Care Manager

I earned my BSN from East Carolina University in 2003, and I have been a Duke nurse ever since! I am a North Carolina native and love to spend my spare time with my family and gardening. I have over twenty years in direct patient care with experience in neurosurgery and emergency medicine. I enjoy getting to know patients and what is important to them. I find gratification in helping them navigate the health system, educating them on their health problems, and overall supporting their well-being.

I have been with Duke for eighteen years, where I spent all of that time at Duke Regional Hospital. I have spent my career in the surgery population but have worked with many different types of patients from the most prestigious patient to the least prestigious ones. I like what I do due to the fact that I am making a difference in someone else's life and hopefully that difference is for the better.

Originally from NC, I received my BS degree from East Carolina University and my Master’s degree from North Carolina Central University. I am a licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor. My professional experience includes working in community mental health, providing vocational rehabilitation services, and coordinating mental health services for students in the public-school setting.

I have been a registered nurse for over eleven years and have worked in outpatient clinics during that time. My passions include patient education and advocacy. I enjoy working with patients through the process of improving their health and meeting their healthcare needs.

I am a Maryland native but have called North Carolina home since 2003. I received my Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My professional experience includes working in the juvenile justice, community mental health, and health care systems. For the past 18 years, I have worked in the outpatient hospital setting, providing case management and care coordination services to children and adults with chronic health conditions. As a licensed clinical social worker, I enjoy empowering patients to take control of their health and wellbeing.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with experience working in behavioral health, school, primary care, and hospital settings. I have been in roles as an outpatient therapist working with children, adolescents, teens, adults, and families. Recently, I have transitioned to medical social work and care management. I am passionate about care management, because I can support patients to achieve their best overall health. I utilize my skills with behavioral health and medical social work to advocate for patients to assist with getting their unmet needs.

Originally from South Florida, I received both my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from The Florida State University. I moved to NC in 2004 with my husband and son, and I immediately fell in love with the fall and winter seasons (we don’t have them in Florida!). I have worked in the healthcare field since 2001, and I joined the Duke Health system in 2012. My passion has always been healthcare, specifically working closely with patients and families to assist in meeting their needs and reaching their goals.

I’m originally from Baltimore, where I received my MSW from UMAB. We moved to North Carolina in 2005. I have been a member of the Duke Health team since 2006. I love working with the geriatric population. I’m passionate about helping patients and their families obtain needed resources and navigate through the challenging healthcare system.

Nursing is actually my second career. I was a commercial underwriter for a title company in Chapel Hill for about 11 years before changing careers to nursing. My nursing career started at Duke Regional Hospital on general surgery. I later transferred to postpartum where I thoroughly enjoyed working with new moms. I briefly worked as a home health nurse. I was in my last position for eleven years at NC Specialty Hospital in their preop department where I served as charge nurse and preceptor until accepting this new opportunity with PHMO.

I have been a nurse for 27 years; 26 of those were spent as a bedside nurse in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I have also spent some time working in the Operating Room. I am thankful for the opportunity to now serve patients from outside the hospital and assist them with all of their healthcare needs.