Laura Peters, NP

Professional Titles

• Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Nurse Practitioner

Recognitions

• Nursing Clinical Excellence Leadership Award, Heart Failure Society of America (2023)

Publications

• Peters LL, McIlvennan CK, Khazanie P. Evaluation and Management of BK Polyomavirus Viremia in Patients With a Heart Transplant. Prog Transplant. 2019 Dec;29(4):367-370. PubMed PMID: 31711393
• Peters LL, Ambardekar AV. An immunosuppression tightrope: Successful heart transplantation after giant cell myocarditis in a patient with HIV complicated by recurrent giant cell myocarditis and Kaposi sarcoma. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Dec;39(12):1506-1508. PubMed PMID: 33067104
• Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Rosenthal LD, McIlvennan CK. Universal Depression Screen of Ambulatory Heart Transplant Recipients With Referral for Mental Health Intervention: A Quality Improvement Project. J Nurs Care Qual. 2020 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 32956136
• Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Rosenthal LD, McIlvennan CK. Universal Depression Screen of Ambulatory Heart Transplant Recipients With Referral for Mental Health Intervention: A Quality Improvement Project. J Nurs Care Qual. 2021 Jul-Sep 01;36(3):236-241. PubMed PMID: 32956136
• Peters LL, Raymer DS, Pal JD, Ambardekar AV. Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Hospitalization, and Death in Heart Transplant Recipients. JAMA Cardiol. 2022 Jun 1;7(6):651-654. PubMed PMID: 35475896
• Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Rosenthal LD, McIlvennan CK. Universal Depression Screen of Ambulatory Heart Transplant Recipients With Referral for Mental Health Intervention: A Quality Improvement Project. J Nurs Care Qual. 2021 Jul-Sep 01;36(3):236-241. PubMed PMID: 32956136
• Riordan M, Oreschak K, Peters LL, Aquilante CL, Ambardekar AV. Bariatric Surgery Is Associated With Decreased Calcineurin Inhibitor Time in Therapeutic Range After Heart Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2021 Mar;53(2):681-685. PubMed PMID: 33549348
• Riordan M, Oreschak K, Peters LL, Aquilante CL, Ambardekar AV. Bariatric Surgery Is Associated With Decreased Calcineurin Inhibitor Time in Therapeutic Range After Heart Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2021 Mar;53(2):681-685. PubMed PMID: 33549348
• Suarez-Pierre A, Zakrzewski J, Anigbogu C, Iguidbashian JP, Ziogas IA, Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Hoffman JR, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY. Prolonged travel time to transplantation center is associated with poor outcomes following heart transplantation. Am J Surg. 2023 Nov 18. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38030453
• Fraser M, Page RL 2nd, Chow S, Alexy T, Peters L. Pharmacotherapy in the heart transplant recipient: A primer for nurse clinicians and pharmacists. Clin Transplant. 2024 Feb;38(2):e15252. PubMed PMID: 38341767
• Suarez-Pierre A, Zakrzewski J, Anigbogu C, Iguidbashian JP, Ziogas IA, Peters LL, Ambardekar AV, Hoffman JR, Reece TB, Cleveland JC Jr, Rove JY. Prolonged travel time to transplantation center is associated with poor outcomes following heart transplantation. Am J Surg. 2024 Feb;228:279-286. PubMed PMID: 38030453

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Member
• American Heart Association, Member
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Member
• American College of Cardiology, Member
• Heart Failure Society of America, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Transplant Center - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
7th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0005

UCHealth Heart & Vascular Center - Anschutz
12505 E. 16th Ave
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

UCHealth Heart Failure Program - Anschutz
12505 E. 16th Ave
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, 3rd floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-5300

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Cardiology
• Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
• Family Nurse Practitioner, License (2012)

Conditions & Treatments

• Heart and Circulation
• Organ Transplant - Heart transplant
• Organ Transplant