EDUCATION AND TRAINING

University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA Master of Science in Nursing, August 2006, GPA 3.95 Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program

Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD Bachelor of Science in Nursing, July 2004, GPA 3.95 Member of Sigma Theta Tau (International Nursing Honor Society) Edna Schoen Award for Excellence in Clinical Practice Class, Vice-President of SGA

University of Washington, Seattle, WA Bachelor of Science in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Minor in Chemistry, December 1999 GPA 3.67, Dean’s Honor List

Monica Knapp MSN
Teaching Associate

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Certified for basic dysrhythmia monitoring and peritoneal dialysis management as of November 2004 at HUP

ACLS and BLS certified last in October 2006 and August 2006, respectively

AREAS OF CLINICAL EXPERTISE

SPECIAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Certified for basic dysrhythmia monitoring and peritoneal dialysis management as of November 2004 at HUP

ACLS and BLS certified last in October 2006 and August 2006, respectively

Submitted manuscript entitled “Secondary Protection from Antiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibition in Stable Coronary Artery Disease” to AACN Advanced Critical Care in June 2006

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Bea, F., Blessing, E., Shelley (Knapp), M. I., Shultz, J. M., & Rosenfeld, M. E. (2003). Simvastatin inhibits expression of tissue factor in advanced atherosclerotic lesions of apolipoprotein E deficient mice independently of lipid lowering: potential role of simvastatin-mediated inhibition of Egr-1 expression and activation. Atherosclerosis, 167(2), 187-94.