Maighdlin W. Anderson, DNP, CRNP, ACNP-BC

  • Senior Nurse Practitioner, Neuro, Surgical, Trauma Surgical, Magee ICUs
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing

    Education & Training

  • Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, Francis Marion University, 2008
  • Certified Critical Care Nurse, AACN, 2010
  • Master’s of Science in Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
  • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification, ANCC, 2012
  • Doctorate in Nursing Practice, University of Pittsburgh, 2017
Representative Publications

Anderson, M and Watson, G. (2013). Traumatic shock: the fifth shock. Journal of Trauma Nurses. 20(1): 37-43.

Anderson, M, Elmer, J, Shutter, L, Puccio, A, and Alexander, S. (2018). Integrating quantitative pupillometery into regular care in a neurotrauma intensive care unit. Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 50(1):30-36.

Elmer, J, Flickenger, KL, Anderson, MW, Koller, A., Sunderman, M., Dezfulian, C., Okonkwo, D.O., Shutter, L.A., Salcido, D., and Callaway, Clifton. (2018). Effect of neuromonitor guided titrated care on brain tissue hypoxia after opioid overdose cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 129; 121-126.

Puccio, A, Anderson, M, and Fetzik, A (2019). The transition trajectory for the patient with traumatic brain injury. In S. Stutzman (Ed.), Nurs Clin North Am. 54(3):409-423.

Research Interests
  • AGACNP education
  • Neurotrauma nursing
  • Disaster and wilderness medicine