Cornelia B. Wakeman, MSN, FNP-BC

Cornelia B. Wakeman, MSN, FNP-C, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) and trained Tobacco Treatment Specialist in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine (Pulmonology) at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she also serves as Co-Director of the Tobacco Treatment Center. She is also an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Ms. Wakeman provides comprehensive care for patients with complex pulmonary and sleep disorders, including sleep apnea and chronic respiratory failure, and integrates obesity management and evidence-based therapies into treatment plans. Her work focuses on advancing equitable, system-level approaches to tobacco cessation and chronic disease care, in order to expand access and improve outcomes for medically and socially complex populations.