Dru Holehan, BS
Academic Program Manager
Dru Holehan has twelve years experience as an integral member of the Johns Hopkins administrative staff. During her tenure she has been instrumental in the development and implementation of several innovative and exciting programs, the most recent of which is the state of the art Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. As Academic Program Manager, Holehan is responsible for much of the day-to-day operations of the Center including, but not limited to staffing, promotion, acquisition of high-fidelity medical training equipment, and fulfilling Johns Hopkins' commitment to education, research, and patient safety.
Rose Zaeske, BFA
Academic Program Manager, SP & Teaching Associate Programs
Rose Zaeske is a specialist in the field of standardized patient educators, with more than 8 years experience in the use and development of standardized patient methodology, and more than 5 years experience running and maintaining a high quality Male and Female Genito-urinary Teaching Associate Program that has grown rapidly and currently meets the needs of numerous institutions in the region (medical, nursing and osteopathic schools, PA programs, & residency programs). Zaeske is also experienced in developing and maintaining a Physical Exam Teaching Associate (PETA) program. She collaborates on project and case development and recruits, trains and manages the standardized patient and teaching associate programs.
Julianne S. Perretta MSEd, RRT-NPS
Julianne Perretta is the Simulation Educator for the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center. Julianne completed her Baccalaureate Degree in Respiratory Therapy from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania/West Penn Hospital’s School of Respiratory Care Services in 2001. As a native Marylander, she returned to the Baltimore area after graduation to begin her career as a neonatal respiratory therapist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In her five years working in the level 4 NICU, she began taking an active role in nursing, physician, and RT education. In 2005 she accepted a position as the Coordinator of Staff and Programs Development for the Respiratory Care Services division of Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine. While in that role, Julianne developed and implemented online and traditional learning for multiple departments within the Johns Hopkins health care community. She was also co-chair of the Respiratory Care Service Performance Improvement Committee, which oversees patient safety, clinical effectiveness and quality improvement for the division. In 2006, she completed her Master of Science degree in Education, with focuses in Adult Learning and Multimedia & Internet-based Instruction from the Johns Hopkins University. Subsequently, Julianne became an adjunct faculty member for the Towson University School of Allied Health. She is an assistant editor for the 2009 edition of Oakes’ Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care: A critical care pocket guide. Julianne assists new and current simulation center customers with curriculum development, scenario building and testing, and debriefing skills. She is a Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) instructor as well as a BLS instructor. Julianne’s current research interests include using patient simulations for staff training and evaluation, and disaster preparedness team training, and improving the quality of respiratory simulations.





