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. When that clinic closed in 2024, Katie felt called to apply the breadth of her experience to helping others with hypermobility or connective tissue disorders, like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

Experience

• Ten+ years as an Advanced Practice Provider in Neurosurgery

• Four years working in integrative and regenerative medicine

• Continuing medical education

  • EDS ECHO Trainings: Multiple 6-week sessions and weekend courses

  • Fascia Research Society: International Research Congress

  • American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Functional Medicine Certification coursework

  • The Elite NP (Nurse Practitioner)

  • American Associations of Neurological Surgeons

Education and Credentials

• APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse)

• ACNS-BC (Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist-Board Certified)

• Licensed in Texas and Colorado

• Master of Science in Nursing (Univ. of Texas at Austin; 2012)

• Bachelor of Arts in Neurobiology (Macalester College; 2001)

• Semester Abroad (Univ of St. Andrews, Scotland; 2000)

Personal

• Lives in Austin, TX with her husband and two incredible kids

• Now caring for her aging parents at home, too

• Has a dog named Lucy and a cat named Bookcase

• Drawing and watercolor painting foster her creativity