Cardiology Nurse Practitioners



	-	Cardiology

	-	Cardiothoracic Surgery



	-	Cardiologists



	-	Cardiovascular Disorders



	-	Remarkable Series of Heart Transplants Offers Hope to Those Who Wait

	-	North American Pediatric Heart-Assist Record Broken at Packard Children’s Hospital

	-	Youngest Patient Ever Benefits from Non-Surgical Heart Valve Replacement at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

Ellen Bair, MS, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Anesthesiology

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Heart Center

Appointments: (650) 721-2121
Fax: (650) 725-8343
Physician Referrals: (650) 721-2121

Specialties: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Professional Education:

BS Nursing Boston College, Boston MA, 1975
MS, PNP UCSF, San Francisco 1979

Jennifer Childrey, RN, MS, CPNP, CNS

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Cardiology

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Heart Center

Appointments: (650) 721-2121
Fax: (650) 725-8343
Physician Referrals: (650) 721-2121

Specialties: Pediatric Cardiology, Primary Care
Professional Education:

Master of Science, Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing, June 2004
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science, Nursing, June 2001-July 2002
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Science, Psychobiology, Sept.1996-2000
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Deb Hanisch, RN, MSN, CPNP

PNP, Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Ctr,. Cleveland, OH, 1991
MSN, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1983
BSN, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1980

Rajashree Koppolu, RN, BSN, MS, CPNP

Masters of Science, University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2002
Bachelors of Science, Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2000

Jana Norris, RN, PNP

Michelle Ogawa, RN, PNP

Summer Overman, RN, MSN, PNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Cardiology

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Heart Center

Appointments: (650) 721-2121
Fax: (650) 725-8343
Physician Referrals: (650) 721-2121

Specialties: Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Emergency Care, Cardiovascular Surgery
Professional Education:

Master of Science in Nursing, Acute Chronic Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Rush University, Chicago, IL, 2006
Registered Nurse, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2001

Rosalie Simon, RN, PNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Nurse Specialty, University of California, San Francisco 2004

Sandy Staveski, RN, MS, PNP, CNS, CCRN

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Heart Center

Appointments: (650) 721-2121
Fax: (650) 725-8343
Physician Referrals: (650) 721-2121

Specialties: Pediatric cardiovascular critical care; congenital and acquired heart disease in children; mechanical circulatory support in pediatric patients
Professional Education:

University of California San Francisco: MS in Nursing, 2001

Kiersten Wells, RN, MSN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Cardiology/Cardiovascular Surgery

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Heart Center

Appointments: (650) 721-2121
Fax: (650) 725-8343
Physician Referrals: (650) 721-2121

Specialties: Cardiac Surgery, Adolescent Medicine/Eating Disorders, Pediatric Sexual Assault, Palliative Care, Medical Ethics
Professional Education:

MS in Nursing, Columbia University, 2001, New York, New York
BS in Nursing, Columbia University, 1999, New York, New York
BA in Spanish Studies/ Psychology, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto, adjacent to Stanford University Hospital, approximately 20 miles north of San Jose, CA and 40 miles south of San Francisco.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000