Dr. Clevenger is a clinical track professor and gerontological nurse practitioner. She is a nationally recognized educational leader in advanced practice nursing and in geriatrics and gerontology. She is a Past President of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American Association of Nursing. She is the founder and director of the comprehensive dementia care model, Integrated Memory Care Clinic (IMC). IMC represents an innovative practice that provides memory and primary care in a single integrated model for people living with dementia and their care partners and is an active GUIDE participant.

Davis, B.P., Clevenger, C., Dillard, R., Ander, D. (in press). “Disbelief and Sadness”: First Year Health Profession Students’ Perspectives on Medical Errors. Journal of Patient Safety.

Song, M.K., Ward, S.E., Hepburn, K., Paul, S., Kim, H., Shah, R.C., Morhardt, D.J., Medders, L., Lah, J.J., & Clevenger, C. (2019). Can Persons with Dementia Meaningfully Participate in Advance Care Planning Discussions? A Mixed-Methods Study of SPIRIT. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22(11):1410-1416.

Clevenger, C., Li, Y., Evans, K., Cacchione, P. (2019). Characteristics and Practice Patterns of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Caring for Older Adults. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Online Now.

Clevenger, C.K. & Cellar, J. (2018). Creating new models of care through academic-clinical partnership. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 42(4):305-310.  

Kovaleva, M. A., Clevenger, C., Svensson, B., Wright, P., Davis, P., & Hepburn, K. (2018). A nursing home resident with somatic and psychiatric multimorbidity. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 14:e169-e170, e173-e175.

Kovaleva, M. A., Spangler, S. A., Clevenger, C., & Hepburn, K. (2018). Chronic stress, social isolation, and perceived loneliness among dementia caregivers. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 56:36-43.

Clevenger, C., Cellar, J., Kovaleva, M., Medders, L., Hepburn, K. (2018). Integrated Memory Care Clinic: Design, Implementation, and Initial Results. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Stevens, M, Hastings, S.N., Markland, A., Hwang, Ul, Hung, W., Vandenberg, A., Wiliams, B., Cross, D., Powers, J., McGwin, G., Fattouh, N., Ho, W., Clevenger, C., Vaughan, C. (2017). Enhancing the Quality of Provider Practices for Older Adults in the Emergency Department. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Clevenger, C. K., Lingler, J. H., Zhang, Y., Seleri, S., Parnas, M. L., & Youmans-Kidder, K. (2024). Role of nurse practitioners in comprehensive Alzheimer's disease care: Barriers and opportunities for timely diagnosis. Geriatric Nursing, 61, 400–407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2024.11.020 

Dickerson, B. C.,  Atri, A., Clevenger, C., Karlawish, J., Knopman, D., Lin, P. J., Norman, M., Onyike, C., Sano, M., Scanland, S., & Carrillo, M. (2024). Alzheimer's Association clinical practice guideline for the Diagnostic Evaluation, Testing, Counseling, and Disclosure of Suspected Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (DETeCD-ADRD): Executive summary of recommendations for primary care. Alzheimer's & Dementia : the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 10.1002/alz.14333. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.14333 

Clevenger, C.K., Schlenger, A., Gunter, D., Glasgow, G.B. (2023). Practical Recommendations for Cognitive Assessment in Primary Care. The Nurse Practitioner Journal http://doi.org/10.1097/01.NPR.0000000000000067

Dr. Clevenger is an award-winning educator in gerontological nursing. In addition to teaching across multiple degree and professional programs, she has designed courses and curricula for pre-licensure and professional nurses. She is a course faculty for the Savvy Caregiver, telehealth edition. She continues to lecture in nursing and medicine courses on clinical topics in geriatric primary care, advanced primary care models, and palliative care. She serves on the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (www.aanpcb.org) for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP exam and is faculty for the Dementia Care Specialist certificate program.

Dr. Clevenger's program of research focuses on models of care for people living with dementia, psychoeducational programs for dementia family caregivers, and the geriatric health workforce. 

Dr. Clevenger has led or collaborated on multiple clinical trials engaging dementia family caregivers including Savvy and Tele-Savvy Caregiver, Caregiving during Crisis, Caregiving While Black, Caregiver as Navigator, and most recently, Caregiver Bootcamp.

• 2022 Award of Honor, Nurses’ Alumni Association, Emory University
• 2020 Emerging Edge Runner, American Academy of Nursing
• 2020 Outstanding Faculty Practice Award, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty
• 2018 Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Augusta University