Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Health Educator, Health System Leader
Sharecare editorial and advisory board member, health educator, Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, is an award-winning broadcast journalist, a featured writer for The Huffington Post and contributor to Dr. Oz. She has been featured in Real Simple Magazine, TED Blog, HIMSS and Latin Trends Magazine, to name a few. Barbara is a health and lifestyle expert, and HEALTH DESIGNER™. She is the founder of BarbaraFicarra.com, a lifestyle destination site that helps people live a happier, bolder, healthier and more stylish life. Barbara explores the intersection of design, health, tech, art and travel. “Design Your Healthy and Happy Life.” Barbara also explores the relationship between interior design-the home and healthy living. Living well and taking care of yourself doesn’t need to be a complete overhaul; simple actions can have a big impact – you don’t have to change everything–Barbara shows people how small tweaks will do the trick. She helps design ways to help people live healthier lives and empowers people to design their own healthy lifestyles. She is also the founder of Healthin30.com, which offers health news and advice from a nurse’s perspective.
Barbara began her broadcasting career in radio as creator, host and executive producer of the award-winning Health in 30® radio show, which brought listeners the latest health information and featured renowned health and wellness guest experts.
Barbara is a contributor to many health sites, is frequently quoted and featured by numerous media outlets, and her TV appearances include: FOX News, NBC, ABC, CBS, FIOS, and WMCN. Barbara contributes to radio at Working Mom Magazine Radio, Greater Media Radio, Health, Wealth and Wisdom Radio, Cayman Islands Radio News, to name a few. You can watch her on YouTube (Barbara Ficarra) where some of her TV appearances are housed. She is also in Sharecare’s Health Smarts videos, in which she delivers her trademark brand of advice: simple, practical and trustworthy tips to help people take charge of their health and feel their best.
Currently she is president of Barbara Ficarra Productions, LLC, and she is a consultant, mentor, moderator on panels and webinars, writer and TV and Radio personality. She is also an administrative supervisor at a large university medical center, where she covers multiple medical and surgical units, critical care, oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, the psychiatric unit, women’s and children’s services and the emergency trauma department. She always encourages patients and their families to be proactive and take charge of their health.
Currently, her professional affiliations include the Association of Health Care Journalists, Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing, Advisory Board at the University of San Francisco and Sharecare. For more info, please go to BarbaraFicarra.com http://barbaraficarra.com.