FirstHealth and Pinehurst Medical Clinic (PMC) continue to expand access to cancer services with the addition of family nurse practitioner, Michelle Hunt.
Hunt previously worked at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, where she collaborated with medical oncologists to care for cancer patients actively receiving treatment. She is a licensed Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse Practitioner through the Oncology Nursing Society.
Hunt said she became interested in oncology while working in palliative care and hospice for six
Years.
“My experience working with cancer patients and their families led me to specialize in oncology
and hematology,” she said in a press release. “I appreciate the ability to bring my skills in communication, symptom management and care coordination to the oncology field while continuing to learn from these patients and providers.”
She earned her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Nursing from the Massachusetts
General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Massachusetts.
Hunt will care for patients alongside other PMC Medical Oncology and Hematology physicians
Laura Hanson, M.D.; Charles Kuzma, M.D.; Robert Pohlmeyer, M.D.; Saritha Ravella, M.D.;
Thomas Richard, M.D.; Matthew Scarlotta, M.D., and advanced practice providers Susan
Bazinet, R.N., FNP-C, MSN, OCN; Bobbi Clark, AGNP-C; Alicia Libby, P.A. and Sarah Pearce,
DNP, as well as, FirstHealth’s Medical Oncology and Hematology physician Jeffrey Klotz, M.D.
under one roof in the new FirstHealth Cancer Center.
To wrap up the first day, attendees were able to meet up for a social event at the Brad Halling American Whiskey Ko. in Southern Pines where a $10,000 check was presented to the Joint Special Operations Foundation for their scholarship fund. Photo pr
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