Claire Parker

PNP MSN

Pediatric nurse practitioner

About me

Claire Parker is a pediatric nurse practitioner who specializes in caring for infants and children with pulmonary hypertension, a type of high blood pressure affecting the lungs and heart.

Parker belongs to the Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Network, an organization of medical professionals and centers dedicated to improving care for children with the condition. She also participates in clinical trials to evaluate promising medications for treating pulmonary hypertension.

Parker received a bachelor's degree in nursing from the Johns Hopkins University and a master's degree through the acute care pediatric nurse practitioner program at the UCSF School of Nursing.

Parker often serves as a moderator for the nursing workshop at the International Conference on Neonatal and Childhood Pulmonary Vascular Disease.

Education

UCSF, MS, Nursing, 2011

Where I see patients (3)

Selected research

CORE-IBD: A Multidisciplinary International Consensus Initiative to Develop a Core Outcome Set for Randomized Controlled Trials in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Gastroenterology
July 2022
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Persistence of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A case of de novo TBX4 variant.
Pulmonary circulation
July 2022
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Caveolin-1 associated with severe (pediatric-onset) presentation of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Pulmonary circulation
July 2022
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Contact me

Smell the roses

Wander outside into our Butterfly Garden in Oakland and our healing gardens at Mission Bay.

Please check with your health insurance plan regarding coverage for this type of care. Not all providers at UCSF are covered by every insurance plan.