Kathleen A. Berra MSN, NP

Kathy Berra graduated from Stanford University and received her Master's Degree and Adult Nurse Practitioner licensure from the University of San Francisco. Her research at the Stanford University School of Medicine has focused on heart disease prevention, women and heart disease, and nurse case management for CVD risk reduction.

She is past president of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association where she serves on the Board of Directors. She is active in the American Heart Association and serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of WomenHeart – the national coalition of women with heart disease.

She has published extensively in the medical literature, has authored 2 books, and speaks internationally on cardiovascular diseases including Atrial Fibrillation. She was honored as “Clinician of the Year” by the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Nursing in 2009.