Professional History

Board Certification

• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - National Certification Corporation
  

Professional Education

• MSN - Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
  Nashville, TN
  2017
  

Contact Information

Primary Location:

Childrens Minnesota Neonatal Medicine
345 N Smith AVE STE 70-505
St Paul, MN 55102
(651)220-6210

Personal Biography

Patra is a certified neonatal nurse practitioner at Children’s Minnesota. She has always been drawn to the care of infants as well as the medical field, so a career in the neonatal intensive care unit was a perfect fit. She grew up in southwestern Minnesota, spending her free time working at her parent’s pharmacy and gift store. She attended undergraduate college at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota, majoring in psychology and nursing. She earned her graduate degree as a neonatal nurse practitioner from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Areas of professional interest include optimizing neonatal nutrition and the medical management of extremely preterm neonates.