Neva is a Standardized Patient Education Specialist for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. She has over 19 years of experience working with the Standardized Patient Program at Johns Hopkins and other medical institutions. Neva is an accomplished actress with over 39 years of performing on stage, motion pictures, video and television. She also has over 20 years of educating students in the fine art of acting, and travels throughout the USA and Canada educating and entertaining audiences.
Starting as a Standardized Patient at Johns Hopkins, Neva has effectively aided in educating medical learners by portraying an assortment of patients with a variety of needs including medical, psychological and emotional. Neva collaborates with faculty members and aides in the development of projects and cases for learner education. She also recruits and trains standardized patients and manages projects that require standardized patients.
Along with her work for Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center, Neva serves as an educator of high school scholars for the Envision National Youth Leadership Advanced Medicine Program, assisting them in mastering the skills needed to successfully carry out a clinical encounter.