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James A. Cleveland, PhD, MSN, RN

Director of Simulation Center

Assistant Professor/Clinical

James Cleveland joined UT Health’s School of Nursing at San Antonio as a nursing faculty in the fall of 2009. Currently, James is the Director for the Center for Simulation Innovation (CSI). He came to UT Health following his retirement from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel after nearly 28 years of combined military service. He specialized in Emergency and Trauma Nursing.  During that time, he became a member of a national research consortium (civilian and military membership) developing and verifying the congressionally funded project "MedTeams.” This successful program has since been implemented as AHRQ‘s Team STEPPS, in which he is a Master Trainer. In 1999, James become a team member of a Department of Defense initiative, the Joint Trauma Training Center located at Ben Taub Medical Center, Houston, Texas. The team published their findings (2002) on the use of high-fidelity patient simulation (HFPS). James’ last assignment was the Chief of Emergency Nursing Services, Emergency and Trauma Department, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2006-2009. Jim concurrently served as the Surgeon General‘s Emergency and Trauma Nursing Consultant. He now serves as the Director for the Center for Simulation Innovation and continues to teach in the role as a faculty at UT Health.