Lara Cinnamon M.

MSN, ACNP-BC, NTP, Cert. DN

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

About

I have 34 years of diverse experience in healthcare, my career began in critical care/cardiology in 1990. I went back to school in 2003 for my Master's Degree. After completing the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program in 2007 I began working at Cumberland Valley Urology. This is where I discovered my passion for hormone replacement therapy, after attending Dr Eldred Taylor’s conference in Atlanta, GA in 2008. This started my journey on learning about hormone replacement and one that I will always continue for my own wellness and that of others. I started my career working with cancer patients in the urology department at the University of Kentucky in 2013. In 2016 I transferred to the inpatient side and began working with the Hematology/Bone Marrow Transplant Team and where I am still full time employed. Over the past several years I continue to attend educational offerings on my special interests and obtain other certifications. I am a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and certified in Dry Needling. My other areas of interest, which I continue to study on my own time include: essential oils, brown’s gas, herbal remedies, frequency medicine, and currently studying HTMA (Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis).

Experience

  • Nurse Practitioner at Solutions Functional Medicine
    Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    https://solutionsivvitaminbar.com/

  • University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (13 yrs 1 mo)
    • Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Bone Marrow Transplant Team
      Jun 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

      o Primary inpatient team (from admission to discharge) for autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants. o Managing infectious disease, cardiac, pulmonary, pain, endocrine, and tumor lysis syndrome. o Credentialed to perform, bone marrow biopsies, lumbar punctures with intrathecal chemotherapy, and skin biopsies.

    • APRN
      Jul 2013 - Jun 2016 · 3 yrs

      GU cancer survivorship clinic at Markey Cancer Center at University of Kentucky. urology oncology follow up clinic visits Diagnose and treat urological disorders Difficult catheter placements, BCG instillations

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Abundant Living Medical Clinic and Infinite Mind and Body Clinic
    Jul 2011 - Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    o Senior Medical Manager o Diagnosing and treating hormonal imbalances including thyroid and adrenal issues. o Hormone pellet insertions with testosterone and/or estradiol o Initiate electronic medical records and help train office staff o Managing the medical staff including performance reviews and hiring staff o Assisting the medical director in managing patient care and writing medical protocols

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at University of Kentucky
    Apr 2009 - Jul 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    o Pre-operative surgical history and physicals. o Pre admission screening/testing

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse at Cumberland Valley Urology
    Aug 2007 - Apr 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos

    o Primary and consulting team. o Collaboration with consulting physicians. o Developed surgical standing orders for urological surgeries and clinical pathways for office use o Placed difficult catheters, with use of heymen dilators and guidewires o Trained in percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation, treatment for overactive bladder