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Patricia (Patti) Shakhshir, RN-BC, PhD, CNS Office Address: 309 E. Second Street, Pomona CA 91766 Main Phone: (909) 469-5467 Fax: (909) 469-5521 E-mail: pshakhshir@westernu.edu

Patti worked at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for 25 years in various capacities, which include staff nurse, charge nurse, assistant head nurse, nurse manager, case manager, and pain management/gerontology clinical nurse specialist. She has worked at San Antonio Community Hospital for the last 6 years as the Pain Management Coordinator (CNS). Experience in academia includes working as adjunct faculty (clinical and didactic) in the Second Careers and Nursing program at Azusa Pacific University.

Patti has been very active in the Southern California Cancer Pain Initiative (SCCPI) for several years and currently serves as the co-chair of the Inland Empire Region. She received the SCCPI award for Excellence in Cancer Pain Management in 1998 and the Robert T. Angarola award in 2004. As a member of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, she has served as president of the local chapter and she founded the Mt. Baldy Chapter of The Academy of Med-Surg Nurses.