Dallas M. Ducar
MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN
Chief Executive Officer of Transhealth
Season 07 - Episode 04
Dallas M. Ducar MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC, CNL, FAAN
Dallas Ducar is the Chief Executive Officer of Transhealth. Dallas is on faculty at University of Virginia School of Nursing, Columbia University, and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. As a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she contributes critically to health policy related to equity, ethics, and affirming care. She serves as the Co-Chair of the Primary Care Alliance, is on the LGBTQI Federal Policy Roundtable, and advocates for gender-affirming care nationally.
She serves on the Board of Directors for GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC), the University of Virginia Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access (IDEA) Fund, and on the Health Advisory Council for Western Governors University. As a public servant, she also serves on the Northampton Board of Health and on the Official Transition Team for Attorney General-Elect Andrea Campbell.
She has advised international research groups on best practices and has carried out community-based participatory action research programs. Dallas seeks to revolutionize healthcare, building novel systems to provide holistic, empowering, gender-affirming care.
Dallas finds meaning and passion in her life by spending time hiking with her dogs, exploring the outdoors, and spending time with her loving family and friends. She is actively working to create affirming healthcare by fostering freedom, empowering patients, creating more ethical systems, and restoring a community focus back to clinical care.
