Hillary Bekelis, MSN, AGAC-NP
Hillary Bekelis, MSN, AGAC-NP graduated from Rhode Island College in Providence, RI with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. After completing one of the few nurse residency programs in the country focusing on neurosciences, she developed extensive experience in the care of neurosurgical patients, while working in the Neuroscience ICU at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. During that time, she became proficient in managing the sickest neurosurgical patients. She quickly became the charge nurse and an educational resource for her peers.
After years of experience, Hillary returned to school for her masters at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She graduated as an advanced practice provider in acute care, with a Masters in Science in Nursing. She subsequently worked as the lead acute care nurse practitioner in transplant surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She managed the most critical transplant patients, including liver, pancreas and kidney. She was the first advanced practice provider to be hired for the Neuroscience ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital, the first such ICU in Suffolk County. As a Neuro-critical care advanced practice provider she was instrumental in educating her peers and achieving Comprehensive Stroke Center certification for our program.
Although she still covers the ICU, she spends the majority of her time as the lead advanced practice provider at the outpatient facility of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island. She is in charge of following the most complex stroke and brain aneurysm patients after discharge from the hospital and oversees the clinical trials executed in our facility.
Hillary is one of the most experienced and talented advanced practice providers in the area of endovascular neurosurgery nationally. She was recruited in order to help establish the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island and establish the first outpatient facility of its kind. She has been instrumental in this unique endeavor.
After years of experience, Hillary returned to school for her masters at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She graduated as an advanced practice provider in acute care, with a Masters in Science in Nursing. She subsequently worked as the lead acute care nurse practitioner in transplant surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. She managed the most critical transplant patients, including liver, pancreas and kidney. She was the first advanced practice provider to be hired for the Neuroscience ICU at Good Samaritan Hospital, the first such ICU in Suffolk County. As a Neuro-critical care advanced practice provider she was instrumental in educating her peers and achieving Comprehensive Stroke Center certification for our program.
Although she still covers the ICU, she spends the majority of her time as the lead advanced practice provider at the outpatient facility of the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island. She is in charge of following the most complex stroke and brain aneurysm patients after discharge from the hospital and oversees the clinical trials executed in our facility.
Hillary is one of the most experienced and talented advanced practice providers in the area of endovascular neurosurgery nationally. She was recruited in order to help establish the Stroke and Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island and establish the first outpatient facility of its kind. She has been instrumental in this unique endeavor.
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