Meet Our Team
Meghan S. Rolston, MSN, AGNP-C, CCRN – Owner
Meghan Rolston is a Pennsylvania native who has called New Jersey home for 15 years. She attended Albright College where she received a Bachelors in Marketing with a concentration in Music. After some time in the corporate world, she decided to follow her passion of caring for others and returned to higher education to enter the world of healthcare. Meghan got her start in nursing at Capital Health in Trenton, where she attained her Associates in Nursing and accepted her first job on the Stroke Unit. Within 11 months, she transitioned to the Intensive Care Unit and completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Thomas Edison State University and earned her certification in Critical Care. Finally, Meghan went on to attain her Master of Science Degree in Nursing from Rider University and her certification in Adult-Gerontology Primary Care in 2022; she is licensed in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
During her time at the bedside, she developed strong interests in social determinants of health and their effects on patient outcomes. Meghan is also a strong proponent of patient autonomy, effective patient education, and holistic care for both the patient and their families. These passions guided her to co-create “The Lotus Initiative” which was featured in Creative Nursing Feb 2019. “Morphing from a hierarchical practice structure with limited engagement of multidisciplinary members, the LOTUS initiative (named for the blossom whose petals surround its core, the patient) afforded each discipline (petal) an equal voice and allowed a once-fragmented team to work cohesively, collaboratively, and at the highest level of the scope of practice for each discipline, thus affording expert guidance during care planning while providing a method to collect quality metrics. LOTUS allows us to view our patients in a new way as we refocused goal determination on patients and their families” (Andrews, L. B., et al. 2019).
Meghan’s experience as a Palliative Care Nurse practitioner is a direct product of the time spent with patients and families, often sometimes during the most trying times of their lives. Although patients and families are appreciative of her guidance and care, Meghan has endless gratitude for those experiences as they have taught her much more about life and the human spirit.
Meghan lives in Lawrenceville, NJ with her family, two dogs (Finn and Shannon), and a cat (Phannie). Her happy places include Carolina beaches, her deck, Dave Matthews Band concerts, and anywhere spent with her family and friends.
Citations
Andrews LB, Roberts N, Ash C, Jones N, Rolston M, Hughes M, Pelligrino J, Taylor T. The LOTUS: A Journey to Value-Based, Patient-Centered Care. Creat Nurs. 2019 Feb 1;25(1):17-24. doi: 10.1891/1078-4535.25.1.17. PMID: 30808781.
Erik Soiferman, DO, MBA, FACOI, FACP, Collaborating Physician
Erik is Board Certified in Internal Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine. He holds a certificate of Added Qualifications in Hospice and Palliative Care Medicine, is a Certified Medical Director (American Medical Directors Association); a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Internists and the American College of Physicians.
An Associate Professor of Medicine at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erik received his undergraduate degree at Muhlenberg College, his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and an MBA from Temple University.
Erik is passionate about history, specifically the United States Revolution and Constitution, and served on the Board of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He enjoys playing guitar and spending time with his wife and 4 children.
Kara Giuffrida – Billing Specialist
Kara Giuffrida has been in the medical field since she was 16 years old. For the past 16 years, she’s worked in both the medical practice and hospital settings as front desk staff and billing management.
She attained her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Arcadia University (formerly known as Beaver College). She loves to spend her free time with her two children, husband and cat named Oreo as well as enjoying Barre classes and trying new restaurants.