College of Health and Human Services

Eileen Walsh, Ph.D., APRN, CVN, FAHA

Education

• Ph.D., The University of Toledo, 2003
• M.S.N., Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, 1982
• B.S.N., Medical College of Ohio School of Nursing, The University of Toledo, 1978

Population Focus

Adults with Cardiovascular, Medical, and Surgical Conditions

Clinical Interests

Cardiac and Vascular Topics including vascular disease risk factors, screenings, prevention, management, and rehabilitation.

Clinical Practice

Volunteer for health screenings

Research/Evidence Based Practice

Activity/Exercise and Fatigue assessment and interventions in disease states; Quality of Life; Evidence-based practice guidelines and Clinical practice guidelines development and implementation; Translational Research; Research methods; Data analytics.

Affiliations/Community Service

• Sigma Zeta Theta Chapter Counselor and Award Committee member
• Sigma member, abstract, and grant reviewer
• Midwest Nursing Research Society member, abstract and grant reviewer
• American Heart Association member, abstract reviewer
• Journal of Vascular Nursing editorial board
• Rehabilitation Nursing Journal reviewer
• Heart & Lung, other journal reviewer as requested
• Society for Vascular Nursing member
• Society for Vascular Nursing Convention Planning Committee member
• Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses member
• Sigma Region 10 Planning Committee, past co-chair, chair

Awards/Recognitions/Grants

1. Current Fellow American Heart Association
2. 2021 Recipient, Awards for Creative and Scholarly Activity, University of Toledo
3. 2021 Finalist, Women & Philanthropy Grant
4. 2021 Fellow, Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program, University of Toledo
5. 2020 Recipient, School of Nursing, University of Toledo, DNP Student Award
6. 2020 Nominee, March of Dimes
7. 2019 Nominee, Edith Rathbun Excellence in Outreach and Engagement Award, University of Toledo
8. 2018 Recipient, School of Nursing, University of Toledo PRISM award
9. 2018 Content Expert Panel, Cardiac Vascular Nursing. American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Nurses Association
10. Recipient, 2002 Urban All-American Award, Central City Ministries of Toledo
11. Recipient, 1997 Jeanne Doyle Excellence in Vascular Nursing Award, Society for Vascular Nursing

Publications

1. Co-editor first Core Curriculum for Vascular Nursing
2. Co-author three national evidence-based practice guidelines
3. Jameson, J. & Walsh, M.E. Tools for evidence-based vascular nursing practice: Achieving information literacy for lifelong learning. Journal of Vascular Nursing. 35(201-210).
4. Walsh, M.E. (Research Column); Review of article: Feasibility and pilot efficacy of a brief smoking cessation intervention delivered by vascular surgeons in the Vascular Physician Offer and Report (VAPOR) trial. Goodney PP, Spangler EL, Newhall K, Brooke BS, Schanzer A, Tan T-W, Beck AW, Hallett JH, MacKenzie TA, Edelen MO, Hoel AW, Rigotti NA, Farber A. J Vasc Surg 2017 65:1152-60. Journal of Vascular Nursing 34.
5. Gerhard-Herman, M.D., Gornik,H.L., Barrett,C., Barshes,N.R., Corriere,M.A., Drachman,D.E., Fleisher, L.A., Fowkes, F-G R, Hamburg,N.M., Kinlay, S., Lookstein, R.,Misra,S. Mureebe, L., Olin,J.W., Patel,R.A.G., Regensteiner, J.G., Schanzer, A., Shishehbor, M.H., Stewart, K.J., Treat-Jacobson, D., Walsh, M.E. (2017). 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000471
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6. Gerhard-Herman, M.D., Gornik,H.L., Barrett,C., Barshes,N.R., Corriere,M.A., Drachman,D.E., Fleisher, L.A., Fowkes, F-G R, Hamburg,N.M., Kinlay, S., Lookstein, R.,Misra,S. Mureebe, L., Olin,J.W., Patel,R.A.G., Regensteiner, J.G., Schanzer, A., Shishehbor, M.H., Stewart, K.J., Treat-Jacobson, D., Walsh, M.E. (2017). 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 69(11) March 2017 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.11.007
7. Reis, D., Walsh, M.E., Jones, T. & Young-McCaughan, S. (2014). A review of nia as an exercise option for cancer survivors, Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 18(689-692).
8. Kahn, S.R., Comerota, A.J., Cushman, M., Evans, N.S., Ginsberg, J.S.,Goldenberg, N.A., Gupta, D.K., Prandoni, P., Vedantham, S. Walsh, M.E.. & Weitz, J.I. (2014). The post-thrombotic syndrome: Evidence-based prevention, diagnosis, and treatment strategies.