Northern California Chapter

Areas Served

The Northern California Chapter of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association serves cardiovascular nurses and ancillary health care professionals in the greater San Francisco Bay Area including San Francisco, Peninsula, East Bay, and South Bay. Our members represent a variety of nursing practices including nurses, nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists working in acute care, critical care, outpatient cardiology clinics, and cardiac rehabilitation.

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Chapter Introduction

Get to Know Your Chapter Leadership Team!

The goal of the Northern California Chapter is to bring PCNA to the local area through ongoing professional education. Each year, we hold two free educational events to educate nurses on the latest cardiovascular health care topics and provide opportunities for professional networking.

The Northern California Chapter is co-lead by Martinien (Marty) Cho, MSN, FNP-BC, Sean Lewandowski, RN, ACNP, DNP, and James Norton, RN, BSN.

Martinien Cho is a Nurse Practitioner and founder of Mechi Wellness Inc., bringing over 15 years of experience in cardiac care across both inpatient settings at UCSF and outpatient cardiology at Stanford Health Care, now leveraging that expertise to advance digital health equity and preventive wellness through movement-based interventions.

Dr. Sean Lewandowski is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in cardiovascular and critical care nursing. He has served in Cardiac Services at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco and Oakland since 2000, specializing in interventional cardiology, cardiac catheterization, device management, and perioperative care.

James Norton is a nurse coordinator at Stanford Health Care’s Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, where he leads care for patients with genetic cardiomyopathies and supports the Stanford sports cardiology program. His work blends lifestyle medicine, preventative care, and AI innovation to improve access, equity, and health literacy. James has presented nationally on nurse-led innovation, AI in healthcare, and genetic cardiomyopathy, and is passionate about breaking down siloed systems to create more holistic, prevention-focused models of care.

Helpful Links

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