Kirsten

Kirsten Stuber, MSN, MBA, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP, works in Genetic Evaluation, Hematology and Medical Oncology as part of Texas Oncology, and its Northeast Texas Cancer and Research Institute. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting from LeTourneau University, Kirsten spent three years in Osaka, Japan as a missionary teaching English as a Second Language. Returning to Texas, she went to nursing school and received her BSN from the University of Mary Hardin Baylor and then began her nursing career at Good Shepherd Medical Center in East Texas. When the opportunity arose, Kirsten began working in oncology clinical trials at Texas Oncology as she completed her MSN and MBA degrees at the University of Texas at Tyler. After a few years as a research nurse, Kirsten returned to school once again—this time completing her FNP.   Kirsten additionally completed the City of Hope Intensive Course in Genetic Cancer Risk Assessment as part of her APP role in genetic evaluation at Texas Oncology. Kirsten is a speaker for Myriad Genetics, and became involved with My Faulty Gene shortly after it was founded. Kirsten worked with My Faulty Gene’s founder, Kathy Baker, for many years as they both volunteered for the American Cancer Society, but first met her as one of her research nurses when Kathy received her first cancer diagnosis in 2000 and was enrolled in the tamoxifen trial.