Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Comprehensive Cancer Centers provides world-class, compassionate care to all its patients. An important part of these efforts comes from identifying and hiring talented, dedicated and experienced providers and building a team to meet the needs of the community.
Comprehensive has a large team of physician assistants (PA-C) and nurse practitioners (NP) that support our physicians by offering follow up care and help managing treatment plans for patients. The team consist of two PA-C’s and thirteen NP’s spanning a variety of specialties:
- Katie Cupp, MSN, APRN, FNP-C: Katie is a nurse practitioner for the pulmonary division. She received her master’s in nursing from University of Alabama at Birmingham and has certifications in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
- Vida Kim, MSN, APRN, FNP-C: Vida is a nurse practitioner treating pulmonary disease at Lung Center of Nevada. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from Charles Drew University, Los Angeles, California.
- Lorraine Kossol, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC: Lorraine is a nurse practitioner at Lung Center of Nevada, a division of Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada. She received a Master of Science in nursing from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).
- Shelley S. Miles, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, AOCNP: Shelley is a nurse practitioner at Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada where she provides oncology care to patients. She received her master’s in nursing as a family nurse practitioner from University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- Shannon Southwick, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, OCN: Shannon is a nurse practitioner for medical oncology. She provides oncology care and follow up care to patients as well as teaches an introduction to chemotherapy class to all new patients. She received her bachelor’s in nursing and master’s in nursing from University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Their regular interaction with patients helps build and maintain integrated care plans that work in collaboration with oncologists and pulmonologists as well as each patient’s referring physician.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers Can Help
Comprehensive, an affiliate of The US Oncology Network, offers state-of-the-art technologies, latest advancements in cancer treatment and groundbreaking clinical research trails. The practice participates in more than 170 Phase I, Phase II and Phase III clinical research studies each year and has played a role in developing more than 70 FDA-approved cancer therapies. For more information on news and information about the practice, follow Comprehensive Cancer Centers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
To schedule an appointment with the team at Comprehensive, please call 702-952-3350. For more information about our team of advanced practice providers, visit our website.
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