Nancy Gardner

PhD, RN, NP
Assistant Professor

Mail:

Rutgers, The State University of NJ
College of Nursing
Ackerson Hall, Room 102
180 University Avenue
Newark, New Jersey 07102-1897

Office:

Conklin Hall, Room 233
Office Hours: By Appointment
Phone: 973.353.3843
Fax: 973.353.1277
Email: gardnern@rutgers.edu

Education:

• Post Doctoral Training: National Institute for Nursing Research – Genetics Program, (Georgetown University Genetics)
• PhD: University of South Florida (College of Public Health – Epidemiology
• MSN: University of South Florida (Primary Care Adult Nurse Practitioner)
• BSN: University of South Florida (Tampa Florida)
• ADN: Hillsborough Community College (Tampa Florida)

Research and Clinical Interests:

• Oncology Nursing
• Neuroendocrine Tumors - Clinical Outcomes Research
• Familial Cancer – Epidemiology and Genetics
• Biochemical Tumor Marker Research
• Prognostic Factor Analysis

Recent Publications:

• Gardner, N (In Press), Nursing Implications for mTOR Inhibition Therapy in Neuroendocrine Tumors, Journal of Clinical Oncology
• A Nasir, N Gardner, J Strosberg , et. al. (accepted May 2007) Multimodality Approach to the Management of a Polyfunctional Pancreatic Endocrine Carcinoma with Markedly Elevated Serum VIP and Calcitonin Levels, Pancreas
• A Nasir, ,N Gardner, et. al. (2007)
• Metastatic Carcinoid Tumor to the Ovary: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of Seventeen Cases Gynecol Oncol.;106(1):65-8. Epub 2007 May 1.
• Strosberg J, Hoffe S, Gardner N, Choi J, Kvols L. (2007) Effective treatment of locally advanced neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas with chemoradiotherapy Neuroendocrinology, Vol. 85, No. 4, pp 216 - 220 ,
• Gardner N, Foulis P, & Kvols L. (2002) The influence of somatostatin analog on serum Chromogranin A and progression of disease among patients with Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Carcinoid type: descriptive study, British Journal of Cancer Vol. 86, Supplement 1, Page S116