Carolyn Pugliese, RN, MSN, APN

Carolyn graduated from Mount Saint Mary College in New York in 1985 with her BSN and from the University of Phoenix in 2003 with her MSN. Carolyn began her career working in CCUs in both New York and Boston. She moved to Canada in 1999 and joined the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). She worked in the Cardiac Surgical Unit, was one of the clinical nurse educators, and worked as an APN in Heart Transplant, Ventricular Assist Device, and Heart Failure.

In 2007, Carolyn became the APN for Pulmonary Hypertension when the Ottawa PH Clinic was founded. In 2021, Carolyn became the APN/clinical manager of the Heart Function Clinic.

Carolyn has educated numerous new PH coordinators hired across Canada to their PH programs and written articles for the PHA Canada newsletter. She has published three articles relating to her work in PH. She is a previous board member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada, a previous CPHPN Chair, and currently the treasurer