I. T. Guarnieri)
1991-1993Research Nurse Coordinator, “A dose ranging study of intravenous
Amiodarone HCL in patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia
(Wyeth-Ayerst) (P.I. L Griffith)
1991-1996Research Nurse Coordinator, “ Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator
Implantation Trial (MADIT) (CPI) (P.I. G. Tomaselli)
1991-1996Research Nurse Coordinator, “Identification and management of patients
at risk of recurrent sudden death following implantation of the automatic defibrillator” (PI: L. Griffith)
1992-1995Research Nurse Coordinator, “Clinical Investigation of the Ventak PRx/
Endotak system” (P.I. T. Guarnieri)
1993-1995Research Nurse Coordinator, “an open-label safety study of intravenous
Amiodarone HCL in patients with life-threatening VT/VF (Wyeth/Ayers)
(P.I. LSC Griffith)
1995-1997 Research Nurse Coordinator, “MUST” clinical trial (P.I. L. Siddoway)
1995-1997Research Nurse coordinator, “Evaluation of the 5024 Capsure Lead”
(Medtronic) (P.I. L. Siddoway)
1997-1999 Co-investigator, “An evaluation of radiofrequency ablation in the right
atrium for treatment of atrial fibrillation” (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Monophasic vs. biphasic waveforms for ventricular
fibrillation” (Zoll) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Monophasic vs. biphasic waveforms for atrial
fibrillation” (Zoll) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997- 1999 Co-investigator, “Defibrillators in nonischemic cardiomyopathy”
(DEFINITE) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Evaluation of high density array catheters in patients
with ventricular tachycardia (Cardiac Pathways) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Feasability of using a multi-electrode catheter in the
Coronary veins for epicardial mapping of ventricular tachycardia: Implications for RF catheter ablation “ (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Low energy safety study” (LESS): Efficacy of
Ventricular defibrillation with low energy margins (CPI) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1997-1999Co-investigator, “Sudden cardiac death in heart failure trial” (SCD-Heft)
(NIH and Medtronic) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999Co-investigator, “ Linear-phased radio-frequency ablation system “HRT” (CPI) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999Co-investigator, “Dynamic over-drive pacing for the prevention of atrial
fibrillation” (ADOPT A and B)(St. Jude Medical) (P.I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999Co-investigator, “The North American Vasovagal Pacemaker Study”
(North Western University) (P. I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999 Co-investigator, “PhaseII-Evaluation of the Cardima revelation treatment
microcatheter for the treatment of atrial fibrillation” (P.I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999Co-investigator, “Clinical investigation of the CPI Endotak Endurance
EZ defibrillation system” (P.I. H. Calkins)
1998-1999Co-investigator, “Ventak CHF AICD Biventricular Pacing Study”
(P.I. H Calkins)