Dr. Phyllis N. Horns was named Interim Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Interim Dean of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University in November 2006. In this role, she is responsible for guiding the Schools of Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences, and the William E. Laupus Health Sciences Library.
Dr. Horns earned her BSN degree at East Carolina University, MPH degree at the University of North Carolina, PNP certificate at the University of Rochester, and DSN at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Since 1990, she has served as Dean of the East Carolina University School of Nursing. She served as Interim Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at East Carolina University during 2001-2002. From 1981 to 1988, she was Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Studies, and a member of the Graduate Faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Before going to Alabama in 1979, she held positions of staff nurse at UNC Hospitals and Pitt County Memorial Hospital, faculty at East Carolina University School of Nursing, and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in a family practice of Mt. Olive Physicians, Drs. Kornegay and Shackleford.
She served as Chair of the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission 1997-2000; President of the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing, Southern Regional Education Board, 1999-2001; and the North Carolina Center for Nursing’s Board 1997-1999. She was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2001. She currently serves on the NC Institute of Medicine and is President of the NC Council of Deans and Directors of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Nursing Programs.
