Colleen Thompson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM

Colleen graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1989 with her Bachelors in Nursing and went on to work in trauma, surgical intensive care, open heart surgery and transplant before returning to school for her master’s degree.  Colleen graduated from Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia in 1995 with her Master’s in Nursing and a certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner.  She is board certified in nursing through the state of Florida and in family medicine through ANCC. Colleen has worked in family medicine and emergency medicine in the past and has been working in pediatrics since 1999. Colleen has almost 35 years experience in medicine. Colleen became disillusioned with the current medical model of sick care and wanted to focus more on well care by helping her patients make lasting lifestyle changes to improve their overall health. Colleen went back to school to increase her knowledge on evidence based medicine focused on the effects of lifestyle on health. Colleen graduated from Southern Adventist University in 2021 with her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an emphasis on Lifestyle Medicine. Colleen is board certified in Lifestyle Medicine through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. She has also certified in plant-based nutrition through ecornell as well as completing the CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program), Rouxbe Online Culinary School certification and obtaining a certification in Health Coaching. Colleen recently became a certified Food for Life instructor through the Physician Committee for Responsible Medicine and is excited about starting this new chapter of her career. Colleen enjoys educating her patients and her community on the six pillars of lifestyle medicine and how to improve, prevent, and even reverse chronic disease. Colleen enjoys spending time with her husband, three children and extended family.