ANP- VTE Specialist
Stony Brook Medical Center
Stony Brook University Medical Center
STONY BROOK, New York
Kristan Probeck is a certified adult nurse practitioner (ANP-C) at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Division of Vascular Surgery. She has been in the healthcare field for over 25 years and an ANP-C since 2010. She is a member of the Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Team where she participates in numerous quality, information technology and nursing committees. She is a part of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Project (NSQIP) team as well as a Vascular Quality Improvement (VQI) and Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) abstractor.
Kristan monitors all inferior venous cava filter (IVCF) insertions for prompt follow up and retrievals after discussions with the patients’ other providers to determine permanency. She has given talks at national and regional quality meetings regarding her team’s excellence in IVCF retrieval rates.
She reviews all VTE events in the hospital for appropriate prophylaxis and treatment and are maintained in a database that is used for quality improvement and research. She educates patients on their initial application of compression garments prior to leaving the hospital.
She participates in community service related to VTE awareness. She is a member of American Venous Forum, Vascular Quality Initiative, American Vein & Lymphatic Society, Society for Vascular Nursing, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and Sigma Theta Tau.
She has presented numerous winning posters at national vascular conferences. She is a national speaker on current VTE standards. She has published research in journals as well as articles in non-peer reviewed journals.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, October 14, 2022
11:40 AM – 12:00 PM US CDT
Friday, October 14, 2022
5:10 PM – 5:25 PM US CDT