Her most recent clinical position was as Cardiopulmonary Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, where she established its Cardiopulmonary Center of Excellence. She has created numerous learning materials for patients and developed many programs for professionals, and patients in which she translated medical terminology into language that speaks to patients and consumers. She is the Program Manager for National Blood Clot Alliance’s Cooperative Agreement with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and oversees programs directed at health awareness, education, and outreach related to blood clots and clotting disorders, curriculum development for healthcare professionals, and helps maintain currency of information at