Michelle Zappas
Clinical Associate Professor Dept. of Nursing at the School of Social Work
Nursing expert, focusing on health care for vulnerable populations across the lifespan.
Michelle Zappas
Clinical Associate Professor Dept. of Nursing at the School of Social Work
Nursing expert, focusing on health care for vulnerable populations across the lifespan.
Biography
Michelle Zappas is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Nursing, where she teaches a course on clinical management of adult patients. She currently serves as a per diem nurse practitioner at the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. Prior to joining USC, she was an assistant clinical professor in nursing at Columbia University. She also worked as a nurse practitioner at the medical center, providing primary medical care to the university’s health sciences students. In addition, she served as a family nurse practitioner and director of nursing at a community-based clinic in New York’s South Bronx. There she worked to provide evidence-based, preventative and cost-effective health care to a diverse patient population across the lifespan. Zappas received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in nursing practice from Columbia University. She earned a bachelor’s in animal physiology and neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego.
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Education
Columbia University
DNP 2012
Columbia University
MSN 2009
Columbia University
BSN 2007
University of California, San Diego
BS 2001
Area of Expertise
- Nursing Science Education
- Women's Health
- Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
- Nursing Practice
- Dermatology
- Health Care for Adult Patients
Industry Experience
- Social Services
- Education/Learning
- Health Care - Providers
- Health and Wellness
- Research
- Health Care - Facilities
- Health Care - Services
- Professional Training and Coaching
Articles & Publications
Research Focus
Podium presentation at the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 2017 National Conference, Philadelphia, PA. Podium presentation at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 44th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Poster presentation at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 44th Annual Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Podium presentation at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties 43rd Annual Conference, Washington D.C. Podium Presentation at the California Association of Nurse Practitioners 2018 National Conference, San Diego, CA. Podium Presentation at the California Association of Nurse Practitioners 2017 National Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Availability
- Keynote
- Moderator
- Panelist
- Workshop
- Host/MC
- Corporate Training