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Located in the bustling heart of New York NY dentist Kathryn B. Johnson offers comprehensive dental care with a focus on patient comfort and high-quality service. They provide a wide range of treatments from routine check-ups to advanced cosmetic procedures ensuring that each visit is tailored to meet individual needs. Known for their friendly staff and modern facilities they create a welcoming environment that prioritizes dental health and overall well-being. Generated from this place's information

Monica Velasco is certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Columbia University School of Nursing in New York, NY. Previously, she received her Master of Science in Nursing and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami, FL. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society and the Transplant Nurses Association. She earned many awards and honors during her clinical and academic career, including the Mary Dickey Lindsay ’45 Nursing Scholar, 2013 from Columbia University School of Nursing. She has co-authored numerous transplant publications and has served as an international guest speaker. She is considered an expert in the field of Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplant. Monica’s nursing experience spans over 25 years. She began her transplant career in 1998 at the University of Miami, where she worked for 13 years as the Program Manager for the Pediatric Liver and Intestinal Transplant Division and Senior Transplant Clinical Coordinator. During her time there, she helped grow the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Program into one of the top transplant centers in the world. In 2010, she was recruited by the Center of Liver Disease and Abdominal Transplantation at Columbia University Medical Center in New York. Currently, she is the Program Manager for the Intestinal and Ex-Vivo Transplant Division and is a Senior Transplant Clinical Coordinator. She has over two decades of clinical experience in pediatrics, taking care of complex liver and intestinal transplant patients. She has vast experience working with nutritionally challenged patients who require enteral and parenteral nutrition. She is a co-investigator on numerous research projects in the areas of liver and intestinal transplantation. She holds a Clinical Faculty Position at Columbia University School of Nursing, where she serves as an Assistant Professor of Nursing, Clinical Preceptor and Portfolio Advisor for their Doctorate Program. Fluent in Spanish Visit The Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation at columbiasurgery.org/liver

Ameeka George, MS, PNP, RN, BS is a board-certified pediatric nurse practitioner. She holds her Master’s degree from Columbia University School of Nursing. She specializes in treating pediatric patients with a variety of general orthopedic conditions, but she specializes in spine care. She diagnosis and treats children and adolescents with scoliosis and is trained in the conservative, non-operative management of these patients. Prior to joining the teams of Drs. Michael Vitale and Benjamin Roye, she worked in a fast-paced primary care clinic in the Bronx taking care of patients mostly from underserved communities. Even as she now specializes in orthopedics, her training and background have taught her to treat the entire patient and that each patient deserves access to quality medical care no matter their background. Ameeka is board certified through the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB).