Cestodio, Kristen M NP

Melanie Araujo-Sampaio is an Adult Nurse Practitioner in the Family Medicine practice of Dr. Manuela Mendes. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts--Dartmouth School of Nursing where she earned both her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Nursing.Ms. Araujo-Sampaio is a native of southeastern Massachusetts and was a nurse at St. Anne's Hospital before joining Prima CARE as a Nurse Practitioner in 2007. She is a skilled clinician with a specific interest in patient and family education and in the management of acute and chronic medical conditions.She is fluent in Portuguese.

Maria Constance Reis is an experienced Nurse Practitioner who has delivered care in various medical settings in the Fall River community prior to joining the Family Medicine practices at Prima CARE. Ms. Reis is a native of Fall River, earning her Bachelor's Degree in nursing from Salve Regina University in Newport and her Master's Degree in Nursing as an Adult Nurse Practitioner from UMass-Dartmouth. She has provided both primary and specialty care and is experienced in Emergency Medicine and Occupational Health. Ms. Reis has been an devoted instructor throughout her career, in roles ranging from a hospital Educational Resource Coordinator, to an instructor of drug awareness and CPR in local schools and colleges, to the Girl Scouts, Paramedic training, and as a Clinical Faculty Preceptor in the Nurse Practitioner Program at UMass