Elisabeth is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner who provides health care to all ages.
She received her BA in English from UNH in 1981 and her RN in 1985. Prior to receiving her Family Nurse Practitioner and Master’s degrees from the University of Southern Maine in 1997, she spent thirteen years as a RNC at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Labor and Delivery and Pediatrics.
While at Frisbie Hospital, Elisabeth helped to design and implement the outreach education program which entailed childbirth, infant care, sibling and breast feeding classes. She became a certified instructor of Neonatal Resuscitation and Perinatal Continuing Education. In 1990, she became certified in Infant Massage and brought this practice to the Seacoast. She has worked with many infants, especially those with colic.
In November 1999, she became a certified Herbalist after completing a program led by Rosemary Gladstar and Donna Bryant. She is the founder and owner of Pear Tree Herbals. Her products: Silky C Salve, Sweet Dream Cream, Lavender Mist and more can be found at Whole Life Health Care.
Elisabeth is also a Metagenics certified First Line Therapy healthcare practitioner.
She is a founding member of both the Seacoast Waldorf Association and healthcareGIVES, and helps to support many non-profits in the Seacoast Area.
Elisabeth has three children, Marta, Eli and Duncan. She enjoys any outdoor sport, the arts, watercolor paining, hiking and traveling.