Carolynn Bruno

Carolynn Spera Bruno, APRN, CNS, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing. With more than 30 years of practice in cardiovascular nursing, she is a family nurse practitioner with research interests in atrial fibrillation, oral anticoagulants, and symptom presentation of older adults in the presence of acute coronary syndrome. She works with cardiac patients at Heart & Vascular at the Yale NewHaven Health Northeast Medical Group. She is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Spera Bruno was formerly the specialty coordinator at Yale School of Nursing, directing the Adult Gerontological Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Women’s Health Adult-Gerontological Nurse Practitioner specialties. She was also a board member, faculty advisor, and secretary of Sigma Theta Tau International – Delta Mu Chapter.

Spera Bruno received her PhD in nursing from the University of Arizona, Post-MSN FNP from Sacred Heart University, MSN Clinical Nurse Specialist degree in critical care from the University of Pennsylvania, and BSN from Fairfield University.