Chelsea O. P. Hagopian, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC

Chelsea O. P. Hagopian, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, is an assistant clinical professor at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta. She also serves as executive director for the Georgia Nursing Workforce Center, which uses data and community building to tell and actively shape the story of nursing in Georgia.

As a doctor of nursing practice in health systems leadership, Dr. Hagopian pursues research and scholarship focused on informed consent, nursing ethics, and professional identity in nursing. She has authored peer-reviewed publications in the nursing literature on informed consent and ethical challenges with nonsurgical medical aesthetic devices, and in the plastic surgery literature on informed consent and patient decision aids in aesthetic plastic surgery.

Hagopian’s clinical nursing background began in perioperative nursing as a circulator and scrub nurse. She has practiced clinically in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery as a registered nurse for more than 12 years, and as an ANCC board-certified adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner for more than nine years.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.), Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta
• Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) in Health Systems Leadership, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
• Fellowship in Teaching and Education, Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
• Healthcare Ethics Leadership Academy (present), Emory University Center for Ethics and The Healthcare Ethics Consortium

• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board-certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Selected Digital, Print, and News Media

• Boyce H. Georgia Nursing Workforce Center Needs Nurses' Help. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 6, 2024.
• Hagopian COP. A Nurse's Advice on How to Recognize Bogus Med Spas in Georgia. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 9, 2024.
• King C. Georgia Grapples With Nation‘s Second Worst Nursing Shortage. FOX 5 Atlanta. March 18, 2024.
• Kousouris A. (2023 October 10). Center Formed to Study, Collect Georgia Nursing Shortage Data. WANF-TV, Atlanta News First. October 10, 2023.
• Mador J. Emory School of Nursing, Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition to Address Georgia Nursing Issues Through Workforce Center at Emory. WABE-FM. October 3, 2023.
• Воусе Н. Emory School of Nursing Partners With Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition to Address Nursing Shortage. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 22, 2023.
• Kanell ME. Metro Atlanta Job Growth Slows in August, Yet Still Adds 10,100 Jobs. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. September 21, 2023.
• Hagopian, CO. Use of Patient Decision Aids for Breast Augmentation Informed Consent. Aesthetic Society News. Fall 2020.