Student Health Services Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants

APNs and PAs are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine in collaboration with physicians. They take health histories and provide complete physical examinations; diagnose and treat many common acute and chronic problems; interpret lab results and X-rays; prescribe and manage medication and other therapies; provide health teaching and supportive counseling with an emphasis on prevention of illness and health maintenance; and refer patients to other health professionals as needed.

Diane L. Waters, APN

Parkland College, Champaign, IL - A.D.N., 1983
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL - B.A., 1991
University of Illinois, Chicago, IL - M.S., 1997
Board Certified, Family Nurse Practitioner

Tina M. Barber, APN

MacMurray College, Jacksonville, IL - B.S.N., 1992
Illinois State University, MCN, Normal, IL - M.S.N., 2000
Board Certified, Family Nurse Practitioner

Donna Brenenstall, APN

Methodist Hospital School of Nursing, Peoria, IL - R.N., 1973
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI - OB-GYN NP, 1986
Board Certified, Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

JoHannah Isaia, PA-C

Illinois State University, Normal, IL - B.S. in C.L.S., 1997
Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL - B.S. in P.A.S., 2003
Board Certified, Physician Assistant

Mary Ann Liner, APN

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - B.S.N., 1977
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - M.S., 1981
Board Certified, Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Colposcopist, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center - 2002

Elizabeth Moore, PA-C

University of Iowa, Physician Assistant Program - BS, 1981
University of Nebraska - MPAS, 2003
Board Certified, Physician Assistant

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