Marty Viegas, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPEN, CRNI®

Marty Viegas is a second-career nurse having had a 14-year career as a NYC police officer where he was a first responder on 9/11. Marty began his nursing career as a staff nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at The Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NY Presbyterian in NYC. He held positions as Head Nurse, Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Educator and Director with a primary focus in pediatrics, pediatric intensive care, pediatric OR and pediatric emergency medicine. Marty is currently Sr. Manager for the US Medical Solutions and Outcomes Team with Becton Dickinson. He holds national certifications in critical care (CCRN), pediatric emergency medicine (CPEN), and infusion nursing (CRNI) as well as being a basic life support (BLS), pediatric advanced life support (PALS), and pediatric emergency nurse (ENPC) instructor.

Marty recently traveled to Haiti with Heart to Heart International on a volunteer service trip to train and educate staff at a local clinic. At the time, there were few clinics in the area and people would walk for days to get to one. In addition to helping build the clinic, educate the staff, and help establish processes, Marty used his carpentry skills to help build restroom facilities for a local open-air market. Whether it be collecting toys for local toy drives, food for local food banks, or running 5K road races to raise money for special causes, Marty inspires us all to want to be better versions of ourselves.