Annette S. Nasr
PhD, RN, MPA, NE-BC
Nurse Scientist
Stanford Medicine Children's Health
Annette S. Nasr currently serves as a Nurse Scientist in the Department of Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health (SMCH). From January 2020 to July 2023, she held the position of Director of the Department of Nursing Research at SMCH. She holds academic appointments as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing. Dr. Nasr is a proud member of the Western Institute of Nursing, serving as President from 2022-2024. She has been a pediatric nurse for over 30 years and has worked as a pediatric intensive care nurse at the University of California San Francisco, served as a liver transplant coordinator at Stanford Children’s Hospital, and worked for Novartis Pharmaceutical Company in Tokyo, Japan. Her Stanford affiliations include participating as a voting member of the Stanford IRB, serving as the Course Director for a Qualitative Methods Course at the Stanford School of Medicine, and collaborating as a member of the Pediatric Transplant Center as the Independent Donor Advocate for liver and kidney transplants. Dr. Nasr is dedicated to creating a healthy healing environment for patients and families.