UTSW TM-NMO-MS Nurse Wins the 2014 Excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth Nursing Awards

We are thrilled to announce that Audrey Ayres, clinical nurse at University of Texas Southwestern’s Department of Neuro-immunology was recently selected by the Dallas Magazine and presented the 2014 Excellence in Nursing Award. Audrey was selected as one of the 24 Awardees from 456 nominations. In her current role, Audrey provides care for adult and pediatric patients with Multiple Sclerosis, NMO, TM, ADEM and Limbic Encephalitis.  She is also the primary nurse for the Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Clinic for Children’s Medical Center.

Audrey completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas.  She began her career in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at UTMB in Galveston. Later on she moved to Miami, Florida to work at Jackson Memorial Hospital in the Transplant and Cardiothoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Then she returned to Texas and worked at Baylor University Medical Center in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and became the nursing educator for the CVICU and CCU. Audrey joined the Multiple Sclerosis Center and the NMO and TM Centers at UT Southwestern in February 2012.

Please join us in congratulating Audrey for her hard work, dedication and compassion for our community.  We are honored to know and work with you Audrey!

Click here to read more about the Award.