Provider Profile
Title(s)
Family Nurse Practitioner at Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Department + Services
Cooley Dickinson Medical Group Allergy, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Critical Care, Cooley Dickinson Hospital (ICU)
My Expertise
Hospital-based intensive care
Programs + Specialties
Pulmonology
Critical Care
Training + Education
Georgetown University | Washington, DC
Hartwick College | Oneonta, NY
Board Certifications
American Association for Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
American Association of Critical Care Nurses (CCRN)
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
My Philosophy
I believe in treating the person first and the disease second, in getting to know patients individually and then collaboratively developing a treatment plan that works best for their lives.
Biography
Kate Leflar graduated with her BSN from Hartwick College, in 2008. She worked as a nurse at MGH in the Neurologic ICU for several years before acquiring her MSN at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., in 2015. Prior to coming to Cooley Dickinson, Kate worked as a critical care nurse practitioner in the surgical ICU at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She has taught undergraduate nursing at the Mass General Institute for Health Professions, and at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In her free time, she enjoys being active outside, a strong cup of coffee and spending time with her husband and two children.