Redding Area Physician Associate and Nurse Practitioner Alliance

Kelli J. Giovaniello, DNP, ANP-BC is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner who earned her M.S. from Stony Brook University in NY and her Doctorate at Chamberlain University. She has served the veterans at the VA since 1997, working in several specialties as well as primary care.

Katherine L. Fowler, MSN, NP-BC is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner who earned her M.S. from Walden University in Minnesota. She worked as a critical care bed nurse for 13 years prior to becoming Nurse Practitioner. She is currently serving the community specializing in Nephrology at Shasta Critical Care.

Lena Jesrani, DNP, FNP-BC earned her Doctorate at Samuel Merritt University and her master’s at Western University of Health Sciences. She is also a graduate of UC Davis. She has been practicing in primary care for 15 years. In addition, she has instructed FNP students in both clinical and classroom settings.

Lynn Holmquist PA-C is a Board-Certified Physician Assistant/Associate. She graduated from the UC Davis Family Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Program in 2006. She practiced in Urgent Care and Family Practice for the first 6 years after graduation. She has since practiced Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine with Shasta Critical Care Specialists. She is an avid competitive triathlete, wife, mother of three, and grandmother of five.

Paula Amacker MSN FNP-BC, AOCNP is a board-certified  Family Nurse Practitioner and Oncology Nurse Practitioner. She earned her MSN at the University of Southern Indiana. She has served the Redding community since 2008 in Hospital Medicine and Oncology, currently at Mercy Medical Center Oncology.

Summer L. Ross, PA-C, CDCES is an NCCPA board-certified Physician Associate (Assistant) and received her PA credential from the University of California Davis, School of Medicine, FNP/PA program.

She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Health Science Community Health
Education/Public Health from California State University Chico. She also studied Spanish at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. She is also a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES). She specializes in Primary Care and Diabetes. She has worked for the Redding Rancheria at Churn Creek Health Care since 2015.

Jessica Kandybe, NP-C.  “I have been serving Shasta County as an RN since 2012 earning my Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Shasta College. I have continued my education and earned my MSN from Chamberlain University. My specialty includes Acute Care Medicine and Cardiology. I am excited to serve on the RAPANPA board as the education coordinator and am passionate about advocating for NP practice.”

Kathleen Chesney, RN, PA-C

I attended school in Reno, NV initially for my LVN, then RN. I then moved to California and returned to school, graduating from the first class of Simpson University with my Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Human Resources. I worked as an RN in telemetry and critical care, then returned to school at the University of Davis, California and obtained my Physician Associate in 2011. I have been working locally in Redding CA in Critical Care, Orthopedics, and Wound Care.