Suzanne S. Scharf, WHNP-Bc

Suzanne Scharf is a native Vermonter who grew up on a dairy farm in Saxtons River, where her family still lives.  She has been a part of the team at Affiliates since 1989 and considers providing health care to women of all ages a privilege and incredibly rewarding work.  Her particular areas of interest include contraception, adolescent health, prenatal care, sexually transmitted and gynecologic infections and menopause.

Suzanne spends her spare time traveling, cross country skiing, bicycling, and singing with the Bella Voce Women's Chorus and the VSO chorus.  She lives in South Burlington with her husband and enjoys being a stepmother and grandmother.

Board Certification

National Certification Corporation (NCC), 1999

Education

Ob/Gyn Nurse Practitioner Certificate, Planned Parenthood Federation of America/University of Pennsylvania, 1999

BS Professional Nursing, University of Vermont, 1986

BS Animal Science, University of Vermont, 1976

Additional Education

STD Clinical Intensive Course, Mass. General Hospital, 2006

Colposcopy training, American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, 2000

Certification Exam in Ambulatory Women's Health, 1990 (Recert in 1993, 1996)

Professional Experience

Ob/Gyn Nurse Practitioner, Affiliates in OB/GYN, Burlington, VT, 1999-present

Head Nurse, Affiliates in OB/GYN, Burlington, VT, 1990-1998

Staff Nurse, Labor & Delivery, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, Burlington, VT

      1988-1989

Staff Nurse, Gynecology/Oncology, Medical Center Hospital of Vermont,

      Burlington, VT, 1987-1988

Professional Memberships

Vermont Nurse Practitioner Association  (VTNPA) 

National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health (NPWH)

Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARPH)