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Advanced Practice Specialist
Expert Leadership Driving Excellence in Nursing Practice
Advanced Practice Specialists apply advanced clinical and theoretical expertise to strengthen nursing practice across UCLA Health. They mentor clinicians, shape standards of care, and lead evidence-informed improvements that enhance quality, safety, and patient outcomes. Through expert consultation and systems-level thinking, they help ensure nursing practice reflects the highest levels of professionalism, consistency, and excellence.
Advanced expertise shaping exceptional nursing practice and patient care.
Nursing Practice Roles
Leadership
Theresa Kirkpatrick, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPNP, CNS
Specialty: Pediatrics/Critical Care
Hospital Affiliation: Health System
Fotine (Tina) Mamais, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC, GNP
Specialty: Medicine/Geriatrics
Hospital Affiliation: Health System
Administrator
Specialty Areas
Diabetes
Jung Ha (Jamie) Kwon
Specialty: Diabetes Education and Counseling
Hospital Affiliation: UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
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Enteral/Parenteral Care
Talia Nadjar
Specialty: Enteral/Parenteral
Hospital Affiliation: Health System
Psychiatry
Chessa Kabiling, MSN-Ed., RN
Specialty: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Professional Governance: Structural Empowerment Council
Stella Nazarpoor, MSN, RN, PMHNP-BC
Specialty: Adult Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliation: Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA
Wound Ostomy [Enterostomal Care]
Fatima Ishii, MSN, RN, CWON
Specialty: Wound Ostomy Continence Services
Hospital Affiliation: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center