Lorie has over 20 years of physician liaison experience in ambulatory and inpatient settings, as well as quality, cost, and utilization expertise with Duke Connected Care. She has been a nurse since 1996, and a physician liaison since 2004, working first at a private oncology specialty group and a community hospital before joining Duke in 2013. Prior to becoming a physician liaison, Lorie was an endoscopy manager, OB-GYN nurse manager, and a breast navigator, tobacco cessation specialist, and worked in a dialysis, orthopaedics, GI acute care and surgery center. She received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of North Carolina in Wilmington, as well as an Associate Degree in Nursing at Sandhills Community College and an Associate Applied Science in Marketing at Wayne Community College.