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Meet Katie
Katie has over a decade of experience as a neurosurgery advanced practice provider at our local Level 1 Trauma Center. Despite her long-held passion for neuroscience, she decided in 2020 to step back from conventional medicine to pursue a more holistic and integrative approach to neurosurgical problems and pain.
Experience
Ten+ years as an Advanced Practice Provider in Neurosurgery
Four years working in integrative and regenerative medicine
Education
APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)
ACNS-BC (Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist-Board Certified
Licensed in Texas and Colorado
Personal
Lives in Austin, TX with her husband and two incredible kids
Has a puppy + 2 cats!
Drawing and watercolor painting enhance her creativity
Why Zebras?
"When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras."
Healthcare providers are taught to expect the common conditions and ignore “rare” problems. In reality, hypermobility and EDS is NOT as rare as initially thought!
- Theodore E. Woodward, MD, University of Maryland, 1950)
Sourced from the incredible Ehlers-Danlos Society:
Why the Zebra?