Our Preceptors
Meet Our Preceptors

Douglas Fien, MSN, FNP-C
Family practice primary care provider
Medical Associates of Penfield

Lynn Firendino, RN, MS, PNP-BC
Site Leader at School 9 - Dr. Martin Luther King Junior
Rochester Regional Health School-Based Health Center

Becky Meritt, RN, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner,
Hillside Family of Agencies

Michael Mendoza, MD, MPH, MS, FAAFP
Commissioner of Public Health
Monroe County Health Department

Sarah Lesniak, MS, RN-BC, CSPHA
Senior Nurse Educator
Center for Nursing Professional Development, URMC


Katherine Tarkulich, MS, RN, CNOR
Clinical Director,
University of Rochester Sawgrass Ambulatory Surgery Center

E. Kate Valcin, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, NEA-BC
Associate Director of Adult Critical Care Nursing
Strong Memorial Hospital

Ann Syrett, MS, FNP-BC, ACHPN
Nurse practitioner for Inpatient Adult Palliative Care team
Strong Memorial Hospital

Brian Caldwell, MS, RN, AGPCNP-BC
Adult geriatric nurse practitioner
St. Ann's Community

