Kristina Banks, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) with over 17 years of experience in primary care. She spent more than 16 years practicing at Senders Pediatrics, a large private practice outside of Cleveland, before transitioning in 2024 to a PRN role at the Pediatric Urgent Cares of Akron Children’s Hospital, where she continues to care for patients one day a week.

Since 2021, Kristina has served full-time in academia as the lead pediatric faculty for both the Primary and Acute Care PNP Programs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In this role, she teaches all primary care PNP courses and oversees both program tracks, helping to shape and mentor the next generation of pediatric nurse practitioners.

She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in 2016, during which she designed and implemented an innovative group well-child visit model for one-month-old infants — the first of its kind. She presented her work during a well-received podium session at the Ohio Chapter’s Annual Statewide Conference in 2022.

An active Ohio Chapter member for many years, Kristina previously served on the Conference Planning Committee (2022–2024) and currently serves as Chapter Secretary. She is also actively engaged at the national level, connecting with pediatric faculty across the country through monthly meetings with acute and primary care program directors, as well as her involvement in the Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (AFPNP) — a national organization of nursing educators who teach in pediatric, family, and school nurse practitioner programs and collaborate on key clinical and educational initiatives. Kristina currently serves as the AFPNP Member-at-Large.