Bridget O’Brien, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, is Assistant Professor at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, IL. She is the Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Rush. She is also certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner with dual certification as an Advanced Oncology Nurse Practitioner. She has practiced as a nurse practitioner for 20+ years, with a specialty in gastrointestinal oncology (GI), most recently at Northwestern Medicine.
She has also chaired the Oncology Nursing Committee of ECOG-ACRIN since 2006, and has been an active member of the GI Oncology Committee. Her focus with the support of the nursing committee has been to increase accrual to clinical trials, promote education, and evaluate trials for feasibility and nursing implications.
Dr. O’Brien has published in the field of GI oncology and has lectured extensively on this and many topics.