Melissa Pitts has been a Nurse Practitioner since 2014 and an RN since 2008. She received her Bachelor of Science with an emphasis on Biology in 2005 from University of New Orleans. In 2008, Melissa received a BSN from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in New Orleans. Continuing her education in 2014, she received a Master of Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner) from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in New Orleans.

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Melissa was recognized as a Great 100 Nurse in LA. She has experience in various aspects of nursing to include Telemetry, Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit, and Ambulatory Surgery which are all RN positions. Her experience as an NP includes Primary Care, Interventional Pain Management and Hospice.

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Melissa has served as a mentor and preceptor to NP students and sat on an advisory board for Pernix Therapeutics in New Jersey.

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Born and raised in Slidell, Louisiana, Melissa currently lives in Pearl River, LA and is the mother of three amazing children ages 15, 10 and 8.

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Melissa enjoys learning new things and spending her free time with her boyfriend and children creating memories.