Dr. Gooch is board certified as an Acute Care, Family, and Emergency Nurse Practitioner. He primarily works with the Emergency NP program. He is a nationally recognized speaker and published author regarding varied emergency and transport nursing topics. Michael completed his graduate education here at Vanderbilt with a focus in emergency and trauma management, and is a DNP graduate of Loyola University Chicago. Michael has 30 years of emergency and critical care transport experience. Michael practices here at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as an emergency and flight nurse practitioner and critical care paramedic, where he has completed over 1,700 patient transports during his tenure with the Vanderbilt LifeFlight transport program. He currently serves as a regional director for the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners. Additionally, he serves on the editorial board of the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal as a column editor.