Dyan Summers, DNP

Dr. Dyan Summers is a Board Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner who has earned three degrees from Columbia University New York; a doctoral degree in clinical nursing (DNP), a master’s degree in nursing (MSN) and a master’s degree in public health (MPH).

She holds a specialty certification in travel medicine from the International Society for Travel Medicine (ISTM) and a certificate in tropical medicine from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Summers diagnosed, treated and reported the first American recreational traveler with Zika virus in 2013. She has been interviewed and quoted in over thirty publications and has spoken at numerous community and professional events around the United States.

Dr. Summers is a bilingual English/Spanish practitioner who delivers clinical care in private practice, in the public health sector and in international settings. She is the founder and director of HealthShare International, a 501(c)3 exempt nonprofit organization. Since 1993, Dr. Summers has visited and worked on projects in 41 countries and counting.

Dyan also continues her partnership with a team of experts that she assembled to deliver a performance enhancement program for athletes and executives. The cutting-edge program, which specialize in  bio-hacking and "consciousness hacking", is a comprehensive program called EPAC Group.

Dyan is a Jonas Nursing Scholar, a VNSNY Esprit Award winner, and is featured as one of Columbia University’s “Great Grads 2016”.

Academic Preparation

Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY   2016
Doctoral Nurse Practitioner Clinical Program, DNP

Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY    2001
Adult Nurse Practitioner Program,M.S., A.N.P.

Columbia University School of Public Health, New York, NY   1997
International Public Health, M.S., M.P.H.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD   1997
Summer Institute in Tropical Medicine, Certificate of Completion.

Pace University, New York, NY   1995
School of Nursing, B.S.N.

Regents College, Albany, NY   1991
College of Nursing, A.A.S., R.N.     

Professional Licenses

Nurse Practitioner in Adult Care: New York, California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii and Montana

Registered Professional Nurse: New York, California, Idaho, Washington, Nevada and multi-state compact states, USA

Professional Certifications

Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner; American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

Certificate in Travel Health: International Society of Travel Medicine (CTH® ISTM)

Advanced Wilderness Life Support (AWLS)

Certificate of Completion in Tropical Medicine and Parasitology