Charles P. Tilley

Dr. Charles Tilley is an Adult Primary Care and Pain and Palliative Nurse Practitioner with a Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing from NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and a post-master’s certificate in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing. He brings 33 years of clinical, administrative, and education experience to the profession, currently in the role of Director of the Interprofessional Practice, Education, and Innovation Program and Clinical Assistant Professor at Rutgers-Camden SON.  Dr. Tilley is a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) with 15 years of simulation education experience and multiple simulation publications, local and national presentations, and current research funding in the field of simulation science. Dr. Tilley is an Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) whose most recent clinical work was as a Hospice Attending and Nurse Scientist at Calvary Hospital and Hospice. His research interests include palliative oncology, palliative wound care, symptom science, and simulation outcomes. He has received grants from the American Cancer Society, The Hugoton Foundation, and The Calvary Fund to study the symptom experience of patients with advanced cancer and malignant fungating wounds and simulation outcomes.