PACT Advanced Practice Providers

Personalized, patient-centered care in a variety of settings

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PACT Primary Care Advanced Practice Partners

In Connecticut, advanced practice providers hold state licensure as advanced practice registered nurses or are nationally certified as nurse practitioners, and certified physician assistants. They undergo comprehensive education and training to diagnose and manage acute illnesses and chronic conditions. They are authorized to provide independent medical care and typically work in various settings including ambulatory, acute, and long-term care, serving as primary or specialized healthcare providers.

PACT Primary Care, a Hartford Healthcare partner, boasts over 50 advanced practice providers with expertise in caring for patients across various settings, including medical offices, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and home care settings. These skilled professionals work closely with physicians to ensure seamless transitions of care, enhancing continuity and reducing medical expenses while minimizing hospital readmissions. Emphasizing a patient-centered approach, they prioritize quality of life for patients in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities across Connecticut.

PACT Primary Care’s advanced practice provider-physician team provides the following medical services :

  • Wound care
  • Medication management
  • Face-to-face visits for home care services to be initiated or renewed
  • Sick visits to treat the patient in his or her home
  • Management of chronic health conditions
  • Evaluation of condition stability and goals of care
  • Palliative care evaluation
  • Patient-centered discussion regarding advanced directives
  • Home safety assessments
  • Evaluation of acute changes in condition
  • The transition of care between home, hospital, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and medical office settings
  • Annual physicals
  • Patient and family education

PACT Primary Care advanced practice providers-physician team can provide patients with the face-to-face medical attention needed for quality medical care, including chronic issues and urgent care, in the following settings:

In the medical office setting, PACT Primary Care’s advanced practice providers provide high-quality, patient-centered care by managing acute and chronic medical conditions and focusing on the patient as a whole person. The advanced practice provider works with the primary care physician to manage the patient’s state of health and coordinates care to create a resource for the patient to refer back to as they transition through care.

In skilled nursing facilities, advanced practice providers manage acute and chronic illness in collaboration with the healthcare team. The advanced clinical assessment and intervention provided by the advanced practice provider for sub-acute rehabilitation patients helps shorten the length of stay for these patients. Long-term patients benefit from individualized health assessments focused on maintaining daily living activities and quality of life. In addition, wound care certified advanced practice providers conduct wound rounds with a holistic approach. Advanced practice providers provide education to patients, families and staff on end-stage disease process and expected outcomes at end of life. Advanced practice providers play an extensive role in helping patients, their families and facility staff through transitions with palliative care services.

Patients residing in assisted living facilities are at higher risk for frailty, weakness and having limited mobility, making these adults more vulnerable to falls, chronic disease and disability. The role of the advanced practice provider in the assisted living facility setting is to assist patients to maintain wellness, screen for risk factors that would indicate risk of decline and intervene to maintain patients at their highest level of functioning to maintain them in the assisted living facility setting as long as possible.

Advanced practice providers help patients who are homebound and extend the Patient-Centered Medical Home model of care to the community. (This model is a formalized approach to organizing primary care that emphasizes care coordination and communication to transform primary care into what patients want and need.) And while these advanced practice providers frequently work with PACT Primary Care’s physicians to provide continuity of care, they can also collaborate with other physicians around Connecticut.

PACT Primary Care’s advanced practice providers are trained on the physiology of wound healing, factors that inhibit or enhance wound healing, wound assessment, measuring, prevention and etiology (determining the cause of a condition). These advanced practice providers can also manage pressure, vascular, arterial and diabetic ulcers and are trained in management, selection and utilization of topical therapy. Advanced practice providers can also educate patients and family members on wound care and utilizing standards of care.

PACT Primary Care’s full-time APP's are:

  • Donna Montesi, DNP, APRN, FAANP – Executive Director
  • Rebecca Herter, APRN – Clinical Manager
  • Alison LoRusso, APRN – Clinical Manager
  • Holly Penkacik, DNP, APRN – Clinical Manager: Primary Care at Home
  • Kate Baron, APRN
  • David Booth, APRN
  • Marian Campbell-Gethers, PA
  • Nicole Colline, APRN
  • Melissa Dest, APRN
  • Jaqueline Gilbert, APRN
  • Erin Hillis, PA
  • Yongmei Jin, APRN
  • Jennifer Lessig, APRN
  • Lisa Magistro, APRN
  • Peter Ouellette, APRN
  • Liz Russo, APRN
  • Stephanie Smerglinolo, APRN
  • Deborah VanDerMaelen, APRN
  • Lindsey Bertholet, APRN
  • Michelle Brassington, APRN
  • Anne Cicale, APRN
  • Danielle Cooper, APRN
  • Liza Ferrante, APRN
  • Xiuling Guo, APRN
  • Daniel Huntley, APRN
  • Minori Korn, APRN
  • Darby Long, APRN
  • Kyle McCormick, APRN
  • Jennifer Ruby, APRN
  • Brooke Samuelson, APRN
  • Aleshia Stahl, APRN
  • Wentao Yang, APRN

PACT Primary Care’s part-time APP's are:

  • Stephanie Borjas, APRN
  • Miguel Flores, APRN
  • Maria Anna Go, DNP, APRN
  • Laura Lavin, APRN
  • Karen Conners, APRN
  • Melissa Francis, APRN
  • Erin Landisio, APRN
  • Sanjini Roy, APRN

PACT Primary Care’s per diem APP's are:

  • Meredith Edwards, APRN

PACT Primary Care’s home visit APP's are:

  • Melissa Dest, APRN
  • Melissa Francis, APRN
  • Laura Lavin, APRN
  • Holly Penkacik, DNP, APRN
  • Miguel Flores, APRN
  • Jacqueline Gilbert, APRN
  • Jennifer Lessig, APRN

For more information on PACT Primary Care’s nurse practitioner services, contact Donna Montesi via E-mail: dmontesi@pactmd.com or call 203-932-6481 ext. 161.

Primary Care Offices in Your Neighborhood

Cheshire, CT

PACT Primary Care – Cheshire

150 Cook Hill Road
Cheshire, CT 06410

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Milford, CT

PACT Primary Care – Milford

1622 Boston Post Road
Milford, CT 06460

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Guilford, CT

PACT Primary Care – Guilford

350 Goose Lane
Suite 203B
Guilford, CT 06437

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Wallingford, CT

PACT Primary Care – Wallingford

74 Cheshire Road
Wallingford, CT 06492

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New Haven, CT

PACT Primary Care – New Haven

1453 Whalley Avenue
New Haven, CT 06515

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West Haven, CT

PACT Primary Care – West Haven

1 Cellini Place
Suite 102
West Haven, CT 06516

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Routine physical examinations and wellness services
  • Immunization services
  • Elderly care encompassing general health and chronic condition management
  • Treatment and rehabilitation for sports-related injuries
  • Comprehensive women’s health services, including routine gynecological care, prenatal care, childbirth, and menopausal symptom management
  • Management of common ailments such as colds, sore throats, fevers, and influenza
  • First aid for minor injuries like cuts, sprains, strains, and insect bites
  • Preventive and diagnostic screenings such as cholesterol checks, breast examinations, and prostate screenings
  • Diabetes care and maintenance
  • Management of chronic diseases like hypertension and arthritis
  • Minor surgical procedures including suturing, biopsies, and excision of moles and skin lesions
  • Psychological support services including individual, couples, and family therapy

We offer online appointment requests for new patients. We ask that new or existing patients request an appointment through the MyChartPLUS app or the website. Patients may also call the office to make an appointment. For a listing of our offices, please click here.

To better serve our existing patients, we have extended our services to offer TeleHealth appointments. Virtual, TeleHealth appointments are done from the comfort and safety of your own home using your personal device’s camera/video function. Availability is dependent on your insurance plan.

Schedule an in-person or virtual TeleHealth appointment by calling your doctor’s office today.

As one of the largest independent physician groups in Connecticut, it is our goal to make primary care highly accessible to our community. We have primary care doctors near you who accept new patients, some with same-day appointments available.

Switching doctors is a pivotal healthcare decision. To make the transition as easy as possible, read these tips. Before switching providers, we recommend checking that your new provider accepts your health insurance.

Please check with your provider’s office to confirm coverage under any plan.

  • Aetna
  • Anthem BCBS
  • CHN PPO
  • Cigna
  • ConnectiCare
  • Coventry
  • Harvard Pilgrim
  • Medicaid**
  • Medicare
  • MultiPlan
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Three Rivers Provider Network***
  • TRICARE / Health Net
  • UnitedHealthcare / Oxford
  • WellCare
  • U.S. Department of Labor

***not accepted by PACT Primary Care Hamden office.

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