Biography

Dr. David Geyer is a pediatric home health nurse, certified pediatric primary care nurse practitioner, and nurse scientist. Dr. Geyer received his Ph.D. from the Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing. Inspired by Margaret Newman’s Health as Expanding Consciousness, as well as Marilyn Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, his dissertation examined the systemic challenges encountered by parental caregivers of children with medical complexity and how these challenges relate to parental caregiver burnout.

Dr. Geyer’s program of research builds from his dissertation as he works to address the systemic barriers to providing equitable and high-quality healthcare to children with medical complexity and their families. Through community-based participatory research, Dr. Geyer partners with parental caregivers and other key stakeholders to ensure development of the most meaningful and patient-centered solutions. These collaborations have most recently led to qualitative and quantitative studies as well as in-depth analysis of relevant health policy related to home health nursing for children with medical complexity.

Dr. Geyer is equally as passionate about improving our society’s understanding of who children with medical complexity are, and the lived experiences of these children and their families. He has given talks locally, regionally, and nationally to students, healthcare providers, educators, and community members to increase awareness of how we can all advocate for equitable and high-quality care for these families. He is chair of the Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Special Interest Group for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and also serves as a member of the Continuous Skilled Nursing Advisory Board for MassHealth.