Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Board Certified by American Association of Nurse Practitioners, active RN and NP license, active BLS Member of AANP, American College of Cardiology, Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Association 2018-2020 Board Member Council for Aging, MA * Registered Nurse/Family Nurse Practitioner: Inpatient RN from 2009, In-and Outpatient Family Nurse Practitioner from 2012. 2009-2013 Cleveland Clinic acute care Nurse (hepatology, diabetes, renal, hypertension, complex medical cases) and outpatient Cardiology Nurse Practitioner. Cleveland Clinic Cardiology rated #1 by US World and News. 2013 -2020 Veterans Healthcare Administration Family Nurse Practitioner, including inpatient and outpatient Cardiology Nurse Practitioner, Disability examiner, Geriatrics, Palliative Care, Hospice, VA Nursing home * Cardiovascular Disease Specialty: several years acute care nursing and nurse practitioner experience at Cleveland Clinic and Veterans Healthcare Administration. Extensive experience performing outpatient consultations and follow up exams, pre-operative cardiac clearance, in-patient admissions and discharges, Ran Coumadin clinic with 300 patients, did daily Stress Testing with Nuclear Medicine. Ordered cardiac testing, medication management. Extensive consultation with cardiologists re plan of care, cardiac catherizations, stenting, bypass surgery. Areas of interest: coronary artery disease, angina, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, heart attack. RESEARCH: 09/2013 – 05/2015 Research project Yale University/VHA Boston on Development of Educational Program on Diabetes Management for Elderly Veterans. Published 12.2015 edition of Diabetes Educator Journal. http://tde.sagepub.com/content/41/6/690.long 4 years fulltime experience medical record review, write medical summaries, chronology, medical opinions