I grew up in White Bear Lake, MN. Although originally, I wanted to become a Fashion Designer (and not to forget hopes of becoming a competitive surfer), I stepped into medicine on a whim when applying for Emergency Medical Technician school. Day one- I was hooked.

My journey was full of twists and turns and medical jobs, trying to find the best course for my career and best way to help patients. With the growing number of opportunities for Physician Assistants, the schooling requirements, the practice abilities/practice level and regulated autonomy…… I set my sights on becoming a PA.

I completed my Bachelor’s of Science at University of Wisconsin-River Falls in Biomedical Science & Chemistry minor, and I attended PA school at Bethel University in Minnesota. I graduated with my Master’s of Science Physician Assistant Studies in August 2017. 

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Since graduating PA school, my medical specialty revolved around spine orthopedics and pain medicine. I started at a small local pain clinic where I saw a lot of personal injury and motor-vehicle related injuries and developed a lot of my procedural skills and medication management. I then continued my career at Rayus Radiology (formerly CDI) where I gained a portion of my knowledge on spinal radiology and interventional spine procedures. I did however miss using my own procedural skills. I most recently ended my “W2” career at Summit Orthopedics working in non-operative spine orthopedics and was able to learn additional procedural skills as well as reinforce my other competencies. 

Even prior to 2017 I had always dreamt of having my own clinic……my own practice. As I continued working in different clinic scenarios it just became more and more evident to me that this was the time to try….so I curated Moderni Spine.