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Vascular Surgery Advanced Practitioners
Michelle Barishnikov, FNP
Michelle joined Carolina Vascular in 2013. She is an Asheville, North Carolina native. She graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville in 2006, with a Bachelor of Arts with distinction in Psychology and Spanish. Afterward, she attended Western Carolina University, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Michelle worked at Mission Hospital as a registered nurse from 2009-2012 before attending Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where she graduated in 2013 with a Master of Science in Nursing. She is accredited as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing.