Education
- Bachelor’s Degree – New Jersey City University
- Medical Degree – Rutgers University
- Board Certifications – Family Practice
Honors & Awards
- Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Hospital Affiliations
- Centrastate Medical Center
- Bayshore Medical Center
Other Appointments
- Emergency Room Nurse Practitioner, Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Research
- In 2018-2019 Stephanie wrote a doctoral dissertation on the impact that animal assisted therapy played on the moods’ of hospitalized patients. By using a pre-test post-test design, the participants were surveyed before and after a 7-10 minute visit with the therapy dog. After surveying 62 inpatient adults, 26 agreed to take part in this research. She found all 26 patients who participated had improvement in their moods after their visit. Patients had decreased anxiety and felt it was a positive distraction from their ailments. By conducting this research she was able to argue that improvement in patients’ mood and mental health would improve their outcomes. As a result, she was able to expand a facility’s Animal Assisted Therapy Program to different patient populations and increase the number of days the therapy dogs visited patients.
Fun Facts
In her free time, Stephanie loves spending time with her family. In addition, she enjoys doing her own home improvements and has become very handy as a carpenter.
Conditions & Diseases Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Achalasia
- Acid Reflux
- Anorectal Disease
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Bile Duct Blockages and Stones
- Celiac Disease
- Chronic Diarrhea
- Clostridioides Difficile
- Colon Cancer
- Colon Disease
- Colon Polyps
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis Management
- Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty Swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Diverticulosis/Diverticulitis
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophagitis and Stricture
- Fatty Liver
- Fecal Incontinence
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gallstones
- Gas
- Gastric Cancer
- Gastritis
- Gastrointestinal Malignancies
- Gastroparesis
- Genetic Colon Cancer Syndromes
- GERD
- H. Pylori and Peptic Ulcer
- Heartburn
- Helicobacter Pylori/Peptic Ulcer
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma
- Hernias (Abdominal, Groin, and Hiatal)
- High-Risk Colon Cancer Screening
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Including Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Jaundice
- Lactose Intolerance
- Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
- Liver Cirrhosis
- Liver Disease
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cysts
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Proctitis
- Rectal Bleeding
- Rectal Cancer
- Reflux Esophagitis/Stricture
- Silent Reflux
- Stomach Ulcers
- Swallowing Difficulty
- Ulcerative Colitis
