Leslie L Davis, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FPCNA, FAANP, FAHA
Associate Professor of Nursing
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Areas of Interest
Hypertension; heart failure; coronary artery disease
About
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. Dr. Davis is a fellow in 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 women who have experienced cardiovascular conditions. She has served as editor for the book Cardiovascular Nursing Secrets (2004), as guest editor for two special cardiovascular editions in the Journals for Nurse Practitioners (2013 and 2019).
Dr. Davis sees patients in the ºÚÁÏÍø Hypertension Clinic, where she provides expert advice in adopting a healthy lifestyle to lower blood pressure and reduce overall cardiovascular risk.