Dr. Koslap-Petraco is a clinical assistant professor at Stony Brook University School of Nursing in Stony Brook, New York, and a primary care provider in private practice. She previously worked for the Suffolk County Department of Health Services for 30 years, where she used her public health nursing experience to make system-level changes. While on staff, she managed the immunization and lead programs, educated staff and the public on communicable diseases, and assisted in their management. She speaks nationally and internationally on immunizations and infectious diseases. She has authored numerous articles and written chapters in seven textbooks, including the immunizations chapter in Burns’ Pediatric Primary Care, 8th Edition. She has also been the plenary speaker for the Annual Evidence-Based Immunization Update at the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners’ national conference for 13 consecutive years, an unprecedented record. She is a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and serves as legislative issues chair of the Greater New York Chapter, where she has extensive experience working at the grassroots level to advance legislation important to nurse practitioner