Clear teaching for complicated epilepsy care.
Board-certified family nurse practitioner with more than eight years in pediatric epilepsy at a Level 4 Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. I teach physicians, residents, APPs, nurses, and families about the epilepsy continuum of care, VNS, and RNS, so complicated information becomes something you can use with confidence.
Outpatient by practice, collaborative by habit.
I'm an APRN in epilepsy surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where I provide outpatient epilepsy care, including diagnosis, anti-seizure medication management, neuromodulation, and long-term follow-up. I serve as a clinical expert for VNS and RNS therapy: programming, postoperative management, provider education, and consultation across the epilepsy program, with more than 175 VNS programming and follow-up visits in the past year.
Before that I was a neurology RN at Cincinnati Children's, coordinating care for epilepsy surgery candidates and leading a LEAN quality improvement initiative that reduced referral-to-visit wait times, and a pediatric RN at Kentucky Children's. I'm Co-Principal Investigator on an IRB-approved VNS outcomes study accepted to the 2025 American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, I authored our institution's RNS APP Delineation of Privileges, and I was recognized as Preceptor of the Year in 2025. I hold a BSN from the University of Kentucky, an MSN from Eastern Kentucky University, and an MBA from Northern Kentucky University.
Outside the clinic, I live in Northern Kentucky with my husband, our two daughters, and an Aussiedoodle named Knox. I ran my first marathon at the Flying Pig in 2026, then Chicago that fall.
Case-based, practical, and built for the room you're in.
Lectures, hands-on workshops, and interactive tools for APPs across specialties, residents, nurses, and clinicians new to neuromodulation. The detail adapts to the audience; the approach stays the same: patient story first, decisions in steps, and feedback that explains why.
VNS programming
Annual PGY-3 lecture, staff teaching, and hands-on workshops. Adjunctive therapy, adjusting output current before duty cycle, and troubleshooting stimulation-related side effects.
RNS education and workflows
How responsive neurostimulation fits into care, what APPs need to know to participate in programming, and the clinical workflows that make it work.
Case-based epilepsy education
Following one patient from first seizure through surgical evaluation and long-term follow-up, across inpatient and outpatient settings.
Simulators and workbooks
Virtual programming simulators like the VNS Lab, plus decision-point case workbooks for practice without a patient in the room. Educational tools, not clinical ones.
VNS Lab
Practice VNS programming decisions in a browser-based simulator: adjust parameters, see the effect, and get feedback on why. An educational tool for learners, not a clinical device interface.
More Than a Seizure: Navigating the Epilepsy Continuum of Care
Follows a mock patient from a first seizure through surgical evaluation, device therapy, and long-term follow-up, teaching APPs from different backgrounds the clinical decisions and coordination involved at each step.
Selected work
Research, curriculum, and quality improvement across the epilepsy program.
- ResearchIRB-approved VNS Outcomes Study
- EducationAnnual VNS/RNS education for neurology residents and APPs
- CurriculumEpilepsy Surgery APRN Educational Curriculum
- PracticeRNS APP Delineation of Privileges
- QIMultidisciplinary VNS Titration Workflow Redesign
- QIStandardized Epilepsy Clinic Intake Process
Planning a lecture, workshop, or grand rounds?
Tell me about your audience and what you'd like them to walk away able to do. I'll reply within a few business days.
New teaching materials, reference sheets, and upcoming sessions. A few times a year, no more.