Kathleen "Katie" Medwar, FNP-BC (she/her)

  • Instructor of Pediatrics, Division of Neurology, School of Medicine

Biography

Kathleen “Katie” Medwar is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who has been practicing in neurology since 2015, and prior to that in primary and urgent care. She has taken care of people with a range of neurological issues and has special expertise in epilepsy. Katie's clinical interests include refractory epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, and complex epilepsy medication management. 

She thinks of medicine more as a calling than a job and is interested in healing as much as curing.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 2001, Cornell University
    • M.S., 2011, Master of Science in Nursing, Simmons College
  • Certifications

    • Board-certified, Family Nurse Practitioner

Memberships and associations:

  • American Epilepsy Society
  • Child Neurology Society
  • Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society

Areas of interest

  • Epilepsy

Publications