Boston Children's Hospital
Monica Ulles received her BSN from St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH and her MS from Boston College in 1992. She received an Additional Specialty from Boston College in 1997 as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Her clinical career started as a nurse in Adult Neuroscience, but changed shortly thereafter to Pediatrics. Her inpatient clinical experience was primarily in Infant Special Care and Multidisciplinary Pediatric Intensive Care. Ms. Ulles began to work as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Cystic Fibrosis Coordinator in the Cystic Fibrosis Center in 1999 at Tufts-New England Medical Center and then in 2002 moved with her Team and patients to the Massachusetts General Hospital. She was also an integral part of the Cystic Fibrosis Research team, performing as Research Nurse Coordinator at both of these institutions. With the relocation of her Team and patients in 2008, she continued working as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children's Hospital, Boston. In this role, she helps deliver outpatient care for over 600 patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Ms. Ulles served as the Nursing Representative to NACFC Program Committee from 2004-2008 and served on the Educational Committee for several years. She has been both a Speaker, and Session Moderator, at the NACFC on multiple occasions. She has also presented extensively on Cystic Fibrosis at the local level. Her publications include a review on The Physical, Psychological, and Social Implications of Caring for the Pregnant Patient and Newborn with Cystic Fibrosis in the Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing (2005). Ms. Ulles has been invited to serve on several Advisory Boards for industry and has participated in a CFF workshop on implementation of newborn screening for CF in 2004. She has also recently served as a Professional Mentor for the CFF LEAPP pilot program. Most of her time now is spent with the Boston Children's Hospital/Brigham and Woman's Hosptial CF/Pulmonary Research Program where she manages the research nursing team and is a member of the Protocol Review Committee.
FSC01--Conversation with Monica Ulles - Joy in Work
Thursday, November 2, 2023
12:00 PM – 12:40 PM MST