Eloise Theisen, MSN, NP, AGPCNP-BC
Eloise Theisen is a board-certified adult geriatric nurse practitioner with more than 20 years of experience providing palliative care primarily to cancer, dementia, and chronic pain patients. For the last nine years she has specialized in cannabis therapy and has helped more than 7,500 patients effectively treat age-related and chronic illness with cannabis. She is the past president of the American Cannabis Nurses Association and the past interim director for the Medical Cannabis Certificate Program at Pacific College Health and Science. She co-authored the book Pain Free with CBD: Everything You Need to Know to Safely and Effectively Use Cannabidiol.
Education & Certifications
- Nurse Practitioner, University of Massachusetts Boston
- MBA, Nursing Administration, California State University Dominguez Hills
- BA, Registered Nurse, San Francisco State University
- Board Certification: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP), American Nurses Credentialing Center
Experience
- Advanced Practice Provider, Stanford Health Care (May 2022 – Present)
- Chief Nursing Officer, Leaf411™ (Feb 2021 – Present)
- CEO, Radicle Health (Sep 2017 – Present)
- Faculty Member, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (Feb 2020 – Jun 2022)
- Nurse Practitioner, Green Health Consultants (Oct 2014 – May 2022)
- President, American Cannabis Nurses Association (Jan 2019 – Jan 2022)
- Nurse Practitioner, Continuum Care Hospice (Aug 2020 – Jan 2021)
Professional Accomplishments
- Co-authored Pain-Free with CBD: Everything You Need to Know to Safely and Effectively Use Cannabidiol
- Co-authored Using Cannabis to Treat Cancer-Related Pain, Seminars in Oncology Nursing
- Contributed a chapter to the Cannabis Handbook for Nurses
- Treated over 7,500 patients using cannabis for a broad range of conditions and diseases, including pain, insomnia, anxiety, and depression
- One of the first healthcare professionals to bring a clinical dosing regimen to the use of cannabis therapy
- Speaker, CannMed 2024
Affiliations
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