I am a cardiac ICU nurse, an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a healthcare research and communication consultant based in Austin, Texas. I hold a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus in leadership from the University of Texas. My work centers on clinical care, healthcare communication, ethics, and organizational leadership across patient-facing and professional contexts.
Career Highlights
- 2024 National Magnet Conference, “Septic Shock Communication” abstract accepted
- 2023 UTMB Lectureship Series, “Values-Based Healthcare Communication”
- 2022 Board member with Texas Impact
- 2022: ICU Registered Nurse
- 2022: Co-director of Think Tank at the Center for Health Communications at the Moody School of Communications, UT Austin. In this role I work with 100+ clinicians, health communications researchers and other health leaders to solve complex communication problems in healthcare.
- 2021 and 2222: listed alongside national figures like Actor Elliot Page and four star admiral assistant secretary for health Dr. Rachel Levine as an activist to follow by UK’s Pink News.
- 2021: Worked with activists and affinity groups to stop 74/75 anti-lgbtq bills that were filed in the Texas Legislature. This work included testifying 5 times, 2 press conferences, 3 rallies and a significant amount of earned through seemingly countless interviews and quotes in news outlets. A profile piece from NBC is here.
- 2021: Health Communication Coach for Healthcare Providers and Program Support for the Health Communications Think Tank at UT.
- 2021: Admitted as a UT Nursing graduate student
- 2020: Interim Pastor at Hope Georgetown
- 2020: Partnership with UT Austin and Well Med to create patient facing advance care planning tools. A sample of these tools can be found here
- 2020: Keynoted Utah Presbyterian Women’s Conference, focus on theology, public health and sacred justice.
- 2019: Adjunct Professor at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary offered an experiential learning model that used a mix of classroom lectures and field placement with hospice teams
- 2019: Launched and led daily small hospice team meetings so that hot spotting and pro-active interventions could be accomplished at a higher rate.
- 2019: Partnered with UT Austin and Healthcare Chaplaincy to research advance care planning. Currently in data collection phase.
- 2018: Built and ran www.texasmost.com for the Texas Medical Orders for Scope of Practice Coalition. Also, served as board member for coalition.
- 2018: Joined UT and Dell Medical School Think Tank focused on health communication
- 2018: Offered Grand Rounds Lecture for National Distribution on CHF and Spiritual Support.
- 2017: Joined Texas Hospital Association and Texas Medical Associations joint workgroup on advance care planning.
- 2012: Built the chaplain program at the Heart Hospital of Austin and retooled the Ethics Committee as part of a comprehensive healthcare communication and support plan.
Media Highlights
- NPR 1A Remaking America interview
- Presbyterian Outlook profile piece on my ministry and activism
- Texas Monthly profile piece on my work to protect the transgender community in Texas from the anti-trans efforts in the legislature
- Texas Tribune mini-documentary on a family with a transgender child fleeing the state where I am interviewed
- Interview with the filmmaker of the documentary that I am featured in titled, I Know The End
- “I Know The End” documentary
- Pink News UK’s profile piece on my legislative work
- Long form interview with PBS on Texas politics and the transgender community
- NBC News profile piece on my work to care for the transgender community
- Der Tagesspiegel ( The Daily Mirror), German profile piece on my political work
- Washington Post article reporting on the impact of state’s effort to restrict care of transgender children
- Rolling Stone reporting on the families of transgender children in wake of increased efforts by government to restrict healthcare
- NPR’s Marketplace interview on impacts to trans community and economy
- New York Time’s The Daily podcast doing a two part piece on impact of state’s effort to restrict healthcare. My voice, from a recent rally, is heard opening the first of the two pieces.
- The New Republic’s panel discussion on trans rights
- Op-ed on faith and trans communities, Yahoo/ South Texas Paper
- USA Today with 19th News’ analysis 2021 legislative session
- The Lily profiling the lonely weary work of other activists and I
- The New Republic writing a long form, print edition, analysis of the anti-transgender legislation in Texas profiling one family and myself.
- 19th News shining a light on our efforts to protect transgender children
- Dallas News covering one of the many rallies I spoke at in 2022, I emceed this one.
Get in Touch
remingtonjohnson@gmail.com