Barbara Sarter, PhD, RN, NP-C
Associate Professor
Email: bsarter@sandiego.edu

Barbara Sarter came to USD in January 2009 after two decades at the University of Southern California (USC). She founded the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at USC’s School of Nursing. Prior to joining the USD faculty, she was Associate Professor of Family Medicine at USC, and Associate Director of LA Net, a Practice-Based Research Network dedicated to improving healthcare in Los Angeles’ underserved populations.

Barbara received her PhD in Nursing Theory and Research from New York University and her Family Nurse Practitioner certificate from UCLA. She was awarded a Fellowship in Clinical Cancer Genetics at the City of Hope Medical Center and a Fellowship in Community-Based Practice from the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. She has a Diploma in Homeopathy from the British Institute of Homeopathy. In 2008 she spent six months in Calcutta, India, studying and conducting clinical research on homeopathic therapeutics at the PBH Research Foundation. She is on the Fulbright Foundation Senior Specialist Roster and has frequently been invited as a Visiting Professor at the National Taipei College of Nursing in Taipei, Taiwan. Barbara has three published books, one of which, Paths to Knowledge, won the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award. Her most recent book, Evolutionary Healing, presents a broad philosophy of health that forms the foundation of her practice and research. She has published many research articles and abstracts on nutritional prevention of cancer and heart disease, and on outcomes of homeopathic treatment.

The vibrant, cutting edge advanced practice nursing programs and the strong commitment to faculty research are what attracted Barbara to USD. She is faculty in both the Masters’ Nurse Practitioner and DNP programs. She maintains an active practice in integrative primary health care in addition to her teaching and research, and believes that her practice forms an essential foundation for all of her academic activities.