Yvonne Esmailian, Nurse Practitioner

I received my Diploma in Nursing from Northwest Texas Hospital school of Nursing in 1985, after having attended the University of Southern Colorado for pre-requisite courses.

While employed as an RN in Critical Care at Northwest Texas Hospital, I received my Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) from West Texas State University in 1987.

 I received my Critical Care RN certification (CCRN) and continued to work in the critical care setting through July 2000. While employed at USC University hospital I began to care for liver and kidney transplant patients within a combined surgical ICU setting.

In the fall of 1997, I was accepted into the graduate nursing program at UCLA. I was fortunate enough to have Dr. Douglas Farmer as one of my clinical preceptors, which allowed me further exposure to liver transplant patients and also intestinal transplant patients. I received my Master of Science degree in nursing (MSN) specializing as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) in the summer of 1999. I received board certification by the American Nurses Credentialing Center the same year.

I began my NP career at UCLA with the division of Cardiothoracic surgery. My role included perioperative care for adult and pediatric cardiothoracic surgery patients within the acute care setting including heart and lung transplant patients.

In December of 2003, a nurse practitioner position was developed by the division of liver and intestinal transplantation. The goal of this position was for the nurse practitioner to collaborate in the medical management of the small bowel transplant patients and also the pre-operative liver population. I was fortunate enough to be accepted for this position and began working with the team in January of 2004. I work closely with Dr. Farmer in the daily management of the small bowel transplant patients. I also closely collaborate with the liver transplant fellows and hepatologists in the management of the pre-transplant end stage liver disease patients .