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Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN
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Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN

  • Professor of Nursing
  • Director of Clinical Nursing Research Center

Education

  • PhD in Physiological Nursing, 2001. University of California. San Francisco, CA
  • Masters in Critical Care Nursing, 1993. University of California. San Francisco, CA
  • BS in Nursing, 1990. SUNY at Buffalo. Buffalo, NY

Bio

A critical care nurse by training, Mary G. Carey, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN, is a highly respected researcher, educator, and mentor whose work has made significant contributions to the understanding of ECG monitoring to help detect cardiac arrhythmias and myocardial ischemia and infarction, and on the ECG's use in predicting cardiac events and sudden cardiac death. With funding from the National Institutes of Health, she has improved the detection of myocardial ischemia in patients with and without heart disease.

As director of the Clinical Nursing Research Center at Strong Memorial Hospital, Carey also mentors, advises, and supports the scientific aspirations of nurses early in their careers. She is a guiding force in prompting nurses to partake in clinical research projects to improve the quality of care. She is also highly involved in the management and direction of the nursing discipline and nursing faculty. She currently serves on numerous committees at the university, national and international levels. She provides peer review for journals and is a mentor in the American Nurses’ Association Mentorship Program and chairs the Young Investigator Competition for the International Society for Computerized ECG. At the University of Rochester, her membership on the Board of Trustees Health Affairs Committee, Faculty Senate, Commission on Women and Gender Equity in Academia, and the University Academic Affairs Committee speaks to her respected standing among her peers. A prolific publisher, Carey has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed and scholarly articles.

Carey has earned numerous honors in her 30-year career, including being selected to the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame (2022), and named Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (2014), Nurse of the Year, Education and Research by the March of Dimes (2012), and Dean’s Excellence in Research Award (2008) by the University at Buffalo.

Carey's extensive doctoral training with her mentor, Barbara J. Drew, RN, PhD, FAAN, a pioneer in electrocardiography, not only shaped her career as a scientist, but also enhanced her ability to mentor doctoral students. Prior to joining the University of Rochester School of Nursing, Carey founded the Cardiovascular Research Lab at the University at Buffalo (UB). She graduated from UB in 1990 with a BS in nursing and earned a master’s in critical care nursing with a minor in Education from the University of California, San Francisco in 1993. She earned her PhD from UCSF in physiological nursing in 2001.


Associate Director, Strong Memorial Hospital (Nursing Research Center), Rochester, NY, US. 2012 - Current

Associate Professor, University of Buffalo School of Nursing (Nursing), Buffalo, NY, US. 2009 - 2012

Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo School of Nursing (Nursing), Buffalo, NY, US. 2003 - 2009

Clinical Nurse, Erie County Medical Center (Trauma ICU), Buffalo, NY, US. 2003 - 2007

Clinical Assistant Faculty, San Francisco State School of Nursing (Nursing), San Francisco, CA, US. 1999 - 2002

Critical Care Educator, Nursing Department, University of California (Nursing), San Francisco, CA, US. 1999 - 2001

Research Assistant, University of California (IMMEDIATE Study (RO1)), San Francisco, CA, US. 1999 - 2001

Project Director, University of California (STAT Study (RO1)), San Francisco, CA, US. 1993 - 1999

Clinical Nurse, Erie County Medical Center (Trauma ICU), Buffalo, NY, US. 1989 - 1991

Nurse Internship, Strong Memorial Hospital (Neurosurgical Unit), Rochester, NY, US. 1988 - 1989

Nursing Assistant, University at Buffalo (Student Health), Buffalo, NY, US. 1986 - 1988

Nursing Assistant, Hill Haven Nursing Home (Nursing), Rochester, NY, US. 1986 - 1988
Educational Grant Award
European Society of Cardiology, 2021

Josephine Crayton Nursing Award
University of Rochester, 2021

Health Care Heroes
Rochester Business Journal, 2020

Presidential Diversity Award, Member
Commission on Women and Gender Equity, 2019

Bronze Star Recipient
University of Rochester Medical Center, 2018

Interprofessional Recognition Prize
Rochester Academy of Medicine, 2018

Outstanding Faculty Colleague
University of Rochester, 2017

Integrating EBP in to Academic Programs, Winner National Challenge
Ohio State, 2017

Among the Top 10 Reviewers
The European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2015

Fellow
American Academy of Nursing, 2014

Leary Family Research Fund Award
University of Rochester, 2014

Among the Top 10 Reviewers
The European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2014

Terry Family Research Fund Award
University of Rochester, 2013

Teaching Apple of Excellence
SUNY at Buffalo, 2012

Nurse of the Year
March of Dimes, 2012

Nurse of Distinction
Professional Nurses Association of Western NY, 2012

Teaching Apple of Excellence