Meet Our Team

We are a collaborative practice of specialists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.

Practice Nurse Practitioners/ Physician Assistant IBD NPs

Mary Kate Lapinel, NP

Pancreatic/Biliary/Inpatient/Outpatient NPs

Kristen McFaddenKristen McFadden, NP






Stephanie M. DohertyStephanie M, Doherty, AGNP-BC





Priyanca WaghmaraePriyanca Waghmarae, PA






Brenda Smith, NP

General GI NP

Margaret SherwoodMargaret Sherwood, NP





Liver NPs

Chantelle MarshallChantelle Marshall, AGNP-BC





Abigail ScherrerAbigail Scherrer, PA






Judy BloomJudy Bloom, NP





Meaghan Birch

Meaghan Birch, PA






Motility NPs

Samantha CalabreseSamantha Calabrese, AGNP-BC




Kristina SkarbinskiKristina Skarbinski, NP




Andrea ThurlerAndrea Thurler, DNP, FNP-BC
Nursing/APP Director


Practice Nurses

General GI RNs

Sarah ThibeaultSarah Thibeault, RN




Erica Begin, RN
Cori Dimartino, RN
Ruth Leung, RN

IBD Triage RNs

Melissa CohenMelissa Cohen, RN






Christina ThamChristina Tham, RN




Interventional RN

Karen Esty, RN


Liver RN

Sarah SmalleySarah Smalley, RN





Erin PrattErin Pratt, RN



Motility Triage RNs

Maria GrifoneMaria (Spinazzola) Grifone, MSN, RN
Nursing/APP Manager




Nicole MaineyNicole Mainey, RN





Erika AguilarErika Aguilar, RN





Barb Brien, RN
Motility Lab Leader