Michael Gooch

Dr. Michael D. Gooch is board certified as an acute care, family, and emergency nurse practitioner. He is also board certified as an emergency, flight, transport, and trauma nurse. He is originally from Pulaski, TN and has more than 25 years of emergency and transport medicine experience. He has been with Vanderbilt LifeFlight since 2002 and has completed over 1,600 patient transports. Michael also practices as a nurse practitioner in Vanderbilt’s regional operations control center, as well as in a community emergency department. He obtained his associate’s degree in nursing and paramedic education at Columbia State Community College. He received his MSN from Vanderbilt University and his DNP from Loyola University Chicago. Dr. Gooch is an Assistant Professor of Nursing with Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, as well as faculty with the Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Air and Surface Transport Nurses, the American Associate of Nurse Practitioners, and Academy of Emergency Nursing.

Michael is a founding member of the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and serves as the Southeastern Regional Director. He currently serves as an APRN liaison to the board of directors for the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association and serves on their education committee.

Dr. Gooch is a nationally recognized speaker and published author regarding varied emergency and transport medicine topics. He serves on the editorial board as a column editor for the Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal. His clinical interests include airway management, toxicology, and pharmacology.