Background
Melillo, Karen Devereaux was born on August 26, 1951 in Everett, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Robert F. and Helen T. (Ledford) D.
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Karen Devereaux Melillo
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AS, Massachusetts Bay Community College, 1973; Bachelor of science in nursing, Salem State College, 1977; Master of Science, U. Lowell, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Brandeis U., 1990.
Career
Staff nurse, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, Massachusetts, 1973-1975; nursing in-service instructor, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, Massachusetts, 1975-1977; nurse practitioner medical department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978; medical/surgical nursing instructor, New England Baptist Hospital School Nursing, Boston, 1978-1981; medical/surgical nursing instructor, Lasell Junior College, Newton, Massachusetts, 1981-1982; nurse practitioner instructor, U. Lowell (Massachusetts), 1982-1985; assistant professor, coordinator gerontological nurse practitioner specialty, U. Lowell (Massachusetts), 1985-1991; associate professor, coordinator GNP Speciality, U. Massachusetts, Lowell, 1991-1993; professor graduate gerontological nurse practitioner specialty, U. Massachusetts, since 1993. Gerontological nurse practitioner Michigan ElderHealth Center, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts, summer 1991. Consultant, presenter in field.
Achievements
Membership
Developer, volunteer breast cancer screening clinics Mary Immaculate Residential Care Cmty., Lawrence, 1988. Member long-term care task force Merrimack Valley Health Planning Council, 1984-1985. Board member Greater LowellAlzheimer's Association, since 1987, secretary-clerk, 1988-1989, chair health professional subcommittee, since 1990).
Member ANA, American Academy Nurse Practitioners, Massachusetts Coalition Nurse Practitioners, Gerontological Society American, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society (public education committee Merrimack Valley chapter 1983-1985), League of Women Voters, Sigma Theata Tau (Eta Omega chapter, faculty counselor, co-chairman eligibility committee 1984-1986, chair research committee 1990-1992).
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Connections
Married Robert M. Melillo, November 3,1973. Children: Michael, Marc, Eric and Kara (twins).
