Advance Practice Providers Meet at the Tidewater Inn

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Front row, l. to r: Rose Marie Langrell, CRNP; Marcia Reynolds, CRNP (UMCMG – Galena); Brittany Cutler, CRNP (UMCMG-Centreville);  Gail Shorter, DNP, CRNP (UMCMG – Pain Management); Allison Baynard, CRNP; and Yvonne Liswell, CRNP; Back row, l to r.: Mary Kate Williams-Feldman, CRNP; Cheryl Ruff; Lisa Jeffers, CRNP, WOCN (UMCMG Wound Center); Doris Allen, CRNP (UMCMG Diabetes Educator); Jackie Ruark Smith, DNP, CRNP; Sharon Stagg, DNP, CRNP (UMCMG Palliative Care); Rick Ashford, CRNP; Michele Williams, DNP, CRNP (UMCMG - Cancer Center)
Front row, l. to r: Rose Marie Langrell; Marcia Reynolds (UM CMG – Primary Care at Galena); Brittany Cutler (UM CMG – Primary Care at Centreville);  Gail Shorter (UM CMG – Pain Management); Allison Baynard; and Yvonne Liswell. Back row, l to r.: Mary Kate Williams-Feldman; Cheryl Ruff; Lisa Jeffers (UM CMG – Wound Care); Doris Allen (UM Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology); Jackie Ruark Smith; Sharon Stagg (UM CMG – Primary Care [Palliative Care]; Rick Ashford and Michele Williams (Cancer Center). Dale Jafari (UM CMG – Women’s Health), a key organizer of the group, was unable to attend the meeting.
University of Maryland Community Medical Group (UM CMG) advanced practice providers serving UM Shore Regional Health met on Thursday, December 22, at the Tidewater Inn in Easton. The Advance Practice Provider Group, which is open to nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists employed by UM CMG and also to those who are community providers, meets bi-monthly to share ideas, concerns and opportunities of interest to advance practice providers.  Cheryl Ruff,  senior director, operations for UM CMG – UM SRH regioin, was the guest speaker for the December meeting.