2025 Collaborative Care Conference: Connecting the Oncology Continuum and Palliative Care

Over 15 years of experience as a Stroke Subject Matter Expert ,I am happy to guide and support many stroke coordinators across the country. As a Neurosciences Nurse Practitioner and Stroke Program Manager at St. Joseph's Health, I have over 6 years of experience in clinical management and quality improvement for both Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers. I am responsible for ensuring compliance with CSC accreditation standards and overseeing more than 20 quality metrics. I also guide more than 6 clinical departments on patient management and leverage AI for LVO alert. In addition to my role at St. Joseph's Health, I am an advisor for the NJ DOH Stroke Care Advisory Panel, SATHI(South Asian Total Health Initiatives) and an active member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) as a State Liaison for New Jersey. I advocate for nurse practitioners' rights and interests, share AANP platform to promote professional development and networking, and share information about AANP events and workshops to enhance knowledge and skills in the field. I am passionate about advancing the field of nursing and improving patient outcomes through education, advocacy, and innovation. As a nursing professional of South Asian origin, its my mission to mentor all the nurses of Indian origin and support them towards their professional goals.

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With 20 years of retail experience and a specialization in various niche areas of alternative medicine, Dr. Ao aims to incorporate traditional community pharmacy practices into the newly developing cannabis industry. He is a champion for utilizing scientific evidence-based education paired with a holistic approach to provide the best quality care to medical patients and adult-use consumers alike. Using a community-based focus coupled with his operational expertise, his goal is to bring cannabinoid-based therapy into mainstream conversation as a standard of medical care.

Pediatric Critical Care Nursing. Advanced practice nurse in a clinical nurse specialist role since 2000. Provide formal pediatric critical care nursing courses and informal clinical support. Incorporate evidence based practice. Catheter associated blood stream infection collaborative participation resulted in zero percent infection rate for over three years. Ventilator associated pneumonia rate zero for over 18 months. Liason for pediatrics at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. Poster presentations on opiate weaning in pediatric critical care and patient safety and nurse presentation on rounds. Nursing based research on RN learning styles. Pediatric representative on hospital wide committees. CareNet team for Cerner EMR build.