Kristen Gosnell

RN MSN

Nurse

About me

Kristen Gosnell is a nurse who cares for mothers and unborn infants.

Gosnell's research interests include brain development in complicated twin pregnancies as well as in-utero treatment of bladder and kidney disease.

After completing her bachelor's degree in nursing at Purdue University, Gosnell began her pediatric nursing career at Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. In 2003, her work as a travel nurse brought her to San Francisco, where she cared for patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. After finishing her master's degree at UCSF, she worked as a clinical coordinator for the Division of Pediatric Surgery.

Gosnell is president of the Fetal Therapy Nurse Network. She is also a member of the UCSF Clinical InQuERI Council, which supports nurses' participation in research that aim to improve patient care.

Education

Purdue University, BS, Nursing, 1997

UCSF, MS, Nursing, 2008

Clinics I work with (3)

Selected research

Outcomes of Monochorionic, Diamniotic Twin Pregnancies with Prenatally Diagnosed Intertwin Weight Discordance.
American journal of perinatology
December 2020
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The Use of Sequential Integrated Screening to Stratify Risk in Monochorionic-Diamniotic Twin Pregnancies.
American journal of perinatology
October 2020
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Utility of chromosomal microarray for diagnosis in cases of nonimmune hydrops fetalis.
Prenatal diagnosis
February 2020
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