Manitowoc – Prevea Health is expanding access to gastroenterology care in Manitowoc as  Melissa Virant, APNP, FNP-C, is now providing outreach care at the Prevea Manitowoc Health Center at 4810 Expo Dr.

Melissa, a board-certified family nurse practitioner, provides care for:

• Acid reflux and ulcers
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Crohn’s disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Chronic constipation and diarrhea
• Anemia and GI bleeding
• Liver and biliary diseases
• Hiatal hernia
• Manometry procedure
• Interpreting fibroscan

Melissa joins Dr. Marla Wolfert and Dr. Adebisi Alimi, who also provide gastroenterology care at the Prevea Manitowoc Health Center.

“My approach to patient care is to understand each patient’s unique needs of their body, mind and spirit,” says Melissa. “I strive to ensure all patients are treated with dignity and respect, to help foster a partnership between my patients and myself. My role in this partnership begins with listening, educating, and encouraging patients to ask questions to help develop an individualized plan of care."

Appointments with Melissa at the Prevea Manitowoc Health Center can be made by calling (920) 457-4400 or online at:  www.prevea.com

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Founded in Green Bay, Wis. in 1996, Prevea Health is a health care organization that provides high-quality, primary and specialty health care in 80+ locations across Northern, Eastern and Western Wisconsin in clinic and hospital settings. It is partnered with six Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) hospitals across Wisconsin to provide patients a system of highly-coordinated care, close to home: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls. For more information, visit www.prevea.com.