Pamela Hallquist Viale: Bio

RN, MS, CS, ANP, AOCNP^®
Oncology Nurse Practitioner and Consultant
Saratoga, California

Pamela Hallquist Viale is an oncology nurse practitioner, consultant and an assistant clinical professor (volunteer series) in the Department of Physiological Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She obtained her RN degree at Evergreen College in San Jose, CA and her BSN and MS in oncology nursing at UCSF. In 1995, Pamela attained her post-master's adult nurse practitioner certificate from UCSF and is currently certified as an AOCNP^® by the Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation and adult nurse practitioner (ANP) by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center.

Pamela has lectured on a variety of oncology nursing subjects, authored over 40 journal articles and chapters, and presented at local, national and international nursing and medical meetings. She received the ONS Susan Baird Award for Excellence in Writing: Clinical Practice for 2004 and 2005. She previously served as a peer-reviewer for the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing and was the associate editor for nursing education for the ONS Web site from 2004 through 2006. She currently serves as an advisory panel member for  www.manageCRC.com and on the editorial boards of The Oncology Nurse and Oncology: Nurse Edition. In 2009, Pamela was appointed Editor-in -Chief of the Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology (JAdPrO). She is a member of ONS and ASCO and has a variety of clinical interests, including colorectal cancer, post-marketing surveillance of oncology drugs and symptom management. 

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