CURRICULUM VITAE

Lynda J. Tobin, M.S.N., A.P.N.-C.

EDUCATION

Graduate
1998
Masters of Science in Nursing
University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
Recipient Marion O. Ware Award for Scholarly Writing
Summa cum laude

Undergraduate
1988
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Holy Family College,
Philadelphia, PA
Summa cum laude

CERTIFICATION

Certification as Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
American Heart Association

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS)
American Heart Association

Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Datascope

Course completion, public speaking
Dale Carnegie

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, Heart Failure Society of America

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses

Clinical Associate Member, American College of Cardiology

Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Member, Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses

Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Tau Chapter

President, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities

Member, Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities

PUBLICATIONS

"Evaluating Mild to Moderate Hypertension." The Nurse Practitioner. Springhouse Corporation, Springhouse, Pennsylvania, May 1999, 22-41.

"CA-125 Concentrations in Patients Awaiting Cardiac Transplantation." Clinical Chemistry 48, No. 12, 2289-90, 2002. Letter to the Editor.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

"Nurse Practitioner-Driven Cardiology Service - Set up, Management and Practice." University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 2004. Conference: Best Practices in Collaborative Care.

"Overview of Heart Failure Management." Medtronic, Grand Casino, Tunica, MS, 2003. Conference: Heart Failure Forum.

"ACC/AHA Guidelines for Chronic Heart Failure." Medtronic & Scios, Philadelphia, PA, 2003. Conference: Therapeutic Advances in Heart Failure.

"Role of BNP in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure." Scios, 2001 - 2004. Multiple talks given for Scios Corporation.

"Positioning and Ambulation Following PTCA." Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Philadelphia, PA, 1998. Poster presentation.

"Common Code Drugs." University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, 1993. Lecture, given quarterly as part of hospital's critical care course.