KATIE SERRA

Compassionate and skilled nurse practitioner with eight years experience treating vulnerable patients with severe and complex mental health and substance use disorders. Dedicated to administering high quality care to underserved communities.

• Certified Nurse Practitioner, MA
• Registered Nurse, MA, RN2306763, 2022-03-07
• Buprenorphine X-Waiver, MA, True
• MA Controlled Substances Registration (MCSR), MCS003043B, 2021-09-16
• MAT: Medications for Addiction Treatment/Substance Use Disorders 16.0 Hour Waiver Training, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2020-08-01
• 8 Hour Waiver Training, American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, current
• CPR, American Heart Association, True
• Foundational Dialectical Behavior Therapy Training, McLean Hospital, 2014

• Facing up to aging: Mid-life women's attitudes toward cosmetic procedures, Chrisler, J., Gorman, J. A., Serra, K. E., Chapman, K. R., Women & Therapy, 35, 3-4, 193-206, 2012
• Quality Improvement Project, VA Boston Healthcare System, Improving resident knowledge and access to resources for patients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) in Urgent Care, 2020-01-01, 2020-12-31, Created a centralized list of available IPV resources at the VA and in the community for use by clinicians in psychiatric urgent care center. Coordinated with VA IPV Coordinator and residency directors to add IPV teaching to psychiatry and NP residency curriculum, Evaluated effectiveness with pre and post-intervention survey
• Scholarly Project, VA Boston Healthcare System, Unobserved buprenorphine inductions: An opportunity for harm reduction and the chronic care model, 2019-01-01, 2020-12-31, Completed literature review of safety and feasibility of home inductions of buprenorphine for opioid-dependent individuals, while highlighting its features of harm reduction and the chronic care management model, Created a record of practices that led to successful home inductions in one randomized clinical trial and several observational studies

• Stanley Street Treatment & Resources (SSTAR), 1010 South Main Street, Fall River, MA, 02724, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Intern, 2018-09-01, 2019-05-31, Evaluated and diagnosed patients in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinic who required medical management of both Suboxone or Vivitrol and psychiatric medication. Completed initial and ongoing psychiatric evaluations and made medication recommendations for new patients admitted to inpatient dual diagnosis treatment program
• Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, 780 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, Registered Nurse Intern, 2015-09-01, 2015-12-31, Completed direct nursing care of patients admitted to Barbara McInnis House medical respite unit
• Bellevue Hospital Center, 462 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, Social Work Intern, 2010-05-01, 2010-08-31, Completed case management and care planning duties for adolescents admitted to the inpatient psychiatric program