Kristen is a native Long Islander. She attended Adelphi University for her undergraduate, where she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2007. After graduating, she worked in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Stony Brook Medicine for eight years.  She subsequently enrolled in the Stony Brook University Masters of Nursing program, graduating in 2015 with a certificate in Adult Gerontology.  Kristen continued to work for Stony Brook Medicine as a Nurse Practitioner for the division of Trauma Surgery. She left Stony Brook to join the Pain Institute of Long Island in 2018.

Kristen has a passion for providing competent and compassionate care to her patients. She enjoys the challenge of pain medicine, as well as the interactions and relationships she develops with her patients.