![Joanne Candela](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/node/11708/image/candela-joanne.jpg)
I am a board-certified nurse practitioner with special training in cancer survivorship. I practice in the Adult Long Term Follow Up Program (ALTFU) caring for adults who were treated for cancer as children or young adults. I am a graduate of Columbia University’s nurse practitioner program and have been a nurse practitioner since 1998. I worked in the Department of Pediatrics at MSK as a nurse and nurse leader, an adult nurse practitioner on the inpatient Bone Marrow Transplant Service, and I have been a part of the ALTFU Program since 2009. I focus on the long-term effects of cancer treatment and am dedicated to improving the quality of life of my patients.