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 works with the Electrophysiologists in the Iowa Division. She has been with Cardiovascular Medicine since 2010. Her previous experience...
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 interventional and peripheral 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...
Ellen Holm
AGPCNP-BC
Ellen Holm provides patient care in Cardiovascular Medicine's Heart Failure Program under the direction of Dr. Coyne. She moved to the Quad Cities in...
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...
Toni Martin
MSN, APN, FNP-BC
Toni joined CVM in September, 2013, working with Dr. Helbert Acosta, Electrophysiologist. Her prior clinical experience includes working as a registered nurse...
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.
Shawna Duske
MS, ARNP, ACNP-BC
Shawna Duske works with interventional and peripheral cardiologist Dr. Nicolas Shammas. Her wealth of knowledge stems from a clinical, diagnostic, and risk management perspective. Shawna's background as a support RN and Clinical Coordinator at CVM allow her to effectively support Dr. Shammas in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
Shawna attended Wartburg College where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1993. She attended Grandview College graduating in 1996 with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She furthered her education at the University of Illinois at Chicago receiving her Master of Science in Nursing and completing the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program in 2005.
Shawna is Board Certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. She is a member of Quad City APN/PA Alliance, American College of Clinicians, and the American College of Cardiology.
Shawna's professional interests include congestive heart failure and peripheral vascular disease.
Preventive Services
Our team of physicians, researchers, and patient care specialists are focused specifically on cardiovascular best practices and lifesaving heart and vein care.