Colleen grew up in Northern Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Tech in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Institutional Management. She went on to pursue her nursing degree from Georgetown University. After 20 years as an operating room nurse, she achieved her MSN with a focus on Family Practice from Shenandoah University. She is board-certified by the AANP to treat patients across the lifespan.

She has worked in both primary care setting as well as Otolaryngology before joining the Colon Stomach and Liver Center in 2014. She enjoys all aspects of providing care for patients in the GI/Hepatology setting. She resides on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley where she enjoys spending her free time with her family including 6 children and several animals. She is a member of the VCNP where she serves as a Regional Officer planning educational events for the Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter.