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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Additional Information
Certification
CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS
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Debra A. Tomaszewski, MSN, AGPCNP-BC

Chicopee,MA

Summary

Motivated and energetic Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Specialties are addiction medicine, cardiology, chronic medical illness and risk modification.

Overview

42
42
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Clinical Adjunct Professor

University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing
01.2015 - Current
  • Medical/Surgical Nursing, Internship, Community And Psychiatric Nursing

Addiction Medicine/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Swift River Addiction Campus
03.2016 - 11.2019

Primary medical provider for the inpatient Detoxification Unit, Inpatient Residential unit, and OutpatientPHP/IOutpatient/ MAT Suboxone clinic .

Physical exams, chronic medical disease treatment and follow-up, acute illness treatment and sick visits.

Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Clean Slate Massachussetts
10.2016 - 01.2017

Locum Tenens 3 month contract provider in outpatient addiction medicine.

  • Planned and executed MAT clinic using Suboxone, Vivitrol, Naltrexone, Acamproste, Disulfiram
  • Referred to medical specialists and psychiatric services

Locum Tenens NP Provider

Altegra Health Care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
05.2015 - 10.2016
  • Adult and Geriatric Primary Care NP Provider - Physical Exams/Health Assessments

Inpatient Primary Care Provider

Cape Cod & Islands Community Mental Health Center
04.2014 - 01.2015

Adult Primary Care Provider in inpatient mental health setting

Primary Care Provider

Commonwealth Community Care
11.2013 - 02.2014

Nurse Practitioner team leader for chronically ill patients in home-care setting.. Care coordination duties with LPN's, RN's, mental health care teams.

Outpatient clinic for chronic medically ill dual diagnosis mental health patient patients.

SEARCH internship, St Vincent's Hospital
08.2012 - 01.2013
  • Preceptor - Gary Blanchard, M.D., Gerontologist Private Practice Gerontology

Hampden County Sheriff's Department
09.2009 - 01.2013
  • Ludlow, Chicopee, and Springfield, MA B.S.N
  • Main Institution,Pre-Release Center,Women's Correctional Center,Day Reporting

Riverbend Medical Group
09.2011 - 05.2012
  • Preceptor - Johanna Howland, ANP-BC Primary Care and Urgent Care adult medicine

COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING

Brightwood Health Center
10.2011 - 04.2012
  • R.N
  • Staff Education Project - Cardio vascular Learning Heart Failure Topics: Chest Pain and Congestive

Cardiovascular Specialist

Merck & Co, INC United States Human Health 1
01.1997 - 04.2009
  • Hartford/Spri ngfield

Staff Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
05.1983 - 01.1997
  • Medical Surgical Unit, Telemetry,CCU, CSICU, Cardiology Research INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION UMass Medical School - Graduate School of Nursing School of Medicine Clinical Inter- Professionalism Curriculum (CIPC) with third year medical students, Geriatric Navigator Program - Working with gerontologists in private practice

Registered Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
06.1984 - 01.1997

Staff Nurse - Medical Surgical, Telemetry, CCU, CSICU, Cardiology Research Clinical Trials Coordinator/Investigator.

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Baystate Medical Center
04.2021 - 06.2024

2021-2022 Provider for Brightwood Health Center in Urgent Care. Worked with Paul Pirraglia, MD- Director of Ambulatory Care to improve care for late stage liver failure patients in concert with Division of Gastroenterology.

2022-2024 Provider for Division of Gastroenterology Outpatient Department treating GI and liver disease states

Education

ANCC NP certification MA NP. licensure Registered Nurse BLS certification - undefined

Diploma - undefined

BSN, Elms College Baystate Medical Center School of Nursing

MSN, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty in Cardiology - undefined

University of Massachuse tts Medical School
Worcester, MA

Skills

  • Cardiology
  • Community Health
  • Instructor
  • Leadership
  • Mental Health
  • MSN
  • Navigator
  • Nursing
  • Primary Care
  • Research
  • Telemetry
  • Urgent Care

Additional Information

  • HONORS and AWARDS , 2012 - UMASS Graduate School of Nursing Worcester - Community Service Award 2012 - Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society Induction - UMASS Worcester 1995 - Magna cum Laude Elms College 1990 - 1995 American Heart Association NCEP Committee Award of Excellence Nurse Train-the-Trainer program - Massachusetts Chapter 1992 - 1995 C.A.R.E. Trial Investigator Award of Excellence

Certification

  • ANCC NP Certification
  • ASAM certification/Buprenorphone waiver
  • MA NP Licensure
  • MA RN Licensure
  • BLS Certification
  • XDEA, DEA, MA Controlled substance licenses

CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS

Riverbend Medical Group, Chicopee, MA

Preceptor - Joanna Howland, ANP-BC

Primary care and Urgent Care Adult Medicine August - May 2013

UMASS Memorial Cardiology Ambulatory Care Center

Preceptor - Dennis Tighe, MD, FACC, Assoc Director of Echocardiography

Cardiology outpatients and Congenital Cardiology Clinic January - May 2013

Caring Health Center, Springfield, MA

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

Preceptor - Uma Chaganti, MD

Adult and refugee primary care/underserved populations August, 2012 - January 2013

Timeline

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Baystate Medical Center
04.2021 - 06.2024

Addiction Medicine Nurse Practitioner

Clean Slate Massachussetts
10.2016 - 01.2017

Addiction Medicine/Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Swift River Addiction Campus
03.2016 - 11.2019

Locum Tenens NP Provider

Altegra Health Care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
05.2015 - 10.2016

Clinical Adjunct Professor

University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Nursing
01.2015 - Current

Inpatient Primary Care Provider

Cape Cod & Islands Community Mental Health Center
04.2014 - 01.2015

Primary Care Provider

Commonwealth Community Care
11.2013 - 02.2014

SEARCH internship, St Vincent's Hospital
08.2012 - 01.2013

COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING

Brightwood Health Center
10.2011 - 04.2012

Riverbend Medical Group
09.2011 - 05.2012

Hampden County Sheriff's Department
09.2009 - 01.2013

Cardiovascular Specialist

Merck & Co, INC United States Human Health 1
01.1997 - 04.2009

Registered Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
06.1984 - 01.1997

Staff Nurse

Baystate Medical Center
05.1983 - 01.1997

ANCC NP certification MA NP. licensure Registered Nurse BLS certification - undefined

Diploma - undefined

BSN, Elms College Baystate Medical Center School of Nursing

MSN, Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Subspecialty in Cardiology - undefined

University of Massachuse tts Medical School
Debra A. Tomaszewski, MSN, AGPCNP-BC