Welcome

I am a Virginia native and am happy to call this place my home. I am a mom of  3 beautiful children and enjoy the outdoors, all types of sports, and finding new adventures.  I am a proud Hokie!! I graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS in Animal Sciences. I went on to complete my Bachelors of Nursing Science at Johns Hopkins University and then my Masters of Nursing Science at Georgetown University.
I am so grateful for the opportunity to serve my community in the way I have always wanted to. Healthcare is a tricky industry filled with gaps, loop holes, and many, many hoops to jump through which is not only time consuming but takes away from what is most important, patient care.

I became a nurse and then nurse practitioner because I have always felt called to help others in any way that I am able. I enjoy sitting down and getting to know my patients, really listening to their concerns because often the answers lie within what they have to say and not necessarily in the physical exam, blood work, or other diagnostic studies. I have found that while working in corporate medicine or in a traditional insurance based practice that good care often gets lost and my hope is to bring this back to my community.

My passion stems from preventative care. Identifying potential risk and promoting a healthy lifestyle to keep people from developing preventable chronic diseases. IV nutritional therapies are not new treatment modalities, they have been shown in multiple evidence based studies to help improve overall health and wellness in patients for a variety of uses from health promotion to being an adjunct therapy to traditional chronic disease management. 

Nutrition and fitness is another passion that I am constantly striving to improve on not only for myself but for my patients. Every individual is different and there are no cookie cutter plans that work for every single person. I do not believe in "diets" especially not "fad diets."  These are highly marketed in the health and fitness industry but 95% of the time are not lifestyles that the general population can maintain. I will utilize a variety of different approaches to help my patients achieve their goals and maintain them in the future. 

Last but certainly not least I will be utilizing a Direct Primary Care (DPC) Model in order to deliver the most effective and efficient care that I can to my community members. Head on over to our Direct Primary care page to find out more about DPC and how to become a member and patient.