2024 CME Conference Speaker Bios

Nancy R. Berman specializes in women’s healthcare at Michigan Healthcare Professionals in Farmington Hills, Michigan. She has been a nurse practitioner since 1978 and holds certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and a NAMS Menopause Practitioner. Her BSN is from the University of Michigan, and her MSN is from Wayne State University.

She has been a nurse colposcopist and expert in HPV and lower genital tract disease for over 35 years. Nancy served on the board of the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP) from 2010 through 2016 and as a Course Director of the ASCCP Comprehensive Colposcopy Course for a two-year term from 2017 to 2019. In addition, she served on the Michigan Cervical Cancer Consortium and the Governor’s Task Force on Cervical Cancer. She currently represents Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health (NPWH) as a member of the ASCCP Committee for the Enduring Guidelines for the Management of Abnormal Cervical Cancer Screening Tests and Cancer Precursors.

Nancy is the author of numerous publications in journals, including Advance for Nurse Practitioners, The Nurse Practitioner and Women’s Healthcare, and A Clinical Journal for NPs. In addition, she has written numerous educational programs and participated in podcasts and webinars for continuing education for organizations, including NPWH, AANP, Healthy Women, and PER. She has authored book chapters in Advanced Assessment of Women, Clinical Guidelines in Primary Care, and the Atlas of Primary Care Procedures. Her expertise to NPs, PAs, and physicians with presentations on HPV, cervical cancer prevention, HPV vaccine, vulvar and vaginal disease, colposcopy, menopause, and osteoporosis at over two hundred national continuing education conferences. She has participated in resident education and has been invited as a guest speaker for the hospital Grand Rounds. She was inducted as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in 2015.

Aleece Fosnight is a board-certified physician assistant specializing in sexual medicine, women’s health, and urology. She earned her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Kentucky in 2011 and completed a postgraduate certificate in sexual
health counseling and education from the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program in 2014. She is currently a certified sex counselor, sexuality educator, and sex counselor supervisor through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and
Therapists (AASECT). Fosnight is also a North American Menopause Society certified menopause practitioner and ISSWSH Fellow.

Fosnight is an LGBTQIA+, BDSM/kink-aware, and trauma-informed healthcare professional. Her clinical expertise includes pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, pelvic pain, decreased sexual desire, interstitial cystitis, menopause transition,
pregnancy/postpartum sexuality, female sexual health, gender-affirming medicine, low testosterone, and erectile difficulties including erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, and delayed ejaculation.

Fosnight is a past president for the Association of PAs in OBGYN (APAOG) and serves on many local, state, and national professional organization committees. She has published and contributed to several medical journals, including ones in the Journal of American Academy of
Physician Assistants and the PA Clinics Journal, Special Topic: Women’s Health. Fosnight regularly lectures for state, regional and national audiences, guest lectures at Wake Forest and the University of Kentucky PA programs and is adjunct faculty at Brevard College teaching
human sexuality.

Fosnight was the recipient of the 2022 and 2019 Point of Care Network Top 10 PA Award for her contributions to the field of sexuality, urology, and women’s health. In June 2020, Fosnight opened her own private practice, the Fosnight Center for Sexual Health in Asheville, NC, a multidisciplinary medical center. Fosnight is also the founder of the Fosnight Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the education and training of professionals in the sexual health field and providing funding for access to healthcare services in her local community.

Chris has been board-certified as an adult nurse practitioner since 1999. He has also gone on to earn his Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner Certification (ONP-C). His specialty has been in the adult orthopedic spine for the last 23 years. Chris has spent over 12 years moonlighting in the emergency department near his hometown in the St. Louis area. He is on the executive board of the Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners (AMNP). He has also published in JNP, Orthopedic Nursing, & the International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation. Over the years, Chris has also presented numerous webinars for various organizations in his field of expertise.

Dr. Hemmer started teaching as an adjunct for Saint Louis University in 2007. In 2013, Christopher accepted a full-time position with the nursing school as an assistant professor for graduate students. He has since been promoted to full-tenure Associate Professor at Saint Louis University School of Nursing. Chris frequently presents orthopedic and radiologic talks on the local, state, and national levels.

Certifications/ Organizations: Dr. Hemmer is board-certified by ANCC as an adult nurse practitioner. Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Member of North American Spine Society. Member Saint Louis Spine Society. Valentine Award Recipient for excellence in teaching. Shirley A. Martin Distinguished Nurse Award. The Association of Missouri Nurse Practitioners Excellence in APN leadership award. AANP State Award for Excellence in MO.

Education:
DNP, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
MSN, Adult Nurse Practitioner, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO
BSN, Southeast Missouri State, Cape Girardeau, MO

Volunteer:
Missouri Disaster Medical Assistance Team (Mo DMAT)
Oral presentation for Deaconess Faith Community Nurses, St. Louis, MO

Gina Mangin has been a passionate and dedicated PA for 24 years, having graduated from East Carolina Physician Studies in 1999. Her career has included practicing gastroenterology and neurosurgery, though she has found her true home in dermatology for the past 15 years. During this time, she has served in various leadership roles for the Florida Society of Dermatology PAs and The Society of Dermatology PAs, including the role of President. In addition to her clinical work, Gina has been an educator, taking on PA students as preceptees and acting as a speaker for pharmaceutical companies and at educational conferences. She currently works at Sand Lake Dermatology in Orlando, Florida, where she has been for the past 10 years. When not working, Gina enjoys traveling to sunny places with her husband and two daughters, always applying sunscreen first!

Kristin practices dermatology in Denver, CO. She graduated from the University of Florida – College of Medicine in 2008 and earned her Masters in Physician Assistant Studies. She earned her B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Physiology from the University of Minnesota. Kristin spent seven years practicing as a Hospitalist PA before switching to dermatology in 2015. She is both a preceptor and guest faculty member at the University of Colorado PA program and a pharmaceutical speaker.

Kristin is an SDPA Director at Large and was voted SDPA Committee Member of the Year in 2020 and Board Member of the Year in 2022. She was co-host of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) Huddle, “Ask Me: Dermatology” in 2022, and the AAPAs “PA Like a Pro” dermatology edition in 2023. Kristin is also a Director at Large for the Colorado Dermatology PAs (CDPA) and previously served as a Director at Large for the Florida Society of Dermatology PAs (FSDPA) and Trustee at Large for the Dermatology PA Foundation (DPAF). She is an SDPA Diplomate.

Kristin lives an active lifestyle and can often be found hiking, skiing, or exploring Colorado.

Dr. Laurel Short is a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner with Kansas City Bone & Joint Clinic in Overland Park, Kansas. She earned her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Luther College and a master’s degree in Nursing from the University of Kansas. She completed her Doctor of Nursing degree at the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis on self-management for chronic migraine. Self-management for chronic conditions has been a focus for Dr. Short throughout my nursing career, and she often says that a major treatment goal is to “put patient’s back in the driver’s seat of your life.”

Dr. Short is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and an active leader with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Her clinical practice includes comprehensive musculoskeletal and neurologic rehabilitation medicine.

She is passionate about working with rehabilitation patients to maximize their function and wellness. Outside of the office, you’ll find her training for endurance events, cooking, and chasing her two young kiddos.