President & CEO @ executive and operational oversight of membership organization and professional network for administrators, executives and leaders in advanced practice nursing/medicine that provides resources, support and consulting services to clinicians, hospitals and other healthcare institutions; consulting services related to APPs (i.e., mid-levels) include: recruitment/hiring strategies, onboarding/orientation, credentialing, organizational reporting/infrastructure, scope of practice, professional practice evaluation (OPPE/FPPE), clinical competencies, performance/productivity, quality assessment/metrics, continuing education, billing, etc. From 2007 to Present (8 years) Director of Advanced Practice @ administrative oversight and support of advanced practice providers, inclusive of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists credentialed & privileged by Medical Staff Services; academic medical center From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Director of Inpatient Services (acute & critical care) @ administrative, operations and clinical oversight of medical-surgical and critical care departments; critical-access hospital From 2011 to 2011 (less than a year) Clinical Director @ development, planning and management of new medical-surgical unit (with telemetry) hybridized with an observation unit via partnership with emergency department; academic medical center From 2008 to 2011 (3 years) Nurse Manager @ interventional radiology, Department of Radiology (IR, CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound); academic medical center From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Clinical Nurse @ cardiovascular surgical step-down unit; academic medical center From 2005 to 2006 (1 year) Clinical Laboratory Manager; Neuroscience Researcher @ research oversight and support on several research projects within the Department of Sleep & Circadian Medicine; research via grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) which commissions work for the Department of Defense (DoD) From 2002 to 2005 (3 years)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), nursing @ Yale University From 2014 to 2017 Master’s Degree, nursing @ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee From 2008 to 2010 Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), healthcare management & policy @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2006 to 2008 Bachelor’s Degree, nursing @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2005 to 2006 Master’s Degree, neuroscience @ Northwestern University From 2002 to 2005 Bachelor’s Degree, biology @ Loyola University of Chicago From 1998 to 2002 Bachelor’s Degree, psychology @ Loyola University of Chicago From 1998 to 2002 Nicholas Perrino is skilled in: consulting (healthcare), consulting (nursing), consulting (advanced practice), Healthcare, Hospitals, Clinical Research, Critical Care, Inpatient, Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Leadership, Neuroscience, Telemetry, Medical/Surgical, Healthcare Management, Nursing, Healthcare Information Technology