What Is the Carotid Stenting Process?
If you’ve learned that you need carotid stenting, you might wonder what the whole process entails. Continue reading to learn more about stenting and how it helps treat carotid artery disease.
Vascular Specialists Continues To Grow, Welcoming Courtney Stanford, N.P.
Vascular Specialists is always looking for the latest best practices, cutting-edge devices and university-level techniques to better serve our patients. Now, we’re introducing our latest “tool” in excellent patient care, our physician extender COURTNEY STANFORD, NURSE PRACTITIONER.
COURTNEY STANFORD earned a Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner from Loyola University in Chicago after graduating with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. She is certified in both Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, has successfully completed the Essentials of Critical Care Orientation and is a member of the Illinois Society for Advance Practice Nursing and the American Associaton of Critical Care Nurses. Courtney has experience with
- critical care
- adult intensive care
- adult surgical heart care
Courtney has served on hospital committees to define and improve patient care, quality management and performance and environment improvement.
Dr. Tanquilut and Dr. Pradhan both work closely with Courtney, collaborating with these professionals to ensure our patients receive the careful, thorough attention and honest patient and family education and communication that Vascular Specialists is known for.
Please join us in welcoming Courtney to the Vascular Specialists family! IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR VASCULAR HEALTH, OR TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH OUR PHYSICIANS OR OUR PHYSICIAN EXTENDERS, CALL 815-824-4406. We are always happy to help!
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