Kerinna Silvestri has worked in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at UMass Memorial Medical Center since 2004. She graduated from Boston College School of Nursing in 1999, and she worked as a NICU nurse at both Yale-New Haven Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Kerinna earned her Master of Science (MS) at Northeastern University School of Nursing in 2004 and her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at the Case Western University School of Nursing in 2008.

Over the past 19 years at UMass Memorial, Kerinna spent the majority of her...

Chris Brooks has been a physician assistant for more than 20 years, with many of those years specializing in inpatient and outpatient neurology-based specialties. Chris is currently working in the outpatient epileptology clinic. Prior to becoming a PA, Chris served in the United States Navy for six years. Leading up to the pandemic, Chris started working on an MBA in Healthcare Management, which prompted him to continue schooling. He recently received a Doctor of Medical Science from the Physician Assistant Program at the University of...

Nick Marshall is the Service Line Coordinator for Cardiology, encompassing the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, Inpatient Services in the Step-Down Unit and general inpatient cardiology, as well as procedural cardiology (invasive and electrophysiology) in our cath lab. Before coming to UMass Memorial Nick gained experience in cardiothoracic surgery. He joined the Critical Care group at UMass Memorial in 2011, both in medical and surgical critical care. Since that time, he has been involved in numerous committees and groups within the system. Nick has also...

Eric Cucchi is the Operations Director of the eICU Support Center at UMass Memorial Medical Center. He began his career as the first graduate of the UMass Memorial Medical Center’s Physician Assistant Critical Care Residency Program and is the founding Director of the Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Residency in Critical Care Program at UMass Memorial. Since residency, he continues to work clinically in Critical Care at UMass Memorial and has been Chair in the AP Council since 2018. He has held several academic...

Prior to pursing her Master’s in physician assistant (PA) studies, Kayla Overly was a proud UMass Memorial Medical Center employee working as a Patient Care Technician in the Emergency Department from 2010 to 2011. Her love of high-level patient care and the community at the Medical Center were major influences in her return to the organization as a PA following school. She has been with the Medical Center since her rehire in 2018 and in 2021 was elected to the APC. In 2022 she launched the advanced practice...

After graduating from Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in 2011, Sarah Skinner joined the critical care advanced practice provider team as staff nurse practitioner (NP) in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Over the years, Sarah has taken on additional leadership responsibilities within critical care, including scheduling and education/onboarding of new staff and students. She moved into her Clinical Coordinator role in 2020 and has continued to support the critical care...

Lauren Fortier joined the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at UMass Memorial Medical Center’s Children’s Medical Center in 2014 and has been dedicated to the care of critically ill pediatric patients and the improvement of quality of care. As a pediatric nurse practitioner, she is actively involved in the direct care of patients, working closely with the medical team, as well as being a constant for patients and families. Shortly after joining the Pedi ICU team in 2014, she started to co-lead the Kid’s Comfort Promise Program...

Adam Katz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and health studies from Springfield College. He has a Doctor of Science and Master’s degree in physician assistant studies from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University. Adam has been working in critical care as an advanced practice provider (APP) since 2009 and in his administrative role since 2015.

He has achieved a fair amount over his short career, including completing a physician assistant critical care residency...