Vanessa A. Pomarico EdD, FNP-BC, FAANP

Vanessa Pomarico-Denino, EdD, FNP-BC, FAANP is a Fitzgerald Faculty member. Dr. Pomarico-Denino is certified as a family nurse practitioner and earned a doctorate in Nursing Education from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT She practices at Northeast Medical Group (NEMG), specializing in Internal Medicine with a special interest in women's health and transgender healthcare. An author, lecturer, educator, and volunteer, Dr. Pomarico-Denino is the transgender healthcare trainer for NEMG system-wide.

Dr. Pomarico-Denino is the former Director and Lead faculty of the FNP track in the Department of Nursing at Southern Connecticut State University. She is courtesy faculty and a guest lecturer for numerous nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and medical schools in Connecticut. Dr. Pomarico-Denino is the recipient of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) Nurse Practitioner Excellence award and was inducted as a Fellow in AANP. She is a recipient of the Nightingale Excellence in the nursing award. Dr. Pomarico-Denino is the co-author of two nursing pathophysiology textbooks and a contributing author in "Focus on Adult Health Nursing".

She served on the advisory board for The Jim Collins Foundation, a non-profit organization community-based initiative promoting the self-determination and empowerment of all transgender people. Dr. Pomarico-Denino has served as the Co-Chair of Health Policy and is a Past President of the Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society (CTAPRNS).