Contact
  • Position: Nurse Practitioner
  • Joined UHS: 2008
  • Medical Interests: Extensive experience with diabetes; women's health, burns, transplants. Faculty sponsor and medical liaison to the College Diabetes Network at UMass Amherst: collegediabetesnetwork.org 
  • Education: M.S., adult ambulatory care nurse practitioner program, University of Massachusetts Graduate School of Nursing, Worcester, MA; B.S. magna cum laude, nursing, Worcester State College, Worcester; A.S., nursing, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester
  • Professional Background: Nurse practitioner, Brattleboro Retreat, Brattleboro, VT; acute care nurse practitioner, Acton Medical Associates, Acton, MA; nurse practitioner, Tapestry Health Systems, Northampton, MA; Nurse practitioner, women's ambulatory services, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
  • Certifications: Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner; member, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society and Nightingale Honor Society
  • Memberships: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine; Best Friends Animal Society; Farm Sanctuary; International Fund for Animal Welfare
  • More About Me: I'm a percussionist/drummer with the bands Lucky Soul, Shanta Paloma Band, Elliot Steger Quartet, and Carolyn Walker and Emergence Theory. I enjoy hiking, photography and organic cooking.