Ashley Nicole Gyura, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC

Ashley Gyura, DNP, CPNP is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Infectious Disease Department. As a veteran of the United States Army, she is passionate about service to others and obtained her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Saint Ambrose University. As a nurse, she worked in general medicine, surgical intensive care, and pediatric skeletal dysplasias. She earned a Master's of Science and a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Columbia University in the City of New York, and started her pediatric nurse practitioner career in the underserved communities of East Harlem and the East Bronx before moving to Minnesota. She enjoys traveling and has spent time volunteering in Panama with the indigenous population, where she discovered a passion in infectious disease and travel medicine. She has presented locally and nationally, has authored articles and textbook chapters on infectious disease, and has worked as a clinical expert for the National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner organization.