Gregory Marler, PhD(c), DNP, ACNP-BC, FCCP is an assistant professor in the Department of Nursing. Dr. Marler has over 25 years of nursing experience in critical care with 19 of those years as a nurse practitioner. Dr. Marler graduated from Lenoir Rhyne University in 1998 and complete both an MSN and DNP at Duke University School of Nursing in 2005 and 2019, respectively. He plans to complete his dissertation at Duquesne University in 2025. He is board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and practices in the cardiothoracic and medical intensive care units at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. He currently teaches in the BSN and MSN programs. Dr. Marler holds membership in the American Nurses Association, American Association of Men in Nursing, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Association, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Transcultural Society of Nursing, and is a Fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Marler presents nationally with the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurse Association and the American College of Chest Physicians with the difficult airway taskforce.
Dr. Marler’s clinical interests include simulation-based learning with a special focus on critical care and the mitigation of healthcare provider weight bias. His quantitative interventional dissertation study focuses on mitigating weight bias in nurses.
Dr. Marler lives in Winston-Salem with his wife, Bridget, and their three daughters, Ruth, Kate, and Alice.
Title: Assistant Professor
Department: Department of Nursing
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Phone: (828) 262-8004
Fax: (828) 262-8066