Kathryn J. Trotter

Kathryn J. Trotter serves as Associate Professor at Duke University School of Nursing, leading the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner major while teaching advanced women’s health courses and perinatal health content. She dedicates 50% of her time to clinical practice as a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Family Nurse Practitioner at Duke University Medical Center, where she serves as senior NP for benign and high-risk breast cancer clinics at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Her educational background:

• BSN, George Mason University (1982)
• MSN in Midwifery, University of Kentucky (1988)
• Post-Master’s Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner, Duke University (1998)
• DNP, Duke University School of Nursing (2012)

Research focuses on adapting group healthcare models to chronic illness management, particularly breast cancer survivorship, with emphasis on patient empowerment and self-care. She pioneered the application of shared medical appointments to develop Duke’s innovative breast cancer survivor clinic and has extensive expertise in CenteringPregnancy, CenteringParenting, and CenteringLifecycle models.

Professional honors include:

• Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (FAANP)
• Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing (FAAN)

As an educator, she mentors NP students in women’s health specialization and serves as national trainer and Site Approval Visitor for the Centering Healthcare Institute, consulting for numerous clinical sites implementing group visit models. Her clinical innovations include founding the CenteringPregnancy program at UNC Family Medicine and developing the breast cancer survivor clinic at Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.