UPMC Preceptor Academy

The UPMC Preceptor Academy, established in 2014, was developed to advance the precepting experience for advanced practice providers (APPs), and to foster a highly effective learning environment for students. The UPMC Preceptor Academy is a diverse group of APPs, whose mission is to "develop and maintain an unparalleled Center of Excellence to forward the cause of APP professional and interprofessional development through facilitating the education, mentorship, engagement and fellowship of peers, learners, and colleagues."

• Learn more about the Preceptor Academy (PDF)

The UPMC Preceptor Academy strives to:

• Communicate important information to APPs about precepting.
• Encourage APPs to provide educational experiences for students.
• Develop programs that instruct APPs on methods, models, and best practices for precepting.
• Create resource materials for preceptors that will help them prepare for student arrival.

See more educational opportunities for advanced practice provider students at UPMC. Please do not contact Fellows directly.

Meet Our Preceptor Academy Fellows

• Shannon Altpeter, PA-C
  Department of Surgical Oncology
  UPMC Shadyside
• Kimberly Barton, MSN, CRNP, ANP-C
  Magee Pre-Op Center
  UPMC Magee Internal Medicine
  UPMC Magee TCU
• Brenda S. Bellissimo, PA-C
  Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Montefiore, UPMC East
• Matt Bishop, NP-C
  Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Services
  UPMC Community Medicine
• Kimberly Bollinger, CRNP-BC, MSN
  Heart and Vascular Institute
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Eric Bridenbaugh, PA-C, MPAS
  Trauma and Emergency General Surgery
  UPMC Altoona
• Jami L. Burgoyne, PA-C
  UPMC Hamot Hospitalist Department
  Erie, PA
• Claire Buxter, MPAS, PA-C
  Department of Surgical Oncology
  UPMC Magee Womens-Hospital, UPMC East, UPMC Monroeville Surgical Center, UPMC McKeesport
• Lindsey Cornman, CRNP-BC, MSN
• Jen Davison, DNP, CRNP, AGNP-C
  Community Provider Services
  UPMC Senior Communities
• Sean P. Dent, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN
  Acute Nurse Practitioner
  Critical Care Medicine/Intensivist Program
  UPMC Hamot
• Tammy L. Eaton, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN
  Critical Illness Recovery Center (CIRC)
  Department of Critical Care Medicine
  UPMC Mercy
• Shannon Ferrari, MPAS, PA-C
  Department of Hematology/Oncology
  Women's Cancer Center, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• George Fichter, PA-C
  Northwest Hospitalists
  UPMC Northwest
• Mary Greer, CRNP
• Autumn Groscost, MPAS, PA-C
  Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside
• Emily Guerriero, PA-C, MPAS
  UPMC Presbyterian Hospital Neurological Surgery
• Amie Hull, MSN, CRNP
• Samantha Jenkins, PA-C
  Interventional Cardiology
  UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute at UPMC Hamot
• Kelly Kauffman, MPAS, PA-C
  Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Laurel Kerr, PA-C
  Tri-State Neurosurgical Associates, Senior Physician Assistant
  University of Pittsburgh Physician Assistant Studies Program, Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Patricia K. Kitt, CRNA
  Department of Anesthesia Shadyside Hospital
• Melissa Kolowitz, PA-C
• Amanda Kristofik, DNP, CRNP
  Clinical Project Director, UPMC Center for Atrial Fibrillation
  UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute (multiple locations)
• Nora M. Lersch, MSN, FNP-BC, AOCNP
  Gynecological Oncology Division
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Kira A. Luka, MPAS, PA-C
  Same Day Surgery
  UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Sandra K. Majocha, CRNP, MSN
• Heather McCrory, PA-C, MSPAS
  Surgical Oncology
  UPMC Presbyterian-Shadyside Hospital
• Katie A. McGuire, MPAS, PA-C
  Physician Assistant
  Critical Care Medicine Advanced Practice Provider Supervisor
  UPMC Hamot
• Kelly Nicholas, MPAS, PA-C, CLT
• Whitney L. Nolan, MPAS, PA-C
  Physician Assistant Senior, West Erie Medical Group
  UPMC Hamot
• Leiren Pantages, MHS, PA-C
  Department of Gynecologic Oncology
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Laura B. Pete, MS.Ed, MPAS, PA-C
  Physician Assistant, Expert
  Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Jenny Petrone, MPAS, PA-C
  Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  Sedation Services
  UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Brittany Quattrone, MSN, CRNP-BC
  Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  UPMC Mercy
• Stephanie Rademacher, PA-C
  Family Medicine
  UPMC Hamot Heritage Primary Care
• Angela Reino, MS, PA-C
  Department of Otolaryngology
  UPMC Horizon
• Karlyn L. Rupert, MPAS, PA-C
  Department of Hematology/Oncology
  Women's Cancer Center, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Donna Sheridan, CRNP-C, MSN
  Family Nurse Practitioner
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Aimee Smith, MS, PA-C
• Jackie L. Smith, MS, PA-C
  Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division
  UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, UPMC Shadyside
• Jordana Smith, PA-C
  Department of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Hayley M. Stettner, MPAS, PA-C
  Director, UPMC CCHM APP Hospitalist Fellowship
  Center for Community Hospitalist Medicine
  UPMC Passavant
• Lauren Stitt, PA-C
  Department of Surgical Oncology
  UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC Shadyside
• William (B.J.) Vascik, MPAS, PA-C, MS, ATC
  Expert Physician Assistant 
  Three Rivers Orthopedic Associates
• S. Noona Vehovic, MSN, RN, AC-PNP, FNP
  Department of Critical Care Medicine
  UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Kristi Veshinfsky, CRNP-C, MSN
  Primary Care
  UPMC Western Psychiatric
• Kristen Weber, CRNP-BC, MSN
  Heart and Vascular Institute
  UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
• Zachary V. Weber, PA-C
  Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  Tri Rivers Musculoskeletal Centers
• Shenoa Williams, CRNP, SANE-P, SANE-A
  Child Advocacy Center of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
  Advocacy Resources for Children (ARCH) Clinic
• Antoinette Wilson, MMS, PA-C
  CMI Primary Care
  Latterman Family Health Center