Melissa B. Jones, MSN, CPNP-AC is a nurse practitioner and Director of the Neurocardiac Critical Care Program in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. She is the Past President of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.  Melissa was a lead editor for the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Handbook and the PCICS Nurse Curriculum.

As Director of the Neurocardiac Critical Care Program at Children’s National, Melissa leads an integrated, multidisciplinary group of clinicians focused on optimizing brain development and promoting healthy family bonding in the CICU.  Her clinical interest is in identifying and addressing CICU-specific modifiable risks to long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Melissa is currently a PhD student at George Washington University focusing on psychological sequelae of parenting a child with CHD.