Dr Anecita Fadol, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN is an Associate Professor in the department of nursing with a joint appointment in the department of cardiology at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr Fadol is a nursing pioneer in the evolving field of cardio-oncology. Her extensive and unique expertise in cardio-oncology have been recognised nationally and internationally. She has written numerous book chapters, published in peer-reviewed journals, and is the editor of the “Cardiac
Complications of Cancer Therapy”.
Her programme of research included the validation of the MD Anderson Symptom Inventory-Heart Failure (MDASI-HF) instrument, which was subsequently translated to Chinese and Spanish. She was on the leadership council for the Cardio-Oncology section of the American College of Cardiology. Dr Fadol is a fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Nursing, and was recently awarded as the 2021 Honorary Fellow in Cardiac Nursing by the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing.
