Paula Beth Brooks

Paula Beth Brooks serves as an Assistant Professor at the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, UMass Chan Medical School, with her clinical-academic base at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, MA.

Her educational foundation includes:

• BS in Animal Science from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• BSN in Nursing from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• MBA in Healthcare Administration from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• MSN from University of Massachusetts Amherst
• DNP in Nursing from University of Massachusetts Boston

Her professional focus integrates advanced clinical practice with healthcare leadership, emphasizing family nurse practitioner methodologies and administrative systems in nursing education. Credentials including FNP-BC (Family Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified) and RNFA (Registered Nurse First Assistant) underscore her dual expertise in direct patient care and surgical support roles within academic medicine.