Kathryn Kreider DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP

Dr. Kathryn Evans Kreider has been at Duke since 2008. She was first appointed to a faculty position within the school of nursing in 2014. She graduated from Samford University with a BS in psychology in 2004 and earned her BSN (2005) and MSN (2007) at the University of Florida. She completed her DNP at the Duke University School of Nursing in 2013, and her capstone project (“The implementation and evaluation of an evidence-based protocol to treat diabetic ketoacidosis: a quality improvement study”) received the Outstanding Capstone Project award for 2014 and was awarded an honorable mention by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).

Dr. Kreider, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, currently practices in Duke’s Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition. Her practice includes the management of patients with disorders of the endocrine system (specifically diabetes, thyroid, adrenal, and metabolic disorders). As a member of the Duke Diabetes Research Clinic, she served as an investigator in various diabetes and hypertension clinical trials including two separate NIH/NIDDK trials, including a glycemia reduction study (GRADE) and a hypertension trial (SPRINT), as well as several industry sponsored studies evaluating new treatment modalities for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Kreider is a nationally renowned speaker in diabetes and endocrinology.

She has won several notable awards, including the North Carolina State Award for Clinical Excellence from AANP and the Betsy Love-McClung Development Award from the Endocrine Nurses Society for excellence in endocrine nursing. She is actively involved in many national organizations such as the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and serves as a speaker, committee member, and consultant. Dr. Kreider is the director of the endocrinology specialty at DUSON, the first endocrinology training program for nurse practitioners in the United States.