Jeannie Zanetti

Jeannie Zanetti is a nurse practitioner who cares for patients with cancer. She works as part of an interdisciplinary team of doctors and nurses to ease pain, fatigue and other symptoms associated with cancer and its treatments. She has a particular interest in supporting patients through grief and loss.

Zanetti earned her master's degree in nursing from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She completed the advanced training to become a certified adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner at UCSF. She is also certified in hospice and palliative care.

In her free time, Zanetti enjoys rock climbing and canoe paddling (a pastime for more than 20 years). Before becoming a nurse, she worked as a wilderness camp counselor for teenage girls, leading canoeing and rock climbing trips.