CarolABjorkmanNP

Cardiology

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Most recently, I worked as a board-certified family nurse practitioner in the Department of Cardiology, Heart and Lung Clinic at UT Southwestern Medical Center until retiring 9/2023. I specialized in the care of patients both pre- and post-heart transplant.

I hold an undergraduate degree from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma and earned my Master of Science in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Texas Woman's University in 2006. I have worked as an APP primarily in the cardiology field, including general cardiology, electrophysiology, heart failure and most recently heart transplantation. I am passionate about providing evidence based, compassionate care to my patients. In addition to providing patient care, I served as an APP mentor and was on the Advanced Practice Provider and Physician Collaboration Committee.

Aside from working in my cardiology role, I am active in world missions, both medical and church-related, having served on trips in the Amazon, Belize, Mexico, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Kenya, India, Cuba and Cambodia.

Outstanding APP in Leadership at UT Southwestern Medical Center UT Southwestern, 2021
Mary-Gibbs Jones Nursing Scholarship Texas Womans University, 2005

PubMed

1 citations
Sirolimus potentiated angioedema: A case report and review of the literature.
Hadi Beaini, Carol Bjorkman, Kelly Johnson, Faris G Araj
Open Medicine. 2024-01-01
2 citations
Cutaneous Vasculitis and Central Nervous System Infarctions due to Varicella Zoster Virus Vasculopathy in an Immunocompromised Patient
Karen Flores Rosario, Katherine C. Michelis, Carol Bjorkman, Faris G. Araj
Case Reports in Transplantation. 2020-04-06

Abstracts/Posters

Is there an Opportunity to Improve Management for Heart Transplant Recipients Receiving Pentamidine for Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis?
Bjorkman, C., Neill-Fogus, S., Ryan, L., Teiber, D., Nelson, S., Johnson, K., Weber, K., Winters, T., UT Southwestern Celebration of Excellence
Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in Patients Undergoing Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP) for Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma and Solid Organ Transplant Rejection.
A. Wodajo, L. Mahan, C Bjorkman, R. Sarode, N. De Simone, A. Gordon, A. Usmani., Special Issue Abstracts From the American Society for Apheresis 43rd Annual Meeting May 4–6, 2022 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Moderate Association of Coronary Artery Calcium and Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients on Non-gated CT.
Bjorkman, C., Carter, S., Amin, A., Joshi, P., Vasculopathy in Heart Transplant Recipients on Non-gated CT, International Society of Heart Transplantation, 4/26/2021
Development of a Guideline for Hydration of Heart Transplant Recipients Prior to Receiving a Left Heart Catheterization.
Bjorkman, C., Johnson, K., Kaplan, C., Messier, J., Murray, K., Neill-Fogus, S., Schexnayder, S., Teiber, D., Weber, K., UT Southwestern Celebration of Excellence, UT Southwestern, 3/22/2019
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