Lisa Stern is board-certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) with an Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP-BC) license. She graduated from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, with the Sigma Theta Tau Outstanding Graduate Student Award in 2014. She is completing a Doctorate degree and preparing for a second board certification as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) from Florida State University. Her IRB-reviewed doctoral project submission was titled “Assessment of Advanced Practice Provider Aortic Stenosis Knowledge Level.” Additionally, Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Buffalo. She maintains active memberships in the American College of Cardiology, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners. In addition, she has maintained advanced cardiac life support certification for the duration of her career.
Lisa began her career in healthcare when she was first asked to assist in starting a certified advanced life support ambulance company in her community fire department, of which she was a member for five years. Subsequently, her nursing career began in the intensive care unit of a large academic teaching hospital in New York. She continued to work in critical care throughout her career. More recently, since moving to Florida with her husband and two daughters, Lisa has worked in the specialty area of structural heart since 2017. Lisa is now part of the First Coast Cardiovascular Institute team.
