Alanna E. Kavanaugh

Natalia Zaika, APRN, provides comprehensive care for critical ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at Stamford Hospital. As an advanced practice registered nurse, she diagnoses and treats people with a wide range of life threatening conditions. Natalia Zaika earned a Master of Science in Nursing at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. She has been a registered nurse for 17 years and an advanced practice registered nurse for five years. She has been at Stamford Health since 2012. She initially worked in the Emergency Department and after becoming an APRN she moved to an outpatient cardiology at Stamford Health Medical Group. After the COVID-19 pandemic, she decided to pursue critical care and has been working in the ICU since December 2020. She is enjoying working with all ICU staff, residents, and APPS, most of whom have become her good friends. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her husband, two boys, and two French bulldogs, watching true crime documentaries, and cooking vegan foods.

Bethany Gleason graduated from New York University with a Master of Science in Nursing in May 2014 and began her nurse practitioner career in surgical intensive care at Yale New Haven. In 2017, Bethany joined Stamford Health to become the chief of advanced practice providers in critical care. She is an active member of the ICU committee, clinical informatics committee, and sepsis committee. Her recent interests include point-of-care ultrasound, treatment of alcohol withdrawal, and central line insertion education. She is also an active board member for the local chapter of the American Associations of Critical Care Nurses.

Dr. Roca did all his training at busy city hospitals such as Kings County in Brooklyn, Bellevue Hospital in NYC and Boston City Hospital. As a result, there are few diseases that he has not seen. He has expertise in a number of related fields such as allergy, immunology, pulmonary, critical care and sleep. His training in pediatric allergy and sleep medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital provides him with expertise in the management of pediatric patients. A PhD in neuropharmacology provides him with the ability to analyze the latest research. All together, his training enables him to approach medical problems from different perspectives. He has won numerous teaching awards and has been selected by his peers as an exemplary physician. Dr. Roca has also been named a “Top Doctor” multiple times by Castle Connolly, New York Magazine and Connecticut Magazine. Despite all this, he still feels his patients continue to teach him, and he considers caring for them a tremendous honor.