Traci obtained a BSN from Briar Cliff College, Sioux City, Iowa, in 1999. She worked as an emergency room and urgent care nurse for four years before obtaining her Masters of Science in Nursing and Family Nurse Practitioner in 2003 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has four years of GI experience from Avera McKenna Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, before joining the practice. She is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is certified by the AANP and AGA.