Ariana Rose Komaroff, DNP, FNP-BC, IBCLC

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing at CUMC
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Overview

Dr. Komaroff teaches in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Columbia School of Nursing. She also works in private practice in southern CT with a focus on pediatrics and breastfeeding medicine. She is a board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) and works to provide high quality care through education and partnership with her patients.

Early in her career, she worked as a registered nurse in the Neonatal ICU. Ariana’s interest in the mother-baby dyad began with her work in the NICU at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, assisting new mothers to care for their newborn. This included not only the special needs of the infant, but also breastfeeding or providing expressed breast milk to babies and understanding the challenges some women face when feeding their babies. This led her to pursue a graduate education in nursing, enabling Ariana to participate in the care of her patients more independently.

In 2004, she earned her Master’s Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Columbia University. Since becoming an Advanced Practice Nurse, Ariana has worked with both adult and pediatric patients in general medicine as well as more specialized fields, including pediatrics, maternal- child health, gastroenterology and liver transplant.

In addition to clinical practice Dr. Komaroff has a passion for nursing education, health leadership and health advocacy. She takes great pride in teaching and knowing that students are learning everything they need to know to move forward in their nursing careers.

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Nursing at CUMC

Gender

  • Female

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • BSN, 1999 University of Texas Medical School at Galveston
  • FNP-BC, 2004 Family Nurse Practitioner , Columbia University School of Nursing
  • DNP, 2019 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Committees, Societies, Councils

American Nurses Association member

American Nurses Association- New York member

American Association of Nurse Practitioners member

American Association of Colleges of Nursing member

GNSA, Graduate Nursing Student Academy, DNP liaison 2016-2019

ILCA, International Lactation Consultant Association member

GOLD Lactation member

IABLE, Institute for the Advancement of Breastfeeding & Lactation Education member

Tri-State Breastfeeding Association member: 2019-present

Connecticut Breastfeeding Coalition, Inc. member

Volunteer for the NYC Medical Reserve Corps 2001-present

Sigma Member-Alpha Zeta Chapter: May 2004

Sigma Board Member, Alpha Zeta Chapter, Leadership Succession Committee: July 2021

Sigma Board Member, Alpha Zeta Chapter, Scholarship Committee Chair: March 2022

CUPHSONAA (Columbia University Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association, Inc) Scholarship Committee 2014-2015

CUPHSONAA Board Member 2018-present

CUSON Curriculum Committee: July 2020-present

CUSON Race and Anti-Racism Committee on Education: July 2020- present

CUSON Executive Committee: July 2021-present

Larchmont Friends of the Family Assessment Team: 2019-present

Postpartum Support International (PSI) member Nov 2021

Research

Selected Publications