Maria Annette Lofgren DNP, ARNP, NNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP
Dr. Maria Lofgren is the Director of Faculty Practice at the University of Iowa College of Nursing and Director of Advanced Practice Providers at UI Health Care. She is a visionary leader with over 30 years of experience spanning leadership, strategic planning, and establishing clinical practice models and partnerships for Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners. In her role she establishes relationships and partners with medical directors, human resource representatives, physician department chairs, organizational leaders and community stakeholders to improve the integration of ARNPs across the healthcare continuum. She serves as the primary resource regarding scope of practice, utilization and collaborative practice models, credentialing and privileging, competency, professional development, student placement, and compliance. She is dually certified as a pediatric and neonatal nurse practitioner having over 36 years of nursing experience in the Midwest and 24 of those years as a Nurse Practitioner.