SwedishAmerican Welcomes New Advanced Practice Nurses

Brittany Pena and Mary Marshall

 SwedishAmerican is pleased to introduce its new Advanced Practice Nurses Brittany Pena and Mary Marshall.

Brittany has joined Dr. Arturo Manas at SwedishAmerican State Street OB/GYN, 1415 East State Street, Suite 800. Brittany will partner with Dr. Manas to expand his practice and provide enhanced obstetrics and gynecology care to women of all ages.

Brittany received a bachelor of science in nursing from Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois and recently completed a master of science in nursing from Olivet Nazarene University. She is certified as a family nurse practitioner and comes to SwedishAmerican with five years of OB/GYN nursing experience.

Mary has joined Midwest Heart Specialists at SwedishAmerican, 1340 Charles Street, Suite 300. As an advanced nurse practitioner, Mary will partner with the Midwest Heart physicians to enhance cardiology services in both the clinic and hospital settings.

Mary received a master of science degree from Saint Anthony College of Nursing in Rockford and is a certified family nurse practitioner. She comes to SwedishAmerican with over twenty years of cardiac medicine experience.

 About SwedishAmerican

A division of UW Health, SwedishAmerican is dedicated to providing excellence in healthcare and compassionate care to the community. The organization serves residents of 12 counties in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin through a dedicated and caring staff, a major acute care hospital and a free-standing outpatient cancer center in Rockford, a medical center in Belvidere, a network of 30 primary care and multi-specialty clinics and the region’s largest home healthcare agency. Additionally, SwedishAmerican has achieved Magnet® recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork and superiority in patient care.