Awards:

• 2024 AHIMA, awarded as an AHIMA Fellow
• 2022 The University of Toledo, Distinguished University Lecturer award
• 2022 The University of Toledo, the Alice H. Skeens Outstanding University Woman award
• 2021 Ohio Health Information Management Association (OHIMA) Professional Achievement Award
• 2020 OHIMA Lifelong Learning Scholarship
• 2020 University of Toledo, Ella Fridman Award
• 2018 Distinguished Member Award, Northwest Ohio Health Information Management Association (NWOHIMA)
• 2014 The University of Toledo, College of Health Sciences Dean's Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
• 2011 Distinguished Service Award, Health Information Administration, Judith Herb College of Education, Health Science and Human Services, University of Toledo
• 2009 and 2018 Distinguished Member Award, NWOHIMA
• 2002 AHIMA FORE Merit Scholarship recipient
• Member of Phi Theta Kappa Society
• Franklin University Community College Scholarship recipient
• Bowling Green State University Tuition Scholarship recipient

Relevant Teaching Experience Online and Face-to-Face:

• HEAL 1800: Medical Terminology (online)
• HEAL 2700: Introduction to Public Health (face-to-face)
• HIM 2210: Medical and Pharmacological Terminology (online)
• HIM 2300: Healthcare Resource, Payer, Consumers (online)
• HIM 2310: Acute Care Clinical Classification Systems and Services (online)
• HIM 2320: Ambulatory Care Classification Systems and Services (online)
• HIM 3230: Healthcare Documentation Requirements (online)
• HIM 2350: Reimbursement Methodologies (online)
• HIM 4240: Topics in HIM: Professional Domains (online)
• HIM 4910: Integrative Capstone Experience (online) 
• HIM 2260: Legal Issues in Health Information Management (online)
• HIM 4230: Compliance and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (online)
• HIM 4940: Professional Practice Experience (online)
• HIM Lab:  On-campus Tutoring
• Health Information Statistics (face-to-face)
• Professional Practices (face-to-face)
• Introduction to Health Information Management (face-to-face)
• Medical Office Billing and Reimbursement (face-to-face)
• Medical Office Coding, Medical Terminology (face-to-face)

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Singh, S., Evans, n., Williams, M., Sezginis, N & Baryeh, N. (2017): Influences of Sociodemographic Factors and Health Utilization Factors on Patient-Centered Provider Communication, Health Communication, DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1322481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1322481

Combs, T., Endicott, M., Kravtsova, M., Mogbo, C., & Sezginis, N. (2017). Practice Brief: Impact of physician engagement on Clinical Documentation Improvement programs. Journal of AHIMA, July 2017, pp.42-45.

Boyle, G., Combs, T., Endicott, M., Ewoterai, O., Kravtsova, M., Lo, W., & Sezginis, N. (2017): Proceedings of AHIMA's 2017 Summit on Clinical Documentation Improvement: Advancing the Documentation Journey, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Foundation, Perspectives in Health Information Management, http://perspectives.ahima.org/ahima2017cdisummit/#

Sezginis, N. (2016): Older Americans' Need to Access Dental Health Services, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2016 Annual Meeting & Expo, Denver. APHA 2016 Annual Meeting Poster Presentation

Williams, M., Sezginis, N., Baryeh, N., & Singh, s. (2017): Influences of sociodemographic factors and healthcare utilization factors on patient-centered provider communication, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta. APHA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING ORAL Presentation

Sezginis, N. (2017): Association between oral health knowledge and oral hygiene behavior in school-aged children, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2017 Annual Meeting & Expo, Atlanta. APHA 2017 ANNUAL MEETING POSTER PRESENTATION

Singh, S., Saltzman, B., Sezginis, N., Melendez, K., Headley, S. (2018): Impact of perceived public and personal stigma of mental illness on help-seeking behavior for mental health services among college students, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo, San Diego. APHA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING ORAL Presentation

Sezginis, N. (2018): Evaluation of breastfeeding promotion program for low-income women in Wood County, Ohio, American Public Health Association (APHA) 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo, San Diego. APHA 2018 ANNUAL MEETING POSTER PRESENTATION

SERVICES TO THE UNIVERSITY 

• The University of Toledo Social-Behavioral-Education Internal Review Board (SBE-IRB) member and chair-designee: 2013-present 
• The College of Health and Human Services, College Council member: 2023-present-Serving on the Executive Committee, Secretary
• The Health Information Administration Program Advisory Board, University of Toledo: 2008- present
• Served as a judge for the area and state high school health education/public health competitions in 2016, 2017, and 2018
• The Ohio Department of Higher Education, Transfer Assurance Guidance (TAG) Faculty Review Panel member: 2017-present
  

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS and SERVICES

• Wood County Health Department (WCHD) Board of Health Member Appointed by the District Advisory Council in March 2013 and later on by the Mayor of Northwood, OH, 2013-present
  • Appointed as the President of the BOH on January 1, 2024
  • Appointed as the BOH VP, January 1, 2022 -December 31, 2023
  • Wood County Medical Reserve Corp (MRC), January 2021 -present
• American Public Health Association Member
  • Served as an abstract reviewer for the APHA 2018-2024 Annual Meeting & Expo
• US Together, a not-for-profit Refugee Resettlement Agency, Interpreter: 2018-present
• The Health Information Technology Program Advisory Board, Terra Community College, Advisory Board Member: 2016-present
• The Ohio Department of Higher Education, Transfer Assurance Guidance (TAG) Faculty Review Panel member: 2017-present
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
  • Served on the AHIMA FORE Merit Scholarship Committee 2023, 2024
  • Clinical Documentation Improvement (CDI) Task Force Member: January 1, 2017-2019
  • Served as a reviewer on the revision to the existing "Guidelines for Achieving a Compliant ICD-10-PCS Query" Practice brief
    • AHIMA Inpatient Query Toolkit
  • Clinical Documentation Improvement Summit Program Committee Member: January 1, 2017-2019
    • Served on the abstract selection committee and as a liaison
  • Clinical Documentation Integrity (CDI) Council and the AHIMA annual conference CDI Track Committee Member: January 2020-December 2021
    • Served on the abstract review and selection committee
  • Career Mapping Task Force: July 2017-2019
  • AHIMA Mentor: 2014-present

• Ohio Health Information Management Association (OHIMA) Member
  • Served on the OHIMA Nomination Committee: 2025-2026
  • Served on the OHIMA Awards Selection Committee: 2017-2018
  • Serving on the OHIMA Educators Day Planning Committee: 2021-present
• Northwest Ohio Health Information Management Association (NWOHIMA) Member: 2001-present. Served in the following board member positions: 
  • Treasurer: 2006-2009
  • Data Quality Reimbursement Counsel (DQRC) Representative: 2003 -2005
  • Director of Alliances: 2003-2004

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION 

• Served as a reviewer for the Journal of American College Health
  • Manuscript # JACH-2022-04-0268.R2 titled "The Influence of Communicative Environments: Factors Affecting College Students' Mental Health Help-Seeking" for the Journal of American College Health.
• Subject Matter Expert/Technical Writer as a Health Information Administration and Certified Coding Specialist:
  • Developed and reviewed test items for the national Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA) certification exam and the national and international Clinical Documentation Improvement Specialist exams as a technical writer and reviewed test items as the subject matter expert
• Wrote assessment questions for an end-of-course pharmacology assessment in a Healthcare Informatics academic program as a Subject Matter Expert, Healthcare/Pharmacology Assessment, CompTIA Exam Services (Exemplify)
• Wrote online ICD-10-CM/PCS actives and exercises for Pearson Education as the Subject Matter Expert for a MyMedicalCodingLab
• Developed 2,250 question-and-answer sets for 30 chapters
• Developed 150 mini-medical record exercises, ten capstone activities, and supporting documents to be utilized by the students.