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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY COLOWELL AMERICA
CHRISTINE E. LYNN COLLEGE OF NURSING

Dr. Johanna Alvarez Ortiz
Charlotte D. Barry, PhD
When you visit ColoWell America in
Dr. Charlotte Barry, professor, has made sustained and outstanding Tampa, FL you are greeted by a profes-
contributions to nursing as a result of her expertise in community sional and experienced team. ColoWell
nursing practice, education and research. She has been on the leading America proudly introduces Dr.
edge of developing community-based programs that focus on over- Johanna Alvarez Ortiz: a distinguished
coming barriers in the delivery of quality care to children and families bilingual medical graduate from
in the U.S. and globally. In Haiti, Dr. Barry is collaborating with other Venezuela, who is currently studying
scholars in developing community-based, culturally sensitive mental for her USMLE board exams.
health services; in Thailand, she is participating in the development of She is the Nurse and Office Manager
multidisciplinary participation programs for caring for patients with for this specialty colorectal and med-
diabetes mellitus; and in Uganda, she is helping promote policies that ical marijuana practice. While handling
focus on preventing the transmission of the ebola virus to nurses. The her roles, she has helped the clinic
positive outcomes of Dr. Barry’s community-based scholarship are grow from the ground up, bringing
transforming nursing practice through curricula change, community immersion and policy devel- sunshine to all of its patients with her
opment. uplifting and smiling personality. Contact Dr. Johanna for ques-
tions and appointments at ColoWell America - where hemorrhoid
treatment, anorectal and colorectal surgical procedures, as well as
Susan Bulfin, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC routine colonoscopies and endoscopies are performed.
Dr. Johanna also helps with medical marijuana recommendation
Dr. Susan Bulfin has been a Family Nurse Practitioner for over 37 inquiries and certification. ColoWell America patients love coming
years with recent positions as Director of the DNP Programs at Florida to see Dr. Johanna. She makes compassionate care simple and
Atlantic University and Mercer University. She actively explores com- accessible.
pelling issues around nurse practitioner education and has worked
with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing and National
Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties in planning programs to
promote excellence in didactic and clinical education. She attended
the National Human Genome Research Institute Genomics Short
Course and served as a guest lecturer on genomics for nurse practi-
tioners in Georgia. Through her work with the CDC and the Institute
for Health Care Improvement, she has advanced improvement science
as a guiding framework for nurse practitioners to enhance health outcomes. Her currently HRSA
funded programs are aimed at preparing nurse practitioners for employment in underserved set-
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