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Christine  Di Masi, A.P.R.N.

Christine was born in Omaha, NE. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2000, from Marquette University, in Milwaukee, WI. She then did a year of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Cleveland, OH. She did her year of service in a free clinic for homeless men, women, and children. She returned to Omaha to work medical/ surgical and pediatric nursing. She obtained her Master in Science as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2006 from Creighton University School of Nursing.

 

 
 
 

Jill Galas, A.P.R.N.

Jill obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1999. She has seven years of Registered Nurse experience in critical care at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix Arizona, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has one year of experience as a clinical teaching assistant at Creighton University School of Nursing. She obtained her Master in Science as an Adult Nurse practitioner in 2006 from Creighton University School of Nursing. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society and the Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Association.

 

Christine A. Karnish, A.P.R.N.

Christine was born in Omaha, NE. She graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She obtained her Masters of Science in Nursing in 2005. She is board certified through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau honor society of nurses and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

 

Sara S. Legleiter, A.P.R.N.

Sara grew up in Dodge City Kansas. She received her Bachelors of Science degree in 1994 and Masters of Science in Nursing in 1997. Sara  has worked as a nurse practitioner since 1997 and has experience in family medicine, as well as gastroenterology. She is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is involved in both local and national professional activities and societies. She is married with two children.

 

Tara L. Peterson, A.P.R.N.

Tara obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2000. She has six years of Registered Nurse experience on a telemetry medical-surgical unit and in endoscopy units for the Nebraska Medical Center. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing as a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in 2005 from UNMC, Omaha, NE. Ms. Peterson is a member of the American academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Nebraska Nurse Practitioner Association. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner. She and her husband have one child.

 

 

Elizabeth E. Menousek, P.A.-C.

Ms. Menousek received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Creighton university in 2000. She then received a Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree from UNMC in 2004 and began working in GI shortly thereafter. She is certified as a Physician Assistant and also has certification on Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. Ms. Stine is a member of the Nebraska Gut Club, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Nebraska Association of Physician Assistants, and Junior League of Omaha.

 

Shelly R. Ranck, A.P.R.N.

Ms. Ranck obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1995. She has eight years of Registered Nurse experience in Critical Care, in two gastroenterology practices, and in endoscopy units for the Nebraska Medical Center. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner in 2003 from UNMC, Omaha, NE. Ms. Ranck is a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Nebraska Nurse Practitioners Association. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

 

Lacy K. Vogtman, A.P.R.N.

Ms. Vogtman grew up in Osceola, NE. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2000 from Clarkson College, Omaha, NE. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2006 from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Ms. Vogtman has 6 years of Registered Nurse experience in Critical Care at Nebraska Methodist Hospital, and 2 years experience as nursing faculty at Nebraska Methodist College. She has recently been certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the Academy of Nurse Practitioners.  She is married with one child.