
Knoxville, TN 37922
ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
I am so blessed to be a part of the GI For Kids family now, after 27 years in Nursing.
My interest in Pediatric Nursing began when I was very young. I found it to be a natural way to combine my love of science with a genuine love for children into a career. My senior high school yearbook lists “Pediatric Nursing” as my goal.
I obtained both my BSN and MSN from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. I began my career as a bedside nurse at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in 1993: first on a general Medical-Surgical Infectious Diseases floor, and then in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for twelve years. I obtained my Advanced Practice Nursing degree in 2009.
My family and I live in the Halls community, where our children attended school, and where we were involved in the planting of our current parish church. My husband works at Cherokee Health systems. We have spent our careers assisting patients who are normally underserved, or marginalized. We have three grown children who are the loves of our lives.
I enjoy any time I spend with my husband and children. I also enjoy reading, cooking, SEC football, and being near water of any kind. We have a precious, very large, extended family, and are blessed with friends both near and far, with whom we enjoy spending time.
I consider working with children and their families one of the greatest privileges of my life. I am passionate about giving high-quality care, with a focus on improved outcomes for my patients.
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Pediatrics
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Dietary
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Nutrition

1975 Town Center Blvd,
Knoxville, TN 37922
A Visit with a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Administering a G-Tube Feeding using a Syringe
Administering a G-Tube Feeding using Gravity Feeding
Administering a Tube Feeding using a Feeding Pump
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Bacterial Overgrowth Breath Test
Celiac Disease / Gluten Intolerance
Colazal (Balsalazide Disodium)
Colonoscopy Preparation (1 to 5 years of age)
Colonoscopy Preparation (10 to 18 years of age MOVIPREP)
Colonoscopy Preparation (10 to 18 years of age)
Colonoscopy Preparation (Children under 1 year of age)
Compliance problems with medical regimens
Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)
Coping with Pain and Stress Related to Gall Bladder Disease
Cortenema (Hydrocortisone rectal)
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Stool Testing
Gastrostomy Tube Placement and Changes
Healthy Eating Tips for Families
Ileoanal Reservoir (Pouch) Surgery
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Diet
Lomotil (diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate tablets and solution)
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
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Miralax (Polyethylene glycol 3350)
Nasogastric (NG) Tube Placement
Nexium (Esomeprazole Magnesium)
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nutrition: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Phenergan (Promethazine Hydrochloride)
Polyps in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Prevpac – lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin
Pulmicort (budesonide inhalation)
Pursuing Behavioral Health Services
Pylera (Metronidazole, Bismuth Subcitrate Potassium, and Tetracylcline Hydrocholoride)
Qvar (Beclomethasone) Oral Inhalation
Sacrosidase Oral Solution (Sucraid)*
Serum Infliximab/HACA Measurement
Total Parental Nutrition (TPN)
Zegerid (Omeprazole / Sodium Bicarbonate)
Zofran (Ondansetron Hydrochloride)

1975 Town Center Blvd,
Knoxville, TN 37922
A Visit with a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)
Administering a G-Tube Feeding using a Syringe
Administering a G-Tube Feeding using Gravity Feeding
Administering a Tube Feeding using a Feeding Pump
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency
Bacterial Overgrowth Breath Test
Celiac Disease / Gluten Intolerance
Colazal (Balsalazide Disodium)
Colonoscopy Preparation (1 to 5 years of age)
Colonoscopy Preparation (10 to 18 years of age MOVIPREP)
Colonoscopy Preparation (10 to 18 years of age)
Colonoscopy Preparation (Children under 1 year of age)
Compliance problems with medical regimens
Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID)
Coping with Pain and Stress Related to Gall Bladder Disease
Cortenema (Hydrocortisone rectal)
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
Fecal Pancreatic Elastase Stool Testing
Gastrostomy Tube Placement and Changes
Healthy Eating Tips for Families
Ileoanal Reservoir (Pouch) Surgery
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Diet
Lomotil (diphenoxylate hydrochloride and atropine sulfate tablets and solution)
Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
GI For Kids – Cleveland, Tennessee
GI For Kids – Crossville, Tennessee
GI For Kids – Knoxville, Tennessee
GI For Kids – Morristown, Tennessee
Miralax (Polyethylene glycol 3350)
Nasogastric (NG) Tube Placement
Nexium (Esomeprazole Magnesium)
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nutrition: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Phenergan (Promethazine Hydrochloride)
Polyps in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Prevpac – lansoprazole, amoxicillin and clarithromycin
Pulmicort (budesonide inhalation)
Pursuing Behavioral Health Services
Pylera (Metronidazole, Bismuth Subcitrate Potassium, and Tetracylcline Hydrocholoride)
Qvar (Beclomethasone) Oral Inhalation
Sacrosidase Oral Solution (Sucraid)*
Serum Infliximab/HACA Measurement
Total Parental Nutrition (TPN)
Zegerid (Omeprazole / Sodium Bicarbonate)
Zofran (Ondansetron Hydrochloride)