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Vanessa M. Ventura, MSN, APRN, CNP, AGNP-C
Nurse Practitioner
Vanessa M. Ventura, MSN, APRN, CNP, AGNP-C, is a board-certified nurse practitioner at both Rhode Island and The Miriam hospitals. She is also a teaching associate at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Surgery.
She earned her bachelor of science degree in biological sciences from the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island. She went on to earn bachelor of science in nursing and a master of science in nursing, specializing in adult/gerontology – primary care nurse practitioner, from Regis College School of Nursing in Weston, Massachusetts. She is currently pursuing a doctor of nursing practice at Regis College.
She is a member of the American Nurse Association, the American Nurse Association Massachusetts, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society – Pi Epsilon Chapter, Nurse Practitioner Alliance of Rhode Island, and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. She specializes in general surgery, specifically bariatric surgery.
Locations
Primary
Brown Surgical Associates, Inc., Dudley St, Suite 470
Medical Office Center (MOC)
(directions)
2 Dudley St, Suite 470
Providence, RI 02905
Education
- Advanced Practice Training: Regis College
Specialties
- Advanced Practice Professional
Areas of Expertise
- Bariatric Surgery