Nancy A. Pike PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FAAN

Nancy A. Pike, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC, FAAN, is an Associate Professor at UCLA where she has taught in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program for the past 9 years. She has an outstanding reputation as a research, clinician, mentor, and educator. She is known nationally and internationally as a biobehavioral researcher in pediatric congenital heart disease. She has two R01 grants from the National Institute for Nursing Research and has published numerous articles that have improved cognitive screening, highlighting the need for early intervention services, optimizing feeding practices for growth and development, and protocols to improve surgical outcomes in the CHD population. She has received numerous accolades for her research expertise and is a fellow of the AHA and the American Academy of Nursing. She maintains a clinical practice as a PNP in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.