770 Welch Road, Suite 350
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Clinic: (650) 724-4788
Fax: (650) 723-5201
Fax: (650) 723-5201
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Our breakthrough research ensures the best outcomes for brain and behavior disorders.
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We deliver the very best care and birth experience for expectant mothers and newborns.
We provide the most advanced care for cystic fibrosis and other pulmonary diseases.
We are one of the nation's leaders in successful organ transplants for children.
We offer world-class care in more than 115 specialties for children and expectant mothers.
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Specialties
Pulmonary Medicine/Cystic Fibrosis
Pediatrics
Work and Education
Professional Education
MSN, St Catherine University, St Paul, MN, 1991
Doctorate of Nursing Practice, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2007
Board Certifications
Board Certified Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner #20051279, 2005
Board Certified Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner #20051279/#90184, 1991
Registered Nurse with the State of Minnesota #R 109571-3 1986
Registered Nurse with the State of California #R 712243 2007
Registered Nurse Practitioner with the State of California NP#17736
Certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Research Interests
Genotype phenotype relationships in children with cystic fibrosis diagnoses by newborn screening, lung ventilation measurements in infants with pulmonary disease, sweat chloride testing performance and CFTR mutations, clinical manifestations in patients with ciliary dyskensia
Honors and Award
Sigma Theta Tau, International Honorary Nursing Society, Chi Chapter
Fellow of the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners
Recipient, Doctorate of Nursing Research Grant, Sigma Theta Tau International, ZetaChapter
Recipient, Doctorate of Nursing Research Grant, Children with Special Health Care Needs
Publications
Zirbes, JM., Koepke, R., Kharrazi M, Milla CE. Sweat chloride testing performance and concentration by mutation class among infants identified by cystic fibrosis newborn screening in California. In preparation for submission to Journal of Pediatrics.
Koepke R., Keiles, S., Nickerson B, Pian M., Saeed M., Landon C., Nussbaum, E., Chin T., Shay G., Zirbes JM, Milla CE., Kharrazi M. Novel CFTR variants identified during the first two years of cystic fibrosis newborn screening in California. Submitted, Journal of Pediatrics.
Harrison, A., Regelmann, W., Zirbes, JM., and Milla, CE. Longitudinal assessment of lung function from infancy to childhood in patients with cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonolgy, 2009, 44: 464-471.
Zirbes, J. and Milla, C. Steroid-sparing effect of Omalizumab for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and cystic fibrosis. Pediatric Pulmonolgy, 2008, 43,6:067-610.
Hoffman F, Nelson B, Drangstveit MB, Flynn B, Watercott E, Zirbes JM.. Caring for transplant recipients in a nontransplant setting. Critical Care Nurse, 2006; 26: 53-73.
Zirbes, J. and Milla, C. Pulmonary Manifestations of Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, Paediatric Respiratory Review, In press 2010.
Zirbes, J. and Milla, C. Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes. Paediatric Respiratory Review, 2009; 10(3): 118-123.
