Nancy Tamarisk graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles with a B.A. in Psychology. She later attained a B.S.N. from the University of California, San Francisco. Nancy worked in the Bay Area as a critical care nurse before returning to graduate school to earn a M.S.N. from Yale University as a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist. Queen of the Valley Hospital hired her as its first Critical Care Clinical Specialist. She developed the hospital's first comprehensive critical care training program for nurses, and was on the start-up team that introduced the cardiac surgery program. Returning to school yet again, she completed the Sonoma State University Family Nurse Practitioner program. She has worked as a Nurse Practitioner at Napa Valley Nephrology and Internal Medicine since 1997. She is married with one son. Her interests include hiking, cross-country skiing, gardening and kayaking. Nancy is board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and she has a special interest in women's health and cardiovascular medicine.
Professional Affiliations
California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners
American College of Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau
Napa Advanced Practice Clinicians' Network
Past President of Napa Chapter, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Janice Ankenmann, F.N.P.
Janice Ankenmann has been a Registered Nurse since 1977, graduating from Indian River Community College and the University of Florida. She moved to Los Angeles and worked as a nurse and nurse manager in the Medical/Respiratory ICU at Cedars Sinai Medical Center for ten years. She then continued her education and obtained a B.S. in nursing from the University of California San Francisco, her Masters in Health Care Administration at St. Mary's College in Moraga and her M.S.N. and F.N.P. at the University of Phoenix in Sacramento (2002). She has worked at Napa Valley Nephrology and Internal Medicine, part-time, since 2002. In addition, she continues to work part-time in the ICU at Queen of the Valley Hospital where she was the ICU Nursing Director for five years. She is also the program director and part-time professor of the LVN program at Napa Valley College. Janice is married with interests that include gardening, cooking, decorating and spending time with family and friends. Janice is board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and maintains her Critical Care Certification and California Teaching Certification.
Professional Affiliations
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Sigma Theta Tau
Napa Advanced Practice Clinicians Network
American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Ron Tamarisk, M.S.N., N.P.
Ron Tamarisk graduated from Occidental College with an A.B. in history. He attended Yale University School of Nursing and earned a Masters degree in 1987. He received a three-year appointment to the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine as a lecturer in the Medicine and Physician Assistant programs. He returned to California and worked for Kaiser Permanente specializing in adult medicine and for Queen of the Valley Hospital and Sutter Health specializing in occupation medicine. In 2002 he started working for Napa Valley Nephrology and Internal Medicine as a Nurse Practitioner.
He is active in the California Association of Nurse Practitioners as an elected member of the State Board of Directors and as a Northbay regional organizer. He has also served several terms as a board member and President of the Napa Solano Health Project. He is married and his interests include Web site design, Nordic skiing, kayaking, hiking, and community service through membership in the North Bay Unity League.
