Patricia Camillo

Patricia Camillo

Associate Professor of Nursing

Educational Background

• PhD in Nursing and Medical Anthropology, University of Wisconsin/Madison
• MS in Nursing, Women's Health, University of Rochester, New York
• BS in Nursing, Skidmore College, New York

Certifications

• Women's Health Nurse Practitioner from the National Certification Corporation (NCC)
• Gerontology Nurse Practitioner from American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Menopause Practitioner from NCC and the North American Menopause Society (NAMS)

Teaching Areas

• Advanced Health Assessment
• Advanced Practice Roles
• Advanced Practice II FNP
• Advanced Practice III FNP
• Reproductive Health
• Women and Aging

Practice Setting

• Private consultations for Menopause Management

Health Care Interests

• Primary health care of women including the unique needs of middle years and older women
• I am especially interested in the effects of hormones on women's health including diseases such as breast cancer, osteoporosis, arthritis and auto immune conditions
• Women's mental health is also a passion for me and includes the spectrum of conditions related to anxiety and depression that are most common in women

Areas of Research Willing to Discuss With Nursing Students

• The culture of primary healthcare especially barriers that impact access to care
• Health disparities that affect women in terms of race, ethnicity, gender and age
• Estrogen self assessment
• Impact of local biology on women's hormones and risks for disease

Current Projects

• Currently investigating the disparity experienced by African American women who are 2.5 times more likely to die during childbirth than caucasian or hispanic women
• Refining an estrogen self assessment tool

Publications

• Camillo, P. (2006). Your Inner Estrogen: An Individualized, Natural Approach to Understanding and Balancing Your Hormones Before and After Menopause. Allwise Publishing Inc. New York, New York.
• Camillo, P. (2006). Can FSH Levels Accurately Reflect Menopause in Women Taking Oral Contraceptives? http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/529959?rss. Also printed in the Indiana University School of Medicine News, Division of Continuing Medical Education. http://cme.medicine.iu.edu/ 4/27/2006.
• Camillo, P. (2005). What should I know about Fluoxetine and premenstrual syndrome? Medscape, Ask the Experts about Women's Health for Advanced Practice Nurses. 7 (2). http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/499247.
• Camillo, P. (2005). What do I need to know about alcohol and women’s health? Medscape, Ask the Experts about Women's Health for Advanced Practice Nurses. 7 (1). http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/499247.
• Camillo, P. (2004). "A creative hypothesis for the self assessment of estrogen effect in menopausal women." Abstract for the 15th annual meeting of the North American Menopause society. Menopause. 11 (6), 686.
• Camillo, P. (2004). Can women with sickle cell trait take oral contraceptives? Medscape Nurses. 6(1). http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/465644.
• Camillo, P. (2004). Should a Woman Who Has Never Been Sexually Active Receive a Pap Smear Before Starting Birth Control? Medscape, Ask the Experts about Women's Health for Advanced Practice Nurses. 6(2). Available online: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/490153.
• Camillo, P. (2004). Female sexual function: satisfaction as an indicator of health during the middle years. Advance for Nurse Practitioners. 6 (23), p. 43.
• Camillo, P. (2004). Understanding the culture of primary health care: implications for clinical practice. Journal of the New York State Nurses Association. Spring/Summer, 2004.
• Camillo, P. (2004). "How Should I Handle Complaints of Decreased Libido in My Female Patients?" Medscape Nurses 6(1). http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/466490.