Board of Directors

Michelle Yvonne Clark has been in healthcare for thirty years. She began her career as a certified nursing assistance, at a nursing home, that has culminated in her obtaining her bachelor’s in nursing from Liberty University in June 2018.

She currently works at Lewis Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA. She began her career here in 2002 on the progressive care unit, then transferred to a medical-surgical unit, and currently works in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit as a clinical nurse coordinator.

She is an active member in her local chapters of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, American Nurses Association/Virginia Nurses Association, Respiratory Nursing Society and Interprofessional Collaborative, and Sigma Theta Tau- Nursing Honor Society.

After volunteering for Special Olympics as a first aid nurse for their “Little Feet Meet” and “Big Feet Meet” track and field events, she accepted a volunteer role as Medical Director for Area 8 Special Olympics. She has also been a member of “The Nightingale Tribute” since 2015. This is a group of nurses that honor nurses that have passed away by performing a tribute during their funeral.

Regina is a Respiratory Therapist and Pulmonary Function Technologist at Lewis Gale Regional Medical Center in Salem, Virginia. She has over 30 years’ experience as a Respiratory Therapist. Over the course of her career, she has also gotten certifications in both COPD and Asthma education. She has multiple presented both in both poster and podium all over the country in topics ranging from Alpha-1 to smoking cessation.

A long-term membership in the RNSIC, has afforded me many opportunities to meet many outstanding clinicians and researchers dedicated to the care of individuals with respiratory conditions.

My nursing education began in San Diego with a nursing Diploma program, continued in the study of science at Utah State University and the University of Utah, and more recently resulted in graduation from the PhD Nursing Program from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, in Bethesda, MD.  My areas of research focus have been pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, inflammatory cytokine patterns in mycobacterial infection, sputum collection methods, and airway clearance.

My work path took me on additional side journeys to West Africa, caring for teams serving those infected with Ebola virus and supporting vaccination efforts for disease prevention. I am contributing to studies for the management of HIV and TB. Most importantly to me personally, I have always been clinically present at the bedside supporting patients and staff as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Dr. Narsavage is Interim Associate Dean at the College of Nursing, University of South Carolina. She is Professor Emerita retired from the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Nursing, and has served as Dean of the WVU School of Nursing and Director of InterProfessional Education for the WVU Health Science Center.

She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) and the National Academies of Practice, recently re-appointed to the Global Health panel of the AAN. She is a recipient of grants supporting nursing care and intervention for patients and families with end-stage COPD and lung cancer, as well as nursing education and practice and has been a member of RNSIC since the early days of the organization.