Melissa Strickland is a Nurse Practitioner at the Brentwood and Walnut Creek locations. She graduated from Mendocino College Nursing Program in 2009 with her Associate of Science in Nursing, and later earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Phoenix in 2012. She went on to obtain her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner at the University of Phoenix in 2015 and is Nationally Board Certified with the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Melissa has worked as a Registered Nurse in a variety of areas including critical care transport, hospice/palliative care, emergency room, orthopedic post-operative, cardiothoracic, and neurologic care. Previously, she worked at the John Muir Medical Center in Concord as a Registered Nurse and has transitioned into the specialty of pain management providing direct individualized care as a Nurse Practitioner. Melissa was born and raised in Mendocino County and currently lives in the East Bay with her husband and two children.