Barbara joined South Jersey Fertility Center in 1999. She has over twenty years of nursing experience.  As a nurse practitioner she sees patients at the Marlton, Linwood and Washington Township offices.  She is also the Nurse Manager for South Jersey Fertility Center, overseeing the nursing staff at all four offices, and coordinating the overall IVF program.  Barbara supervises weekly IVF clinical meetings and quarterly IVF protocol meetings with the physicians and embryology staff to review patient care and maximize IVF success.  She is sensitive to the significant stress of undergoing fertility treatments and has a unique ability to convey understanding and support to her patients.  In this role she is responsible for ensuring that the patient and her partner are appropriately prepared physically and emotionally for IVF.  Barbara is an active member of the nurse specialty group of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine as well as its nurse manager subspecialty group.  She is one of a select few infertility nurses in the country chosen to be on the nursing advisory board for both the Serono and Schrafts pharmaceutical companies.  She is a highly sought after speaker and has given presentations throughout the country on infertility and time management, and has published articles for the nursing journal for Reproductive Endocrinology nursing specialists.

 Education:    University of Pennsylvania, MSN, Healthcare of Women

                      Nurse Practitioner, 1998

                      Villanova University, Villanova, PA , 1979

 Professional Societies:

American Society for Reproductive Medicine

            Society for Reproductive Nurses

            Association of Women’s health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)

            National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH)