Erin J Bagshaw, NP, Founder
Erin J. Bagshaw completed her undergraduate degree, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at George Mason University in 1994. She then went on to complete her Nurse Practitioner/MSN program at George Washington University School of Medicine/George Mason University, graduating with honors in 1997.
Ms. Bagshaw has worked in the settings of Internal Medicine/Primary Care and Occupational Health since graduating. In 2001, she was hired to run a Nurse Practitioner primary care practice for a company on the New York Stock Exchange. Concurrently she won and operated a contract for the Occupational Health Department at George Washington University Hospital, in that year the department was awarded special commendation by the DC Department of Health. She has served as a consultant to other hospitals and has written the protocols for these departments on blood borne exposures, latent tuberculosis, work place injuries and immunization practices.
After working in these various department capacities, Ms. Bagshaw saw an opportunity for her vision of a medical practice and the way she thought care ought to be performed. A diagnosis is 90% history, but most practices did not have a model that gave the patient time to be heard, questions to be asked, and treatment to be completed within the framework of not only the standard of care, but with the partnership with the actual patient. Ms. Bagshaw opened the first independent Nurse Practitioner practice in Washington, DC, Northwest Nurse Practitioner Associates, Inc. on April 21, 2004. She was the first independent Nurse Practitioner to be granted hospital privileges at Sibley Memorial Hospital in 2007 and is an active member of the medical staff.
She has served as both President and Past President of the Nurse Practitioner Association of DC and served on the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Committee for the DC Board of Nursing. She won the State Award for Excellence in 2007 for "Excellence of Care and Outstanding Contribution to Practice" from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Ms. Bagshaw holds a certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine and is also a certified medical legal consultant and has served as an expert witness to regional law firms. She has also volunteered at Arlington Free Clinic and sits on the Board of the Duffy House, a non-profit organization that provides long term care and support for women and children of domestic abuse.
Ms. Bagshaw is a member of the Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American College of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioner Association of DC, International Society of Travel Medicine, Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society and Certified Legal Nurse Consultants.
Rebecca G. Reynolds, NP
Rebecca Reynolds, NP is a Family and Adult Nurse Practitioner with years of experience as an independent health care provider in the U.S. and abroad. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Valdosta State University, an Adult Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the College of Saint Catherine's and a MSN/ Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Catholic University, graduating with honors in 1997.
She began her career working for the Indian Health Service at remote sites in Nevada and the Dakotas. She joined the Department of State's medical program and served as the sole U.S. health care provider at American embassies in Cameroon, Honduras, Sri Lanka, and El Salvador. She has traveled to over 45 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central America, many of them while she was serving as the Deputy Director of the worldwide Foreign Service Health Practitioner Program. She has provided services to members of virtually every agency of U.S. Government which sends employees overseas.
Ms. Reynolds has worked in a variety of clinical settings from stand-alone clinics to large facilities. She has treated everything from the common cold to tropical diseases such as dengue fever and malaria. After seeing first hand many preventable diseases, she is a strong believer in preventive medicine.
She has received awards both from foreign governments and the U.S. Government, including the Department of State, which recognized her with the prestigious Secretary of State's Career Achievement Award. She has served on the boards of the Nurse Practitioner Association of DC and Rhode Island and coordinated training on malaria with the Rhode Island African Alliance.
Rebecca Reynolds, NP, joined our practice in 2010.