CAPNA Practitioners

Primary Care Providers

Karen Desjardins, DNP, ANP, GNP

Dr. Desjardins is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing and Director of the Combined BS/MS Nursing Program at Columbia University School of Nursing. She holds a BS in Nursing from the Medical College of Georgia, and an MS, MPH and a DNP from Columbia University School of Nursing. She is certified in Geriatric Health by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and in Adult Health by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). Dr. Desjardins research and practice interests include chronic care in the elderly, travel medicine and informatics-based nursing education.

Melissa Kramps, MS, ANP, GNP

Melissa Kramps is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing and Director of the Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Program at Columbia University School of Nursing. She holds a BS in Nursing from Fairfield University and a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Nursing. She is certified in Adult Health by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) and in Geriatric Health by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Ms. Kramps practice interests include the interdisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of the aging population and travel medicine. Mary-Jane

Mary-Jane McEneaney, MS, WHNP

Ms. McEneaney is a board certified Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner, certified menopause provider, and director of the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner program at Columbia University. A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities, she is currently a doctoral candidate at Columbia University School of Nursing. Ms. McEneaney’s services include health promotion and preventive care for women, routine gynecological care, family planning, contraception, hormonal issues assessment, and peri and post-menopausal care. Ms. McEneaney serves as the vice-president of Women's Health Resources, Inc., a professional development organization for providers of women's health care.

Caroline Sullivan, MS, ANP

Caroline Sullivan is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. She received a BS from Boston College School of Nursing, an MBA from Suffolk University and an MS from the University of Connecticut School of Nursing.  She is certified in Adult Health by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Ms Sullivan’s practice interests include occupational health, travel medicine and women’s health.

Kristine Takamiya, DNP, ANP

Dr. Takamiya is Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing at Columbia University School of Nursing. She received a BS in Nursing from the University of Rochester and an MS and DNP from Columbia University School of Nursing. She is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in Adult Health. Ms. Takamiya’s research interests include nutrition, occupational health and infectious diseases.

CAPNA's Nurse Practitioners are listed as Primary Care Providers (PCPs) with most of the major healthcare insurers and are recognized Medicare providers. We are fully credentialed to provide adult primary care with the following managed care organizations:

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