UT Family Medicine

1301 Primacy Pkwy.
Memphis, TN 38119
Phone (901) 866-8812

Dr. Reed is an Associate Professor and FNP Concentration Coordinator in the UTHSC College of Nursing. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (BSN, 1986 and MSN, 1990) and earned her DNP from the University of Alabama (2014). She is nationally certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner (1990) and has practiced in a wide variety of primary care settings including end-stage renal disease, transplantation, and internal medicine. Dr. Reed’s areas of interest include the primary prevention and treatment of chronic diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia in the underserved, vulnerable populations.

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF), North American Menopause Society, and Greater Memphis Area Advanced Practice Nurses association (GMAAPN) where she is a past board member and past president. She serves as the 2023-2025 Chairperson for the TN Access to Care Taskforce. Previously she had been the Taskforce Secretary since the inception of the group in 2018. Dr. Reed is also a member of the Tennessee Nurses Association a serving as the Practice Director on the TNA Board of Directors for 2 terms (2018-2022). She is also currently serving a second appointed term(2021-present) on the NONPF Telehealth Committee.

As an educator, Dr. Reed has been awarded the Daisy Award by the College of Nursing in 2021 and the SGAEC Excellence in Teaching Award given by the UTHSC Student Government Association in 2022.