Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Marie Abbinante is board certified. She earned a Master’s degree in Nursing-Adult Nurse Practitioner and a Bachelor of Science and Nursing at Lewis Nursing after completing her Associate’s degree in Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse at City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College.
Marie has worked in gastroenterology since 2004, providing patient care, infection control and sedation, and educating patients. Marie has assisted with a wide variety of gastrointestinal procedures including:
- Endoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Secretin stimulation
- Hydrogen breath tests
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
Marie is certified in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support by the American Heart Association.