Displaying items by tag: Family Nurse Practitioner

Patricia Billingsley is a Family Nurse Practitioner at PCC. She completed her nursing education at the University of Illinois College of Nursing in 2020. Patricia has an undergraduate degree with a major in Spanish from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was a Spanish teacher prior to her career in nursing. Patricia enjoys reading, studying languages, and cooking.

Krys Rollins is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner. She received her Master of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner Post-Master’s Certification from DePaul University in 2014. She completed her her undergraduate education in biological anthropology and anatomy at Duke University. Krys worked as a labor and delivery nurse for three years, and as a clinical instructor in DePaul’s graduate nursing program before transitioning to a full-time family nurse practitioner. Krys is passionate about assisting patients in their family planning, providing a variety of birth control options, including IUD, Nexplanon, and vasectomy. She speaks Spanish and values seeing patients of all backgrounds, genders, and ages. Krys's interests include adolescent health and preventive medicine, gluten-free cooking, maintaining an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, Bikram yoga, resistance training, getting outside in any weather.

Chandra Matteson is a Family Nurse Practitioner at PCC. She received a Master's of Science in Nursing degree from The University of Southern California in 2019, and a Bachelor's in Science in Nursing from Kent State University in 2012. Chandra was a part of the 2020 Cohort of Rush University's OUD Treatment Fellowship's ECHO Program. Before PCC, Chandra worked as an ER nurse for ten years before completing her Master's degree. Prior to that, she worked for Howard Brown Health as a clinical research nurse, worked in emergency medical services, and as an ICU tech. Chandra is learning Spanish and hoping to do an immersion program, preferably someplace with a beach. Outside of work, she enjoys cycling as transportation, petting other people’s dogs, collecting vinyl and music, writing, and cooking.

Sara Miranda, DNP, FNP-BC is a board-certified family nurse practitioner and addiction medicine provider. She is the Hepatitis-C Clinic Coordinator at PCC. She completed both her undergraduate and medical education at Resurrection University in 2014. She completed residency at PCC, as part of the West Suburban Medical Center – Family Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Miranda first noticed her passion for addiction while working at West Suburban Medical Center as an intensive care unit registered nurse, often caring for community members after near-fatal overdoses, which required ICU management. Dr. Miranda also serves as a City of Chicago New Americans Mayoral Advisory Council member to review existing city-wide programs, recommend policies, and advocate for equitable resources and healthcare for undocumented Chicagoans. Dr. Miranda is a Board Member for the Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine where she advocates and supports nurses in Illinois by expanding addiction education and awareness within nursing. 

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Veronica Galvalisi is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). As a recipient of a fellowship funded by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), she fulfilled all of her training at PCC and graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015.

Bernie Aguilar is an advanced nurse practitioner who joined PCC in 2014. She studied nursing at Elmhurst College and the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is fluent in English and Spanish. Outside of work, Bernie enjoys traveling.

Dina Zissimopoulos is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who joined PCC in 2011, shortly after graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago