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Advanced Practice Nursing

Advanced practice nurses are a vital part of the team of healthcare experts that cares for patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Having completed advanced training in highly specialized areas, advanced practice nurses are able to provide nursing care to patients with complex conditions who have undergone sensitive and highly technical procedures. More than 200 people have participated in internship training programs supported by the Institute in specialty areas.

The expert team of advanced practice nurses at Cedars-Sinai includes:

• Kimberly A. Alva, MSN, ACNP
  Center for Liver Diseases and Transplantation

• Antoinette Barrett, NP, MSN, CPNP
  COACH for Kids

• Michele Ashley Blecher, RN, NP, CNS
  Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery

• Vivian L. Block, RN, MSN
  Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

• Melissa Bruce, NP
  Nuclear Cardiology

• Kristi Butenschoen, RN, MSN, FNP
  Interventional Radiology

• Helen Cambron, NP
  Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders

• Tiffany Campos, NP
  Hematology/Oncology

• Pamela Sue Christman, NP
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Bernice Coleman, CNS, PhD
  Cardiovascular Surgery

• Roma Dassala, NP
  Thoracic Surgery

• Bonnie De Los Santos, RN, MN, CCRN, CNS
  Telemetry and Critical Care

• Carolee Dunivan, NP, CNM
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Sylvia Estrada, NP
  Women's Cancer Research Institute

• Kristen Fabiszewski, NP, CNM
  Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Karen Galvez, BSN, MSN, NP
  Minimally Invasive Surgery

• Sharon Galvis, RN, MSN, NNP
  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Linda M. Gorman, RN, MN, APRN, BC, OCN, CHPN
  Hospice/Palliative Care

• Jennifer Hadjes, NP
  Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Anne Hakes, NP
  Pediatric Cardiology

• Keri Halsema, NP
  Anesthesiology

• Rita Hand, NP
  General Internal Medicine

• Natalie Hoffman, NP
  Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Peggy Kalathil, NP
  Cardiology

• Michiko Karube, NP
  Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Program

• Katherine Keener, NP

• Penelope Kornbluth

• Honore Kotler
  Cardiovascular Intervention Center

• Susie Lee, RN, MSN, NP-C
  Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center

• Shih-Ting Lin, RN, MSN, ACNP
  Nuclear Cardiology

• Lucy Mathew, NP
  Acute Care Nurse, Liver Transplant
  

• Ann Mijares, RN, MSN, CNS, CCRN
  Adult Critical Care

• Margo B. Minissian, ACNP, APRN-BC, MSN, CNS
  Women's Heart Program

• Cindie Phillips, RN, MSN
  Pediatric Acute Care Unit

• Sandra Rome, RN, MSN, APCN
  Blood and Marrow Transplantation

• Magnolia Shin, RN, NP
  Nuclear Cardiology

• Marilyn J. Shirk, MN, RN, CNS
  Nursing Research and Development

• Justine Soscia, NP, MS, AOCNP, ACNP-BC
  Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center

• Leslie J. Tarlow, GNP, APRN-BC, MSN, MSCN
  Cedars-Sinai Stroke Program
  Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trials

• Michele Ashley Trerotola, RN, NP, CNS
  Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic Surgery

• Stacey Walker, NP
  Hepatology Program