Gifford’s Urology Practice Expands

Physician assistant Nancy Blessing of Pittsfield has joined Dr. Michael Curtis at The Urology Center at Gifford, expanding the specialty practice to four days a week for the convenience of patients.

Blessing comes to Gifford from Mid-Vermont Urology in Rutland, where she worked for 10 years. Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Blessing earned her degree from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina and worked in internal medicine before making urology her specialty.

"I’ve joined Gifford for the opportunity to work in the non-profit hospital setting and to help build Gifford’s urology practice," Blessing says. "I delivered both of my kids here, so I already knew of Gifford’s good reputation."

At Gifford, Blessing is available to help adults and children with general urological care as well as erectile dysfunction in adult males, prostate cancer and kidney stones. Working with Gifford’s team of ob/gyn physicians, Blessing and Dr. Curtis are also skilled in treating urinary incontinence.

Blessing has a prior degree in physical education and experience as an athletic trainer and school teacher in Vermont and New York. She is married with two children, ages 5 and 8. In her free time, she is a runner, skier and also a coach at the Sherburne Elementary School in Killington.

You can contact the Urology Center at Gifford at 728-2470.

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