Tammy is a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. She is extremely passionate about helping people achieve optimal health and wellbeing and has dedicated her career to helping others find the balance their body deserves.

Tammy completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois and began her nursing career in 1995.  She worked as a registered nurse for nineteen years in the critical care environment, specialized in caring for pre and postoperative cardiovascular surgery patients, complex patients with multiple comorbidities including heart disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, renal failure, heart failure, dysrhythmias, cardiogenic shock, encephalopathies, and drug overdoses. Her diverse background includes serving and being a patient advocate in cardiovascular intensive care units, level 1 and 3 trauma hospitals, medical and surgical intensive care units, neurological intensive care units, heart and bone marrow transplant units, and burn units.

She completed her master’s degree in science of nursing at Grand Canyon University and became a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner in 2014.  For nearly a decade, Tammy worked in a leadership director role developing cardiovascular programs for hospital systems in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. She opened and managed heart valve clinics within two hospitals counseling patients on disease progression, diet, exercise or physical therapy, interpretation of test results, medications, treatment options, and how to manage their own care.  

She served as a volunteer on a medical mission with the Global Caring Foundation in Maceio, Brazil educating and helping the underprivileged with disease management and health maintenance.  She also volunteered as a practitioner in Ladakh, India, for the Twin Epidemic Medical Project in 2017, performing diabetic and cardiovascular risk screenings and providing education through translators about diet, exercise, health and wellness, and disease prevention. 

Tammy’s expertise in cardiovascular risk prevention and her desire to provide access to quality, holistic care led her to establish “Balanced Health Solutions”, allowing her to have a more significant impact by working directly with individuals, one on one. With 70% of the nation being overweight or obese, diabetes on the rise, an enormous amount of people with undiagnosed hypothyroidism, and suboptimal hormone management, her desire to support people who are dealing with these conditions became the forefront of the inspiration.  Tammy is passionate about helping others begin a lifelong journey toward achieving optimal health and wellbeing.