Compassionate Nurse Practitioner striving to provide the highest evidence-based whole-person care to patients with chronic gastrointestinal disorders. I have a special focus and passion for inflammatory bowel diseases.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Nurse Practitioner
Oshi Health
04.2023 - Current
Provide leadership to other Advanced Practice Providers in the organization which includes operational assistance, protocol development, education, and diagnostic/medication utilization management
Continue to Provide value based care following evidence based guidelines in a virtual environment for patients with gastrointestinal diseases to include general and functional GI disorders as well as inflammatory bowel disease
Care includes collaboration with registered dietitians and behavioral health specialists, initiating advanced therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other medication management, disease state monitoring/counseling and patient education.
Nurse Practitioner
Texas Digestive Disease Consultants/San Antonio Clinic
06.2022 - Current
Provide Gastrointestinal care for patients in clinic and hospital setting with focus on patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Enroll and manage patients with IBD in chronic care management program in South Texas region to include initiation of biologic and other medication management after diagnosis with close monitoring of disease state, health maintenance and education.
Nurse Practitioner
Oshi Health
07.2021 - 03.2023
Provide value based care following evidence based guidelines in a virtual environment for patients with gastrointestinal diseases to include general and functional GI disorders as well as inflammatory bowel disease
Care includes collaboration with registered dietitians and behavioral health specialists, initiating advanced therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other medication management, disease state monitoring/counseling and patient education.
Nurse Practitioner
Gastroenterology Clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center
04.2018 - 05.2022
Outpatient specialized gastroenterology evaluations and treatment in clinic for adult patients to include general gastroenterology, hepatology with focus on inflammatory bowel disease
Assist with education to fellows during IBD rotations, didactic programs managing therapeutic infusion scheduling
Provide patient care in collaboration with gastroenterology physicians for hospitalized patients including admissions, consults, discharges, and outpatient procedures at Crestwood Medical Center, Huntsville, AL.
Part-time Clinical Instructor
Wallace State Community College
01.2016 - 04.2017
Direct clinical experiences for associate degree Nursing Students for Adult Medical-Surgical Nursing and Pediatric Nursing at Huntsville Hospital.
Nurse Practitioner
Valley Internal Medicine
03.2015 - 04.2016
Provide patient care in collaboration and under the direction of Dr. Akram Haggag for adult patients with chronic medical conditions, well visits/physicals, and urgent care/sick visits.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing - Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
University of Alabama in Huntsville
12.2014
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
University of Alabama in Huntsville
05.2012
Certification
Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association
Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
FEMA Incident Command System 100, 200
Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society Inductee
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)
Gastroenterology & Hepatology Advanced Practice Providers (GHAPP)
Texas Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy (TSGE)
APP Committee Member 2023 - present
Membership committee Member 2024 - present
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Member
June 2021 - January 2024 National Scientific Advisory Committee (Patient Education)
Professional Licensure
Certified Nurse Practitioner, 3-000340: Alabama Board of Nursing
Advanced Practice Nurse AP140024, Registered Nurse 956946: Texas Board of Nursing
Telehealth Advance Practice Registered Nurse TPAN586: Florida Department of Health
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse CNP211568: Maine State Board of Nursing
Graduate Gi Training Experiences
Crestwood Medical Center, GI Rotation, Andrea Womble PA, Summer 2014, over 50
Center for Colon and Digestive Disease, C. Julian Billings MD, Spring 2014, over 50
Post Graduate Training Experiences
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Advanced Practice Preceptorship, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Aug 2019
Guild Foundation Advanced Practice Provider Program, Wailea, Maui, February 2020
Speaking Engagements
Present, Peer Speaker for Pfizer IBD medications
Present, Peer Speaker for AbbVie IBD Medications
04/02/2022, Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's My IBD Learning Southwest Regional Patient and Caregiver Conference, Newport Beach Renaissance Hotel, Newport Beach, CA, Sexual Health in IBD.
10/08/2020, Virtual Roundtable sponsored by AbbVie, Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Advisory Boards
10/2023, Mahana Therapeutics Advisory Board
06/2023, Immunology/GI Advanced practice provider Advisory Board for Bristol Meyers Squibb
Board Certification
Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: American Nurse Credentialing Center
Timeline
Nurse Practitioner
Oshi Health
04.2023 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
Texas Digestive Disease Consultants/San Antonio Clinic
06.2022 - Current
Nurse Practitioner
Oshi Health
07.2021 - 03.2023
Nurse Practitioner
Gastroenterology Clinic at Brooke Army Medical Center
04.2018 - 05.2022
Nurse Practitioner
Center for Colon and Digestive Disease
04.2016 - 02.2018
Part-time Clinical Instructor
Wallace State Community College
01.2016 - 04.2017
Nurse Practitioner
Valley Internal Medicine
03.2015 - 04.2016
Master of Science in Nursing - Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner