Bio
Denise initially obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). After doing financial analysis for several years, she went back to school to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from UTA. Upon graduation she started work at Baylor University Medical Center in the transplant/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) for almost ten years. While working in the ICU, she obtained a Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with a concentration in Adult Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Prior to joining Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates, she continued working with transplant patients in various clinical settings.
Denise loves to spend time with her family and friends. Hobbies including traveling, attending sporting events and volunteering at her children’s school.
Education
Undergraduate
- Place: University of Texas at Arlington
Year: 2005
Degree: B.S.
Major/ Program: Nursing
Distinction:Magna Cum Laude - Place: University of Texas at Arlington
Year: 2000
Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration
Major/ Program: Finance
Distinction:Summa Cum Laude
Additional Advanced Degrees
- Place: Texas Tech University Health Science Center
Year: 2015
Degree: M.S.
Major/ Program: Nursing
Licensure and Board Certification
- Basic Life Support
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support
- Critical Care Registered Nurse
Professional Memberships
- Fort Worth Region Nurse Practitioners
- North Texas Nurse Practitioners
- Texas Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Alpha Chi National Honor Society