Associate Professor
OHSU
Tigard
Chris Yedinak is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She is an assistant professor at the Northwest Pituitary Center, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon USA, where she has provided clinical diagnosis and management of patients with pituitary and adrenal dysfunction for the last 15 years.
Dr. Yedinak completed her undergraduate training in Australia and post a Graduate Diploma in Tertiary Education at University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba. She completed her post graduate and Doctoral Studies at Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland Oregon.
Her Doctoral project and ongoing research are focused on the quality of life, clinical outcome studies and the management of patients with chronic pituitary diseases. She has authored over 60 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts and book chapters and is author and co-editor of the first Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing text book. She has presented her research at numerous scientific meetings worldwide.
Dr. Yedinak is President of the Endocrine Nurses Association (USA), the Federation of International Nurses in Endocrinology (F.I.N.E.) and a board member of the European Society of Endocrinology Nurse Committee.
Saturday, October 1, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM