Spotlight

Ann M. Derrick, APRN, BC

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

How long have you worked in Pediatrics?   I've worked in Pediatrics since 1968. I have been with UofL since 1975.

What is your favorite thing about your job?  Clinical work with patients and their families dealing with mental health issues.

What is your hometown? I was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts and moved to Louisville from Montreal, Quebec in 1975.

What is your favorite movie?  Casablanca

Tell us about your family:  My husband Dave is a civil engineer whom I met on a Sierra Club hike in Bernheim Forest. We have 2 children. Our daughter Kate works at Vanderbilt U. in Nashville. Our son Bradford is civil engineer who is married with 3 sons. I love being a grandma!

Do you have pets? Not anymore. We had our dear cairn terrier Maxine for 15 years.

What are you doing, where are you going, for your next vacation? I will be visiting Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Quebec to visit family and friends and do some genealogy.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?  Always a nurse

What is one of your proudest accomplishments?   Raising 2 children who are happy, productive adults and really nice people.

What is your favorite quote?  Make no assumptions.

What was your first job? Babysitting as a teenager. My first nursing job was staff nurse on the adult psych unit at Mass. General Hospital in Boston.

What is your favorite ice cream?  I look forward to peach ice cream every summer.