Allison Ferro
Assistant Professor - Auxiliary Faculty
Contact Information
Work Experience
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Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Professor, US Army Medical Center of Excellence (September 2023 - 2024)
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Major, Chief, Department of Clinical Education, US Army Institute for Surgical Research (December 2017 - August 2019)
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Captain, Staff Nurse, Brooke Army Medical Center (June 2016 - May 2017)
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Captain, Company Commander, Brooke Army Medical Center (May 2016 - November 2017)
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Brigade Nurse, 8th Brigade Reserve Officer Training Corps (May 2013 - May 2015)
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Captain, Clinical Nurse Officer in Charge, Tripler Army Medical Center (March 2011 - March 2013)
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Captain, Joint Staff Researcher, US Army Central Command (August 1, 2010 - March 1, 2011)
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Second Lieutenant- Captain- Clinical Staff Nurse, Tripler Army Medical Center (November 1, 2008 - August 1, 2010)
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Second Lieutenant, St. Johns University (June 1, 2008 - August 1, 2008)
Awards and Honors
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A. David Manglesdorf Researcher of The Year Award, Army Baylor Program (2024)
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Billye J. Brown Award for Excellence in Leadership, Sigma Theta Tau: Epsilon Theta Chapter (2022)
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Alumni Association Service Award, Molloy University (2021)
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Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives (2021)
Biography
Lieutenant Colonel Allison Ferro currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Army Baylor Program in Healthcare and Business Administration at the Medical Center of Excellence in San Antonio, Texas. She started her nursing and military career in 2008, graduating with her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Molloy University and commissioning as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army as a distinguished military graduate from St. John’s University. She has served as an Army nurse in a variety of patient care settings and administrative roles throughout her career including: staff nurse positions in orthopedics, neurovascular, telemetry, and progressive care, staff researcher on the joint combat casualty care research team (JC2RT), clinical nurse officer-in-charge of inpatient oncology, ROTC Brigade Nurse Counselor, company commander, and chief of clinical education in the U.S. Army burn center. She received her Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Trident University International in 2015 and her PhD in nursing science from The University of Texas at Austin in 2023. Lieutenant Colonel Ferro dedicates her future service to the Army to improving the care of our beneficiaries. She is married with three children ages 9, 6 and 3, and is an active volunteer and member of her church.
Publications
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"The relationship between managerial coaching and role ambiguity among nurses in the military health system,"
Nursing Outlook, Vol. 72, No. 3, (2024), pp. 102149.
"Post traumatic growth among military enroute care nurses: A secondary analysis,"
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, Vol. 45, (2023), pp. 139-175.