Our Advanced
Practitioners
Our provider team includes specially trained, licensed, and boarded Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants to assist in patient care throughout all stages of treatment.
Erin Bannerman
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Erin Bannerman supports the physicians of Cardiovascular Medicine in the hospital setting. Her previous work experience includes working on the Cardiac...
Diane Boelens
MS, APN ACNP-BC
Diane Boelens works with interventional cardiologist Dr. Bouyella Reddy. Her nursing background includes employment in a Level II Trauma Center, Critical Care...
Lindsey Bollaert
MSN, APN, FNP-C
Lindsey Bollaert works exclusively with Cardiologist Dr. Param Singh. Her prior clinical experience includes seven years as a nurse in the Emergency Department...
Cara Brown
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Cara Brown works with electrophysiologist, Dr. Rajiv Mallik. Her prior clinical experience includes 14 years as a Registered Nurse, nine in Cardiac Stepdown,...
Cyndi Burkholder
MS ARNP ACNP-BC
Cyndi Burkholder, MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC, is an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner working with CVM’s Electrophysiology team. Cyndi started at CVM in 2010 with a...
Rebecca Cady
MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
Rebecca Cady works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Sora Reddy. She has nine years of experience in the hospital setting as a Patient Care Technician,...
Robert Cobert
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Robert Cobert works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Sanjeev Puri. His clinical experience includes 4 years as a nurse in the intensive care unit at...
Judi Deckert
MS, ARNP, FNP-BC
Judi Deckert provides patient care in Cardiovascular Medicine’s Cholesterol Management Program under the leadership of the Medical Director. She prescribes and...
Shawna Duske
MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC
Shawna Duske works with Peripheral Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Nicolas Shammas. Her wealth of knowledge stems from a clinical, diagnostic, and risk...
Tara Gengler
MSN, APN, ACNP-BC
Tara Gengler works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Bouyella Reddy. Her clinical experience includes six years as a Primary Care Provider for Genesis...
Jessica Gould
MSN, APN, FNP-C
Jesica Gould works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Faraz Manazir. Her clinical experience includes eight years as a nurse in the Cardiac Cath Lab at...
Meghan Hite
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Meghan Hite works exclusively with Cardiologist Dr. Param Singh. Her prior clinical experience includes nine years as a nurse in the emergency department and...
Cassandra King
MS, APN, ANP-BC
Cassandra King works exclusively with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Faraz Manazir and has supported his practice since 2011. Her clinical experience includes...
Michelle Lake
DNP, APRN, AGACNP
Michelle Lake works exclusively with the Hospitalist program. Her prior clinical experience includes eight years as a nurse in the ICU and two years in the...
Toni Martin
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Toni Martin supports the physicians of Cardiovascular Medicine in the hospital setting, transitioning to this role after nine years assisting the office based...
Trisha McIntosh
MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC
Trisha McIntosh is a seasoned Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Cardiovascular Medicine. She currently works in many capacities within the practice;...
Shannon Mentzer
MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
Shannon Mentzer works with interventional and peripheral cardiologist Dr. Jon Robken. Her prior clinical experience with cardiology includes serving as the...
Hayley Mills
DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC
Hayley Mills works with Electrophysiologist, Dr. Helbert Acosta. Her prior clinical experience includes working as an Acute Care Registered Nurse on...
Shauna Nuci
MSN, ARNP, FNP-BC
Shauna Nuci works with Cardiologist Dr. Rafat F. Padaria. She began her career in health care at Genesis Medical Center where she worked for 13.5 years as a...
Rhonda Peterson
MSN, APN, ACNP-BC
Rhonda Peterson works with interventional cardiologist Dr. Aswartha Pothula. Her cardiac experience includes 11 years working as a registered nurse providing...
Todd Stone
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Todd Stone works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Sora Reddy. His clinical experience includes four years as a nurse in the cardiac stepdown unit and five...
Cara Voelliger
MS, DNP, ARNP, AGACNP-BC
Cara Voelliger works with Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Srikanth Kasula. Her cardiac experience includes five years working in the Intensive Care Unit at...
Jordyn Werderitch
MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Jordyn Werderitch works with Interventional Cardiologist Dr. Sanjeev Puri. Her prior clinical experience includes 1.5 years as a Nurse Practitioner for the...
CVM Locations
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Our Advanced
Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants assist our Physicians in providing the best care for patients with heart failure, heart attacks, angina, cardiac, and vein diseases as permitted by their licensure.
Cyndi Burkholder
MS ARNP ACNP-BC
Cyndi Burkholder, MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC, is an Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner working with CVM’s Electrophysiology team. Cyndi started at CVM in 2010 with a focus on cardiovascular disease and transitioned to electrophysiology. She has been a nurse since 2000.
Cyndi attended Clinton Community College and received her Associates Degree in Nursing as a Registered Nurse in 2000. She attended the University of Iowa graduating in 2007 with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She furthered her education at the University of Illinois at Chicago receiving her Master of Sciences degree and completing the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in 2010.
Cyndi is Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and the Quad Cities APN/PA Alliance.
Cyndi is a lifelong learner. She is passionate about all branches of cardiology, in particular electrophysiology with its rapid advancement in technology and tools used to tailor patient care and improve outcomes. In her spare time, Cyndi and her husband enjoy spending time outdoors, off roading, camping and exploring off the beaten path.
Preventive Services
Our team of physicians, researchers, and patient care specialists are focused specifically on cardiovascular best practices and lifesaving heart and vein care.