Johana Rocio Fajardo DNP, RN ANP-BC CHFN FHFSA obtained a BS in Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in 2004 and joined the open-heart surgery team at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she participated in the care of Left Ventricular Assist Device and Heart Transplant patients. During her six years working on the cardiac surgery team, Dr. Fajardo obtained a Master’s of Science in Nursing as an Adult/Gerontology Nurse Practitioner and a Certificate in Nursing Education at the University of Maryland. As a Nurse Practitioner she helped start an outpatient Heart Failure Clinic and was awarded the Johns Hopkins Heart of Gold award and in 2014 and the Heart Failure Society of America Clinical Excellence in Nursing award in 2017., Dr. Fajardo also created a support group for patients with Cardiac Amyloidosis, becoming part of the national Amyloidosis Support Group Association. Her work in cardiac amyloidosis was also recognized by winning first place in a poster competition at the International Society of Amyloidosis Symposium in Kumamoto, Japan in 2018. After obtaining her Doctorate in Nursing practice, she moved to Charleston, SC to join the Ventricular Assist Device and Heart Failure teams and to collaborate in the establishment of an Amyloidosis center at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Fajardo is a Certified Heart Failure Nurse, a fellow of the Heart Failure Society of America, and currently serves on the Education Committee for the American Association of Heart Failure Nurses.