Stephen A Ferrara DNP, FNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN
Dr. Stephen A. Ferrara is an actively practicing Nurse Practitioner, executive, and faculty member. He combines years of clinical experience along with health policy development to increase access to nurse practitioner-partnered care. Previously, he was the executive director of The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State from 2012 - 2022, where he championed the elimination of barriers for nurse practitioner practice including passage of legislation granting experienced nurse practitioners full practice authority and executive director of Jonas Nursing and Veterans Healthcare where he led the scholarship program to Increase the number of nurses with doctoral education to fill leadership roles as faculty, clinical leaders and researchers. He is the inaugural Associate Dean of Artificial Intelligence and Professor at Columbia University's School of Nursing where he leads the nurse practitioner primary care faculty practice. He is immediate past president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Dr. Ferrara holds a passion for health care technology and integrating evidence-based practice into daily practice. His doctoral work examined the impact of group medical visits for patients with type II diabetes and how this intervention led to better health outcomes. Dr. Ferrara was a pioneer of healthcare blogging and authored, "A Nurse Practitioner's View," attracting thousands of readers by writing about issues, trends, and policies in health care. He was awarded the American Association of Nurse Practitioners' NY State Award for Clinical Excellence in June 2012. He was inducted as a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine in November 2015, fellow of the National Academies of Practice in 2018 and fellow of the American Academy of Nursing in 2020.