Provider Profile
Title(s)
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at the Mass General Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital
Department + Services
Medical Oncology
Programs + Specialties
Geriatric Oncology
Palliative Care
Hematological Malignancies
Stem Cell Transplant
Training + Education
MSN: Adult Primary Care Geriatric Nurse Practitioner | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY
BS: Nursing | Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY
BS: Biochemistry | University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Board Certifications
Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner ANCC Certification
Registered Nurse, Massachusetts
Adult Nurse Practitioner License, Massachusetts
Controlled Substance Registration For Practitioner
Advanced Oncology Nurse Practitioner
Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Certification
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers from American Heart Association
My Philosophy
My role as a nurse practitioner in the cancer center is to work with a multidisciplinary team to offer compassionate and holistic care, listen to your story, and provide education and guidance for you and your family throughout your oncology course.
Biography
Lauren felt a strong pull to work in the oncology setting since her grandmother’s ovarian cancer diagnosis. Overwhelmed with questions, she first decided to pursue the research path to find answers. However, it was ultimately the compassionate care her grandmother received from her nurses and providers from diagnosis to her end-of-life that inspired her to pursue a path in nursing, and seeing the difference that nurses and providers could make in patients’ and caregivers’ lives made her want to be a part of that difference for others. She enjoys working with a multidisciplinary team to navigate patients and their families through their cancer diagnosis, treatment, and bumps along the road, and hopes to provide calm and peace for patients and their families in the chaos of the oncology world.
Lauren loves western Mass for its beautiful outdoors, the seasons, the proximity to larger cities like Boston and NYC. She enjoys hiking with her dog, DIY house projects, thrift store shopping, good cheese, and getting lost in a good book.
In the words of Douglas Adams, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”