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Anna-Marie Wellins, DNP, M.Ed, ANP-C, joined the Stony Brook School of Nursing faculty in the Advanced Graduate Nursing Education Program in 2015.

Dr. Wellins completed her DNP degree in 2014 at Stony Brook University, and her doctoral project investigated the effect of education on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in adults with obstructive sleep apnea. Before joining the faculty at Stony Brook, Dr. Wellins worked full time for more than three years in primary care as an adult nurse practitioner in Sag Harbor, NY.

In 2014, she became increasingly involved in tick-borne diseases in her clinical practice due to their high prevalence on the East End of Long Island. She is currently a member of the Medical Advisory Panel of the Stony Brook Southampton Regional Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center. She is involved in tick-borne disease education, treatment, and prevention for the community and provides resources to local health care professionals. 

Dr. Wellins has volunteered for numerous medical missions to Zambia, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic and has worked extensively in various roles in education, critical care, and leadership.

Education    

• Nursing Diploma, St. Vincent’s Hospital
• BSN, College of Mount St. Vincent
• MEd, Columbia University, Teachers College
• MS, Adult/Gerontology, Stony Brook University
• DNP, Stony Brook University

Clinical Specialties

Adult-gerontology primary care

Primary Teaching Areas

Education, adult-gerontology, and family practice.

Research and Academic Interests

Lyme Disease Research

Research

Impact of OSA Education on CPAP Adherence in Adults: Pilot Study 5/2014

Wellins, A. (2021). Securing personal protective equipment in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study. sigma.nursingrepository.org 

Wellins, A. (2022). Tick-Associated Syndrome: The Alpha-Gal Meat Allergy, Identification, Treatment, and Prevention. J Nurs Occup Health, 1(3): 66-73

Wellins, A. (2022). Chapter “Lyme Disease,” Tick-Borne Disease Reference Handbook for Long Island and the Northeast, published by the Regional Tick-Borne Diseases Resource Center, Stonybrook Southampton. 

Wellins, A. (2020). Tick-Associated Syndrome: The Alpha-Gal Meat Allergy, Identification, Treatment, and Prevention. J Nurs Occup Health, 2(1): 88-95. 

Vilcarromero, S., Nunez, A., Mahmood, S., Russo, J, Wellins, A., Xu, Y., Yang, X., Arcan, C., Luft, B. (2019) High seroprevalence and seroconversion rate of Borrelia burgdorferi infection among Hispanic/Latina immigrant workers in Eastern Suffolk County, New York: A longitudinal-based study. Open Forum Infectious Disease 2019:6 (Suppl 2).doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1509 

Vilcarromero, S., Núñez, A., Mahmood, S., Russo, J, Wellins, A., Xu, Y., Yang, X., Arcan, C., Luft, B. (2019) Human co-infection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti among high-risk Hispanic/Latino workers on Eastern Long Island, New York: A Preliminary cross-sectional analysis in 2016. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019:6 (Suppl 2): S596. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1497

Wellins, A, Hood, P, Shurpin, K, Shangold, “Impact of an Obstructive Sleep Apnea education program on Continuous Positive Airway (CPAP) adherence program: A pilot study” Adv. Nursing Patient Care Int J 2018 1(2):180009. Volume 1; Issue 2 

Khoo, T., Spallone, A., Lier, A., Abul, Y., Wellins, A., Weinbaum, F., Luft, B., Marcos, L. (2017) Lyme disease in Hispanics in Long Island, New York: A New Health Disparity. The U.S. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Fall 4(Suppl 1): S308. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofx163.715

Wellins, A. (2017). Tick-borne diseases: Identification, management, and prevention. International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices. Volume 4.2017.248. doi:10.15344/2394-4978/2017/248

Accomplishments/Honors  

Academic Excellence Award, Nursing Graduate Program

Adult Nurse Practitioner, Stony Brook University (2012)

Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty Program at the Marlene and Paolo Fresco Institute for Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders at NYU Langone Medical Center, New York (2016)