Ms. Nahrida Nazir Band is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) at National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR), working with Hamad Medical Corporation since 2006 in different nursing and administrative roles. She holds master’s degree in advanced nursing Practice-Oncology (2015-University of Calgary), Bachelor degree in Nursing (2010-University of Calgary) and Associate diploma in Nursing (2006-High Institute of Nursing, Qatar). Currently, she is working as a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant CNS. Previously, she worked in Breast Surgical Oncology as a CNS and had established and ran independent CNS led clinic for 6 years. She is actively involved in many service development activities and research projects. She is core member of BMT Multidisciplinary team. Previously she was a core member Breast Surgical Oncology and National Clinical Advisory Group-Breast Cancer (Department of Healthcare Professions). She has previously presented and published her work in multiple international conferences and Journals. Her research interest mainly focusses on exploration of advance nursing roles, Enhancing Quality of Life post Stem Cell Transplantation, risk factors that contributes to breast cancer and provision of support to breast cancer patients after their diagnosis.
