Leslie L. Davis, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP, FACC, FAHA, FPNCA
Dr. Davis is a full-time faculty member of the School of Nursing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  She maintains a part time nurse practitioner (NP) practice with the Division of Cardiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Davis is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, the American College of Cardiology, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the American Heart Association, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. She is also a certified hypertension clinician through the American Society of Hypertension.  As a clinician, she focuses her care on adults with hypertension, heart failure, and acute coronary syndromes. Her research interests include self-care and symptom management with adults who have experienced cardiovascular conditions. She is an Associate Editor for The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, editor for the book Cardiovascular Nursing Secrets (2004; 2nd edition in development), has served as guest editor for two special cardiovascular editions in JNP (2013 and 2019), and has published 50+ peer-reviewed papers on various cardiovascular topics. Dr. Davis cares for patients in the UNC Hypertension Clinic, where she provides expert advice to patients with uncontrolled hypertension on ways to adopt a healthy lifestyle to lower blood pressure and reduce overall cardiovascular risk.