EASTON, MD:
S. Dale Greenhawk Jafari, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, a provider with UM Shore Medical Group – Women’s Health, has been inducted as a Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
This honor has been bestowed on less than one percent of the 355,000 nurse practitioners in the U.S. Jafari was one of 63 NPs to receive the honor this year.
The Fellows of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP) program was established in 2000 and is dedicated to the advancement of nurse practitioners, commonly referred to as NPs, and the high-quality health care they provide. Recognized as nurse practitioner leaders who have made outstanding contributions to education, policy, clinical practice and research in their field, AANP Fellows volunteer their expertise as reviewers, topical experts, committee members, journal contributors, mentors and more. This year’s induction ceremony was held at AANP’s conference in New Orleans, La.
“I’m grateful to every patient I’ve served in my 45-year career in health care,” said Jafari. “Each one contributed in some way to this honor. I also appreciate the mentoring I’ve received from outstanding Fellows and colleagues throughout my 25 years as a nurse practitioner.”
In 2008, Jafari joined UM SRH’s Wellness for Women program offered by the Breast Center, and has been a member of the UM SMG – Women’s Health team since 2013. She continues to serve her community, including by serving as Medical Director for the Talbot County Children’s Advocacy Center.
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~ University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
As part of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. UM Shore Regional Health’s team of more than 2,200 employees, medical staff, board members and volunteers works with various community partners to fulfill the organization’s mission of Creating Healthier Communities Together.
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.