University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview Position:
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Board Certifications:
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist - American Nurses Credentialing Center

Sees Patients At:
University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, Fairview (Cardiovascular Care, Pediatric Weight Management)
University of Minnesota Physicians Pediatric Specialty Clinic-St. Paul (St. Paul)
Pediatric Weight Management Clinic at Pediatric Specialty Clinic (Minneapolis)

Clinical Interests:
General Pediatric Cardiology
Patient/Family Education
Nutrition/Obesity Issues Related to Cardiology
Enrollment of Cardiac Patients into Web-Based Emergency Information System
Syncope

Education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing – Trenton State College, Trenton, N.J.
Master of Science in Nursing – University of Minnesota

Awards & Honors:
Maternal and Child Health Bureau Children with Special Health Care Needs Scholarship Grant Award (2002, 2004)

Selected Recent Publications:
Pyles, L.E., Hines, C., Patock, M., Scheid, M., Chase, J, Jamrozek, K., Schiff, J. (2005). Development of a web-based database to manage American college of emergency American academy of pediatrics emergency information forms, American Emergency Medicine 12, (13) 257-261.