Kristal Kennedy, RN, OCN, is a senior registered nurse and oncology certified nurse in the Department of Hematology at Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. As a primary care nurse in the outpatient clinical setting, she has been with Mays Cancer Center for 15 years rotating through numerous disease-specific clinics throughout her nursing career. Her current clinical focus is myeloproliferative neoplasms. She is a member of the Oncology Nursing Society.