Ann Phillips, CNS

About

Ann Phillips is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center specializing in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Her licensure and professional certifications include Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, and Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (American Nurse Credentialing Center).

Phillips obtained a Diploma in Nursing from Huron School of Nursing (East Cleveland, Ohio) in May 2001. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing with a minor in Biology from Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio) in December 2005. In May 2016, Phillips received a Masters in Nursing (Specialty: Adult Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist) from Kent State University (Kent, Ohio).

Phillips’s professional nursing experience includes working as a PRN nurse at UH from 2006 to 2007, an adjunct clinical faculty nurse at Huron School of Nursing from 2006 to 2008, Nursing Operations Manager at Cleveland Clinic – Huron (East Cleveland, Ohio) from 2006 to 2011, and Clinical Service Coordinator, Neurointerventional Radiology, at UH from 2011 to 2016. Since July 2016, Phillips has worked as a CNS, Cardiac Surgery, at UH Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute (Cleveland, Ohio). She is also employed at UH as a Clinical Nurse Specialist – Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, a position she has held since June 2022.

Phillips has presented at meetings of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and Premier, Inc., among other organizations, on such nursing-related topics as maximizing ICU care, nursing care for ischemic stroke, and transitioning an Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program from perfusionist to nurse-driven care. She has served as a member of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses since 2001 and the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists since 2016. Phillips’s community service activities have included volunteer work for Northeast Ohio STREAM, Cleveland Metropolitan Schools and Lake County’s Emergency Weather Shelter.