Lora Vaverka, APRN, FNP-C, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with more than 35 years of nursing experience and direct oncology advanced-practice experience. She joins Oklahoma Cancer and Blood Specialists at our Enid office, where she provides compassionate, comprehensive care to adult patients with cancer and blood disorders.

Lora brings 12 years of dedicated oncology nurse practitioner experience from her tenure at Dexeus Oncology, where she admitted, consulted with, and discharged hospital oncology patients under supervising physicians; assisted with chemotherapy protocols; accessed infusaport catheters; performed routine health assessments in office visits; ordered diagnostic studies and labs; and provided patient education throughout the cancer journey. She has continued to develop her primary care and procedural skills through more than a decade of family practice experience, most recently as a Family Nurse Practitioner with St. Mary’s Physician Associates from 2013 to 2024.

Lora earned her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2000 and has been a credentialed APRN-CNP and AANP-certified Family Nurse Practitioner ever since. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and her nursing career spans nearly four decades across multiple Oklahoma communities, including roles in medical-surgical, ICU, post-coronary care, emergency, and psychiatric nursing.

Lora is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Association of Oklahoma Nurse Practitioners. She has previously served on the Hospice Circle of Love Board and the American Heart Association Board, and is the recipient of the Heart of Mercy Award and the Meadowlake Nursing Award. She is active in her community through First Baptist Church of Hennessey, where she teaches Sunday school and serves on the Missions and Youth Committees.