Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) recently announced the addition of two new nurse practitioners to its staff.
- Kristin Rutherford has joined MVHS Oneida Medical Office as a certified family nurse practitioner, where she will provide care to patients of all ages.Rutherford has more than 14 years of clinical experience in family medicine, hematology/oncology, surgical, trauma and critical care. Most recently, Rutherford was assistant medical director at Hamilton College in Clinton, where she provided clinical care to students as well as administrative protocols for the college’s health care center.Rutherford earned her Master of Science degree in family nurse practitioner from SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Utica College of Syracuse University in Utica.
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Melissa Schmidt Melissa Schmidt has joined Upstate Urology at MVHS as a certified family nurse practitioner and will provide care to patients of all ages.
Schmidt has more than 10 years of nursing experience at MVHS in inpatient post-operative care and vascular surgery.
Schmidt earned her Master of Science degree in family nurse practitioner from Utica College in Utica. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida.
