Elizabeth McBrearty, APRN, CPNP-AC

Clinical Biography

Elizabeth McBrearty, APRN, CPNP-AC, is a licensed acute care pediatric nurse practitioner in the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, a clinical partnership between Dell Children’s Medical Center and UT Health Austin. With more than 14 years of experience, she specializes in caring for patients in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Elizabeth McBrearty earned her bachelor’s degree in psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mount Saint Mary's University, and her master’s degree in nursing from the University of California, San Francisco. She also earned her acute care pediatric nurse practitioner certification.

Elizabeth McBrearty previously served as a nurse practitioner on the pediatric cardiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. Her clinical interests include pediatric heart failure and the use of advanced practice modalities. She assisted with a published study regarding rehospitalization patterns in pediatric patients with continuous-flow ventricular assist devices (CF-VADs).

Elizabeth McBrearty is an acute care pediatric nurse practitioner with UT Health Austin.