BACK TO PROVIDERS James Hope, N.P. Nurse Practitioner Hospitalist James Hope, NP joined the Johnson City Internal Medicine team in 2009 as a Hospitalist/Nocturnist. After receiving his AAS in Nursing from Walters State Community College, the Greeneville, Tennessee native later obtained his Master of Science from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. James has his board certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. He also has military experience having served with the United States Army. Education Vanderbilt University School