2022 Most Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner
James A. Hutcheson IV is a nurse practitioner who has dedicated his career to serving pediatric patients in both the hospital and clinic setting. He is currently an advanced practice nurse in trauma services at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital through UT–Le Bonheur Specialists, Inc.
He has also provided pediatric care through Raleigh Group PC Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, where he worked for nine years—the last three years as chief operating officer and administrator
Mr. Hutcheson earned his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s College of Nursing in 2007 and earned his Master of Science in Nursing at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in 2010, with a concentration in an acute care pediatrics.
Mr. Hutcheson is Past President of the UTHSC College of Nursing Alumni Association Board of Directors. He received the Most Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award from the College of Nursing in 2007. He is also an instructor in the UTHSC College of Nursing’s Department of Acute and Tertiary Care.
He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Tennessee Chapter, and is treasurer of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Blues City Chapter.
