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Debra J. Barksdale, PhD, FNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAANP
Robert Nixon Clinics in Chapel Hill
Debra J. Barksdale maintains a practice as a family nurse practitioner at the Robert Nixon Clinics in Chapel Hill. The clinics provide free health care, consultation, medication, information, and referrals to approximately 800 homeless people every year. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Diane Berry, PhD, CANP
UNC Hospitals Emergency Department
Diane Berry practices as an adult nurse practitioner in the UNC Hospitals Emergency Department, providing emergency care to a variety of patients. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Andrea Biondi, MSN, NNP, BSN
Fort Bragg, Neonatal Unit
Andrea Biondi practices as a neonatal nurse practitioner in the neonatal unit at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Tom Bush, MSN, RN, FNP-C
UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Orthopedics
Tom Bush practices in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Orthopedics as a family nurse practitioner. His main clinical interests are sports medicine and primary care orthopedics. In addition to his practice, he serves as the fellowship director for the Orthopedic NP Fellowship at UNC. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Abigail Coffin, RN, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC
Central Regional Hospital in Raleigh
Abigail Coffin works part-time in the Screening/Admissions department of CRH-Raleigh (Dorothea Dix Hospital) as a Psych NP.  She provides initial screening evaluations, diagnosis, and medication management. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Suja Davis, MSN, BS, BA, RN
UNC Hospitals, Gastro Intestinal Surgery and Surgical Oncology
Suja Davis is a clinical nurse working on the gastrointestinal surgery and surgical oncology floor at UNC Hospitals. She provides nursing care to patients with bowel obstructions, colon, rectal, gastric and pancreatic cancers, cholangiocarcinoma, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, enterocutaneous fistula, gastric bypass, hernia repair, lap nissen and both preoperative and postoperative gall bladder disease. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Jean Davison, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Person Family Medical and Dental Centers, Roxboro, NC
Jean Davison has been a family nurse practitioner at the Person Family Medical and Dental Centers in Roxboro, N.C., since 2002. She treats underserved populations of all ages at a family-community health center that is a FQHC, offering sliding scale and patient assistance programs to under- and uninsured individuals. Faculty profile and contact information. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Noreen Esposito, EdD, WHNP, FNP
Grace Women's Clinic in Burlington
Noreen Esposito practices at the Grace Women’s Clinic in Burlington, N.C. She performs Leopold's Maneuvers and checks fetal heart rates as part of her many responsibilities while providing nurse practitioner services to women in this outpatient setting.  Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Jane Kaufman, MSN, RN, ANP-BC
ACC Pulmonary Clinic at UNC
Jane Kaufman is an adult nurse practitioner who serves pulmonary patients in an outpatient clinic at UNC. She serves patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, sarcoidosis, MAI and pulmonary fibrosis. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Maureen Kelly, MS, RN, CPNP
Pediatric Department of Medicine
Maureen Kelly practices as a pediatric nurse practitioner at the UNC Children’s Hospital. Her particular area of interest is pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases. She is currently involved in implementing an educational program for these patients that was designed by an undergraduate honors student, Jenna Hobbs.  In addition, she is a co-investigator on a multi-center clinical trial evaluating the use of Adalimumab in the treatment of children with inflammatory bowel diseases. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Rhonda Lanning, RN, MSN, CNM, IBCLC
North Carolina Women's Hospital
Rhonda serves as a board certified lactation consultant at UNC hospital.  She enjoys the diverse population of mothers and babies she cares for at UNC and appreciates the continuity of care she experiences as clinical faculty and consultant. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Vickie Lester, MSN, RN, BC, CMSRN, CNE
UNC Hospitals
Vickie Lester is a staff nurse for the gastro intestinal surgery and surgical oncology unit at UNC Hospitals. She primarily works with patients admitted for bowel obstruction, colon, rectal, gastric and pancreatic cancers; cholangiocarcinoma, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, enterocutaneous fistula, gastric bypass, hernia repair, lap nissen and preoperative and postoperative gall bladder disease. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Regina McCarthy, MS, CNM, CPNP
UNC-Obstetrics and Gynecology
Regina McCarthy maintains a nurse-midwifery/women’s health nurse practitioner practice at the UNC-Obstetrics and Gynecology satellite clinic at Timberlyne in Chapel Hill. She occasionally works at the OB-GYN clinic at UNC Hospitals, as well. She provides prenatal and postpartum care, and other services such as contraception, annual exams, assessment and treatment of menstrual disorders and midlife health issues. Her focus is on wellness and the prevention of illness in addition to its treatment.  In addition, McCarthy is the periodic attending pediatric nurse practitioner in the regular newborn nursery at UNC Hospitals where she manages the medical care of infants and works with residents and medical students. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Laura Nasir, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Caswell County Health Department
Laura Nasir is a family nurse practitioner who practices in public health in rural Yanceyville, NC at the Caswell County Health Department.  She sees patients of all ages, including many who are under- and uninsured. At this nurse practitioner led clinic, she manages annual exams, well-child checks, and family planning and sexual health visits, while also providing acute and chronic care in a community based family practice setting. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Beth Pack, BSN, BA, MPH, RN
Cardiac Care Unit at Duke University Hospital
Beth Pack has practiced as a bedside nurse in the intensive care unit inside the cardiac care unit at Duke University Hospital since 1997. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Theresa Raphael-Grimm PhD, CNS
UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry
Theresa Raphael-Grimm practices in the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry as a psychotherapist. She works with individuals and couples and sub-specializes in treating people adjusting to serious, chronic and/or life threatening medical illness.  In addition she provides psychotherapy and consultation within the Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Service and the Comprehensive Cancer Support Program. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Victoria Soltis-Jarrett, PhD, PMHCNS/NP-BC
Sevenhill Associates, PA
Victoria Soltis-Jarrett, is a Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist who co-owns and practices at Sevenhill Associates, PA in the Winston-Salem & Durham offices one day per week. She provides individual and family psychotherapy as well as medication management to diverse populations from childhood through late life, and in particular those who have treatment resistant mood disorders, and/or are labeled with personality and somatoform disorders. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Mary Charles Sutphin, MSN, CNM
Triangle OB/GYN in Cary, NC
Mary Charles Sutphin works as a certified nurse-midwife at Triangle OB/GYN in Cary. She provides a full scope of services, including seeing patients for prenatal visits, providing intrapartum (labor and delivery) care/management, taking “night call” and performing deliveries. The babies Sutphin delivers are born at Western Wake Medical Center in Cary. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Debbie Travers, PhD, RN, FAEN
UNC Hospitals Emergency Department
Debbie Travers provides triage and direct care as a staff nurse to less-urgent patients who come to the UNC Hospitals Emergency Department. She works with the full gamut of emergency department patients, including pediatric, adult, medical and surgical patients. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Wanda Wazenegger, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Mid Carolina Gastroenterology Associates, Sanford
Wanda Wazenegger practices as a nurse practitioner who prepares patients for GI procedures and serves and treats basic GI problems. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

 

Libba Carpenter Wells, MSN, APRN-BC
Center for Creative Balance, 5024 Boulder Run Road, Hillsborough, NC
Libba Carpenter Wells has been a nurse psychotherapist since 1984. She mainly provides individual and couples psychotherapy and is also certified as an Imago Relationship Therapist. Additionally, she provides services to families and groups on an occasional basis.  Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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Meg Zomorodi, PhD, BSN, RN
Duke University Neuro ICU
Meg Zomorodi maintains a clinical practice as a registered nurse in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit at Duke University Hospital.  Meg provides nursing care to patients with brain tumors, stroke, and traumatic head injury.  She also serves as an educator on head injury and intracranial pressure management to all the intensive care units and conducts research in the medical, surgical, and neurscience intensive care units. Faculty profile and contact information.

 

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